Researcher and graduate student Renyu Zheng selected for premier research recognition from the University of Washington Chemical Engineering Department.

For nearly 20 years, PNNL has invested in a multidisciplinary effort to develop better batteries.

GSL's utility-grade battery testing operation is now fully operational.

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

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.

Big energy storage science is brewing at GSL just one year after its groundbreaking.

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

Matt Fayette, a materials scientist, is testing a new method to extend battery life for grid storage by circulating the electrolyte.

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

Under an optical field, nanoparticle attachment in a model system heavily depends on surface roughness.

Jingshan Du, a postdoctoral scientist at PNNL whose research focuses on crystallization pathways of water and other materials, was named a 2025 CAS Future Leader.

Machine learning and autonomous experimentation are poised to revolutionize how scientists grow very thin films on surfaces, important for technologies like microelectronics and quantum computing.

Mini flow cell battery provides the first step toward an AI-driven, robotic energy storage discovery laboratory.

Chromium cations better adapt to changes in oxygen stoichiometry than iron cations.

A new generation of microelectronics research begins at PNNL.

Using interfacial charge transfer to control cation charges in oxide superlattices offers insights for designing functional heterostructures.

Calcium carbonate mineralization occurs through a multi-step process that begins with a dense liquid phase.