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Materials Research Highlights

• Aerodynamic levitator allows samples to "float on air"

  Published Work: “Structure of Molten CaSiO3: Neutron Diffraction Isotope Substitution with Aerodynamic Levitation and Molecular Dynamics Study”

  Contact: Richard Weber

• Neutron scattering characterizes dynamics in polymer family

  Published Work: “Quasielastic Neutron Scattering Study on the Dynamics of Poly(alkylene oxide)s”
  

  Contact: Christine Gerstl
  

• Theory meets experiment: structure-property relationships in an electrode material for solid-oxide fuel cells

  Published Work: “Unveiling structure-property relationships in Sr2Fe1.5Mo0.5O6-#, an electrode material for symmetric solid oxide fuel cells”
  

  Contact: Ana B. Munoz-Garcia
  

• Neutron experiments give unprecedented look at quantum oscillations

  Published Work: “Quantum oscillations of nitrogen atoms in uranium nitride"
  

  Contact: Adam Aczel
  

  Industry-Driven Research Benefits Plastics Manufacturing

  Published Work: “Quantification of Branching in Model Three-Arm Star Polyethylene”
  

  Contact: Gregory Beaucage
  

• Neutron diffraction reveals promising new phosphor for white lighting in LEDs

  Published Work: “A green-yellow emitting oxyfluoride solid solution phosphor Sr₂Ba(AlO₄F)_1-x(SiO₅)_x:Ce₃₊ for thermally stable, high color rendition solid state white lighting”

  Contact: Kristin Denault

• Neutron Reflectometry Helps Clarify Particle Interactions for Clean Drinking Water

  Published Work: “Interaction of silica nanoparticles with a flat silica surface through neutron reflectometry”

  Contact: Costas Tsouris

• SNS Diffractometer puts the squeeze on methane hydrate cages, unraveling its high-pressure structure

  Published Work: “Cage occupancies in the high pressure structure H methane hydrate: A neutron diffraction study”

  Contact: Chris Tulk

• POWGEN workshop nets PhD student a paper in Journal of Solid State Chemistry

  Published Work: “Substitutions into the trigonal bipyramidal site of InGaCuO₄”

  Contact: Ashfia Huq

• New VULCAN tests of Japanese cable for US ITER's central magnet system

  Contact: Ke An

• Neutrons Probe Inner Workings of Batteries

  Contact: Ke An

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