http://materials.pnnl.gov/ Transformational Materials Science Initiative en-us Wed, 11 May 2011 08:00:00 EST Wed, 11 May 2011 08:00:00 EST http://materials.pnnl.gov/rss/rss.xml Christine.Sharp@pnnl.gov (Christine Sharp) http://www.pnl.gov/contacts/staffinfo.asp?uid=7DEE44114B8CF4429416592810EA78AA http://materials.pnnl.gov/ Yuehe Lin at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is now a Royal Society of Chemistry Fellow. Congratulations to Dr. Yuehe Lin at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on being appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK. The honor is given to researchers who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of chemical science. http://www.pnl.gov/contacts/staffinfo.asp?uid=7DEE44114B8CF4429416592810EA78AA http://materials.pnnl.gov/ A Washington state firm with a 27,000 square feet manufacturing and design facility in Mukilteo has signed a license agreement with Battelle, which operates Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. http://www.pnl.gov/contacts/staffinfo.asp?uid=7DEE44114B8CF4429416592810EA78AA http://materials.pnnl.gov/ Congratulations to the team from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Hummingbird Scientific on receiving a Microscopy Today 2012 Innovation Award. The award honors groundbreaking imaging products and methods. The honorees are Jun Liu, Chongmin Wang, Don Baer, Suntharampillai (Theva) Thevuthasan, Wu Xu and Jiguang (Jason) Zhang from PNNL; and Daan Hein Alsem and Norman Salmon from Hummingbird Scientific. http://www.pnl.gov/contacts/staffinfo.asp?uid=7DEE44114B8CF4429416592810EA78AA http://materials.pnnl.gov/ Congratulations to Dr. Wei Wang, a materials scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, on receiving the Laboratory Director's 2012 Ronald L. Brodzinski Award for Early Career Exceptional Achievement. Wang was recognized for his accomplishments in state-of-the-art stationary energy storage technologies. http://www.pnl.gov/contacts/staffinfo.asp?uid=7DEE44114B8CF4429416592810EA78AA http://materials.pnnl.gov/ Congratulations to Dr. Jun Liu and several of his colleagues at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on their contributions to a very popular 2012 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting. With about 6000 people in attendance, the meeting was one of the largest in the society's history. The 5-day event provided the chance to discuss the latest materials research. The meeting featured more than 55 symposia, poster sessions, a scientific art show, exhibitions, tutorials, and workshops. http://www.pnl.gov/contacts/staffinfo.asp?uid=7DEE44114B8CF4429416592810EA78AA http://materials.pnnl.gov/ Link: <a href="http://www.pnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=1142">Storing Energy</a> from wind farms and releasing that electricity on demand requires high-capacity, low-cost batteries; sodium-ion batteries could be part of the answer now, thanks to fundamental insights garnered by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Instead of force-fitting larger sodium ions into the battery electrodes built for much smaller lithium ions, the research team designed an electrode based on the ion's character, not its circumference. http://www.pnl.gov/contacts/staffinfo.asp?uid=7DEE44114B8CF4429416592810EA78AA http://materials.pnnl.gov/news/awards_honors.stm When it comes to checking for trace levels of chemicals that could be the early warning signs of disease or chemical exposure, doctors and patients want to use as small of blood samples as possible. - Link: <a href="http://www.pnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=1140">Two Scientific Articles on Graphene-Based Sensors Prove Popular in the Research Community</a> http://www.pnl.gov/contacts/staffinfo.asp?uid=7DEE44114B8CF4429416592810EA78AA http://materials.pnnl.gov/news/research_highlights.stm Delivering the Future with Graphene - Link: <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/technology/bs-bz-vorbeck-materials-innovation-20120309,0,2160417.story">Baltimore Sun, March 2012</a> http://www.pnl.gov/contacts/staffinfo.asp?uid=7DEE44114B8CF4429416592810EA78AA http://materials.pnnl.gov/news/awards_honors.stm Congratulations to Dr. Birgit Schwenzer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on being chosen as a Materials Research Society Bulletin volume organizer. http://www.pnl.gov/contacts/staffinfo.asp?uid=7DEE44114B8CF4429416592810EA78AA http://materials.pnnl.gov/news/research_highlights.stm LINK: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/02/14/1825473/startup-uses-pnnl-technology-to.html#storylink=cpy http://www.pnl.gov/contacts/staffinfo.asp?uid=7DEE44114B8CF4429416592810EA78AA http://materials.pnnl.gov/news/research_highlights.stm What energy innovations will lead the way in 2012? LINK: http://www.greenbang.com/what-energy-innovations-will-lead-the-way-in-2012_20947.html http://www.pnl.gov/contacts/staffinfo.asp?uid=7DEE44114B8CF4429416592810EA78AA http://materials.pnnl.gov/links/ The Initiative supports Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's mission of supporting scientific foundations as well as the Laboratory's work in energy and national security. http://www.pnl.gov/contacts/staffinfo.asp?uid=7DEE44114B8CF4429416592810EA78AA http://materials.pnnl.gov/news/research_highlights.stm In a new report, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory show how electric vehicles increasingly available to consumers in today's marketplace could help operators more seamlessly add more renewable energy sources like wind into the Pacific Northwest's energy grid. The Northwest increasingly is looking to add more wind power to meet growing energy demands and policy requirements. PNNL News http://www.pnnl.gov/news/release.aspx?id=887 http://www.pnl.gov/contacts/staffinfo.asp?uid=7DEE44114B8CF4429416592810EA78AA http://materials.pnnl.gov/news/research_highlights.stm LanzaTech, a New Zealand-based technology development firm with offices in the U.S. and China, has been awarded $4 million in U.S. DOE funding to further its technology to produce ethanol and chemicals from waste gases. http://www.pnl.gov/contacts/staffinfo.asp?uid=7DEE44114B8CF4429416592810EA78AA http://materials.pnnl.gov/news/awards_honors.stm Congratulations to Dr. Greg Exarhos, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, on being invited to give a prestigious conference-wide talk at the Brazilian Congress on Applications of Vacuum in Industry and Science. At this annual event, held this year in Itajuba, in the Minas Gerais state of the Federative Republic of Brazil, fundamental and applied researchers exchange information on vacuum technologies and applications, including alternative energy solutions. http://www.pnnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=1025 http://www.pnl.gov/contacts/staffinfo.asp?uid=7DEE44114B8CF4429416592810EA78AA http://materials.pnnl.gov/news/awards_honors.stm Check out our Awards and Honors: Ji-Guang (Jason) Zhang, a laboratory fellow in battery technology at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, says this is "original and high-quality work." He adds that this research "demonstrates a very unique approach to preparing high-capacity electrodes for lithium-air batteries." http://www.pnl.gov/contacts/staffinfo.asp?uid=7DEE44114B8CF4429416592810EA78AA http://materials.pnnl.gov/news/research_highlights.stm By adding the right amount of heat, scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and visiting researchers from Wuhan University in China have developed a method that improves the electrical capacity and recharging lifetime of sodium ion rechargeable batteries, which could be a cheaper alternative for large-scale uses such as storing energy on the electrical grid. The team, working with EMSL resources, used nanomaterials to make electrodes that can work with sodium. Direct Link: [[http://www.pnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=984]] http://www.pnl.gov/contacts/staffinfo.asp?uid=7DEE44114B8CF4429416592810EA78AA http://materials.pnnl.gov/news/research_highlights.stm June 7-9, 2011 - Researchers from companies and institutions around the world will converge on PNNL's campus next week to discuss the newest battery technology and breakthroughs that could make electric vehicles more affordable and reliable. At the 4th Symposium on Energy Storage: Beyond Lithium Ion, researchers will present their findings and discuss their importance to batteries of the future. PNNL News Release: http://www.pnnl.gov/news/release.aspx?id=868 http://www.pnl.gov/contacts/staffinfo.asp?uid=7DEE44114B8CF4429416592810EA78AA http://materials.pnnl.gov/pdf/PNNL_Transformational_Materials.pdf Transformational Materials Science Initiative Brochure: The Transformational Materials Science Initiative at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is elucidating the principles of synthesizing and assembling functional nanostructures, understanding nanoscale-to-macroscale phenomena within materials of interest, and developing multi-scale computational models and unique characterization tools to understand essential phenomena in energy storage materials.