The Hanford Site is now immobilizing radioactive waste in glass: a process known as vitrification. PNNL contributed 60 years of materials science expertise—and is providing operational support—to help the nation meet this cleanup milestone.

Studying a series of rare earth element compounds revealed differences in their magnetic behavior that will be leveraged for separations.

Mystery of how important aluminum minerals form and dissolve solved with materials science and advanced imaging studies.

Nanosize platelets of an aluminum material slide and join in a staggered orientation to form larger crystals.

Specially designed histidine-containing peptoids mimic carbonic anhydrase to accelerate calcite step growth.

IDREAM researchers uncovered how dimeric complexes control how aluminum hydroxide minerals dissolve.

Hydrogen preferentially inserts at grain boundaries between interconnected chains of palladium nanoparticles, which have a lower energy barrier for hydrogen incorporation into the material.

PNNL brings its expertise to the space domain by joining an organization that facilitates collaboration across the global space industry.

Ice crystals are surprisingly tolerant of defects in their structure. The findings come from the first-ever molecular-resolution observations of nanoscale samples of ice frozen from liquid water.

Imaging ice microstructures formed by water freezing with atomic resolution for the first time.

Tailored assemblies mimic natural enzyme activity with significantly higher stability.

In high-entropy oxides, chromium tends to segregate during growth due to oxidation-induced migration of smaller, high-valence cations.

Soil mineral preferentially incorporates rare earth elements based on size, with implications for critical mineral extraction.

The ruthenium metal support affects the formation and stability of graphitic and pyridinic nitrogen in doped graphene.

Delivering an integrated quantum-mechanical and experimental perspective on the effects of both intrinsic and externally applied electric fields at atomic-scale interfaces.

Researchers developed a way to precisely control dopant structures and locations in carbon-based materials.

Researchers have begun a series of experiments that could bring about more energy for grid, thanks to a special delivery of 11 "high burnup" rods.

The size of graphene oxide sheets affects the ability of assembled membranes and adsorbents to separate rare earth elements.

Trace amounts of iron and chromium can incorporate into gibbsite, affecting how the mineral dissolves.

Researchers developed a pathway for the solution synthesis of core–crown heterostructures with controlled electronic properties.