Eileen De Guire

Making photovoltaic solar cells that last

By Eileen De Guire / June 1, 2011

Solar concentration mirror for PV energy generation. Credit: Replex Plastics. Yesterday, the DOE announced $27 million in new funding for projects aimed at reducing the non-hardware costs of solar energy…

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Transformed aerogels: From amorphous carbon to nanocrystalline diamond

By Eileen De Guire / June 1, 2011

Laser-heated diamond anvil cell allows very large hydrostatic pressure to be applied to amorphous carbon aerogels. Cavity dimensions are approximately 100–170 μm wide by 35 μm thick. Credit: LLNL. While…

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Nanoscale intergranular films shed light on grain boundary behavior

By Eileen De Guire / May 26, 2011

During one of their studies, grain boundary researchers began with gold films broken into particles (via annealing) dispersed across a sapphire substrate. Credit: Baram, et al; Technion. Materials scientists have long recognized that grain boundaries…

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SRNL’s John Marra speaks to GOMD about materials for nuclear energy and impact of Fukushima incident

By Eileen De Guire / May 23, 2011

Credit: Eileen De Guire; ACerS As announced in an earlier post, John Marra, chief research officer at Savannah River National Lab spoke at the conference dinner at the annual meeting…

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Super-small erasable SketchSET transistor, ‘artificial atom’ could lead to super-big payoff

By Eileen De Guire / April 27, 2011

An atomic-scale depiction of the SketchSET shows three wires (green bars) converging on the central island (center green area), which can house up to two electrons. Electrons tunnel from one…

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Perovskite-based tunable superlens developed

By Eileen De Guire / March 30, 2011

Experimental setup shows an IR free-electron laser light source and perovskite superlens consisting of BiFeO3 and strontium titanate SrTiO3 layers. Imaged objects are strontium ruthenate patterns (orange) on a SrTiO3…

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New class of optical fiber developed at Penn State; ZnSe waveguide cores open infrared spectrum

By Eileen De Guire / March 16, 2011

a) Schematic of the HPCVD process, where a high pressure precursor mixture is configured to flow into a capillary (left). When the capillary is heated, well-developed annular films are deposited.…

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Tomozawa, Minoru (2010)

By Eileen De Guire / February 2, 2011

Contact Information: Minoru Tomozawa, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institutetomozm@rpi.edu NSF Abstract in Ceramics Program: Glasses with Fictive Temperature-Independent Properties 2010 Highlight: Presentation Material Keywords: Glass Area Keywords: Innovation/Economy Broader Impact Keywords: Mentoring,…

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Martin, Steve W. (2010)

By Eileen De Guire / January 20, 2011

Contact Information: Steve W. Martin, Iowa State University swmartin@iastate.edu NSF Abstract in Ceramics Program: Materials World Network: An International Collaborative Educational and Research Program in the Study of Mixed Glass…

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Luo, Jian (2010)

By Eileen De Guire / January 20, 2011

Contact Information: Jian Luo, Clemson Universityjianluo@clemson.edu NSF Abstract in Ceramics Program: CAREER: Nanoscale Surficial Disordered Films: Multilayer Adsorbates in Oxide Ceramics 2010 Highlight: Presentation Material Keywords: Nano, Batteries, Oxides Area…

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