Yearly archive for 2015

10-09-2015

Date: October 9, 2015 Presenter: Nigel D. Browning Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab Title: In-Situ (S)TEM/DTEM: From High Spatial Resolution to High Temporal Resolution Link to Abstract

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Sustainable energy technologies

Materials chemist Shannon Boettcher and his lab are investigating ways to use non-carbon-based (i.e. “inorganic”) materials – like the semiconductors found in a computer or cell phone – to convert and store energy sustainably and in a cost-effective fashion. This research contributes to what Boettcher predicts will

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Breakthrough methods for creating new compounds

Chemist David Johnson’s research revolves around the creation of new compounds with new properties, using a breakthrough “slice and dice” method that he developed. This method involves slicing molecular structures into slabs, and layering the slabs together. “We try to understand how [chemical compounds’] properties correlate with

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Detecting and removing toxics from the environment

With their research, Darren Johnson and his lab seek to create solutions that prevent toxic waste and detect and remove contaminants from the environment. One of the biggest successes that emerged from the Johnson Lab began as a failure during a collaboration with the Haley lab. An

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MSI Physicist Rahgu Parthasarathy funded for innovative medical research.

Prof. Parthasarathy recently received support from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and Research Corporation for Science Advancement for an interdisciplinary project with scientists from 2 other universities to begin “a long-term project to ‘personalize’ the microbial communities in our stomach and intestines, tailoring them to specific

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Darren Johnson “Dalton Transcripts” cover article

Darren Johnson “Dalton Transcripts” cover article

This Perspective article highlights some of the traditional and non-traditional analytical tools that are presently used to characterize aqueous inorganic nanoscale clusters and polyoxometalate ions. The techniques discussed in this article include nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), dynamic and phase analysis light

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Boettcher in Chemistry of Materials

Boettcher in Chemistry of Materials

Water oxidation catalysis is central to many energy storage technologies. The “Up-and-Coming” Perspective by Boettcher and coworkers discusses new advances in understanding oxygen electrocatalysis on nickel−iron oxyhydroxides, highlighting the essential role of the iron sites, the electrical conductivity under active conditions, and the chemical stability. The cover

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Startup company from Johnson/Haley collaboration wins UO 2015 Impact and Innovation Award.

Startup company from Johnson/Haley collaboration wins UO 2015 Impact and Innovation Award.

SupraSensor Technologies, a startup company spun out of MSI research in the the labs of Darren Johnson and Mike Haley, in May won a UO 2015 Impact and Innovation Award recognizing outstanding entrepreneurial activity that has resulted in innovations with measurable societal or environmental impact. SupraSensor created

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