Sentences with phrase «structure of advanced materials»

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Making fusion neutrons efficiently, at a small scale, could lead to advances in neutron - based imaging, and neutron probes to gain insight on the structure and properties of materials.

«The research performed at NSLS - II will probe the fundamental structure of novel materials and help drive the development of low - cost, low - carbon energy technologies, spark advances in environmental science, and spur medical breakthroughs,» Moniz said.

In the current tests of the two - story, 22 - foot - tall structure, the researchers are studying the behavior of full - scale seismic safety systems made from advanced wood materials — including rocking walls, which can rock during a temblor and then re-center back by itself, and a mass timber floor designed to withstand strong earthquakes.

An international team led by researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) used advanced techniques in electron microscopy to show how the ratio of materials that make up a lithium - ion battery electrode affects its structure at the atomic level, and how the surface is very different from the rest of the material.

The research team verified that the electronic structure of the nickelate resembles that of cuprate materials by taking X-ray absorption spectroscopy measurements at the Advanced Photon Source, a DOE Office of Science User Facility, and by performing density functional theory calculations.

The first step in understanding a material's crystallographic structure is bombarding a sample of the material with electrons, photons or other subatomic particles, using technology such as the Spallation Neutron Source at ORNL or the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory.

The extraordinary diversity of todays advanced materials is based on better knowledge of how to attain novel structures displaying new properties that lead to improved performance

He is the Abraham Harris Professor of Materials Science and Engineering in McCormick and the founding director of the NUANCE center, which houses the advanced patterning, lithography and characterization used in the DNA - programmed structures.

«We have presented a remarkably simple route to 3D that starts with planar precursor structures formed in nearly any type of material, including the most advanced ones used in photonics and electronics.

In a publication presented in RSC Advances, researchers from the division of Nanotechnology and Functional Materials at Uppsala University in collaboration with researchers from Stockholm University for the first time show that it is possible to tailor the pore structure of a mesoporous material, Upsalite ®, without using organic templates or swelling agents, and instead by merely controlling the energy input in the production process.

As reported last week in Advanced Energy Materials, they showed the effectiveness of their catalyst's nanomesh - like structure by testing it in a zinc - air battery, demonstrating its capability of being depleted and recharged many times.

«In this instance, the development of advanced structures to enable leap - ahead Army aviation capabilities not currently feasible due to limitations in mechanical properties of current materials,» Glaz said.

Central to the team's advanced device is the development of a spatial light modulator constructed from a unique metamaterial structure by researchers at the University of New Mexico's Center for High Technology Materials.

Research problems that are just out of reach today but that could be made accessible by advances in electron microscopy include studies of the little pores that form in our cells walls and which are centrally important in the regulation of all life processes as well as new nano - structured materials that are ultra-light yet strong, allowing reduced energy consumption in vehicles.

Utilizes advanced electron microscopy techniques to study nanoscale structure and defects that determine the utility of functional materials, such as superconductors, multiferroics, and other energy related systems including thermoelectrics, photovoltaics, and batteries.

«The JEOL Center for Nanoscale Solutions will be the most advanced electron microscopy cluster available for probing the atomic structure and properties of materials,» says JEOL USA President Peter Genovese.

A combinatorial approach is employed to evaluate / develop advanced electrode materials, ranging from single perovskites to double and triple layered perovskites, and to modify the surface of existing electrodes with more active nano - structured catalysts.

In research published today (Jan. 16) in Advanced Materials, a group of researchers led by the University of California Riverside's David Kisailus has identified a unique structure that wraps around the mantis shrimp's club to protect it from self - inflicted damage as it crushes hard - shelled prey.

«This work makes significant advances in characterization capabilities and expands our fundamental understanding of structure - property relationships, which is expected to find broad applications in physics, chemistry, materials science, nanoscience and nanotechnology,» Miao said.

The LLNL team has built a strong foundation of coupling spectroscopy experiments with advanced simulations and has recently extended their work to include electrochemical systems [1] and surface / interface electronic structure of hydrogen storage materials.

Over more than five decades, Dresselhaus has made multiple advances in helping to explain why the properties of materials structured at the nanoscale can vary so much from those of the same materials at larger dimensions.

Understanding the structure of glasses is more than an intellectual exercise — materials scientists stand to advance from the knowledge, which could lead to better control of the aging of glasses.

In these studies, hands - on activities were employed in combination with other types of structured activities to advance participant learning, such as discussions (Freeman et al., 1994), lectures (Fortner & Boyd, 1995), the use of «exemplary» instructional materials (Khourey - Bowers et al., 2005) and research reviews (Even, 1999).

As part of FCA US's ongoing and continuous efforts to proliferate the most advanced materials engineering, the Ram 1500 frame and body structures feature 98 and 54 percent high - strength steel respectively.

Advanced composite materials in the body structure and a lightweight aluminum frame, as well as aluminum and magnesium suspension components, support the Corvette's efficiency with a low curb weight of only 3,298 pounds / 1,499 kg (Stingray coupe).

The advanced body structure, which comprises high - tech materials and new - generation design techniques, maximises strength and minimises weight to give the XF superb performance, refinement and efficiency across its range of V6 and V8 engines.