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In a new twist to waste-to-fuel technology, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed an electrochemical process that uses tiny spikes of carbon and copper to turn carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, into ethanol.
![A simulation shows the path for the collision of a krypton ion (blue) with a defected graphene sheet and subsequent formation of a carbon vacancy (red). Red shades indicate local strain in the graphene. Image credit: Kichul Yoon, Penn State A simulation shows the path for the collision of a krypton ion (blue) with a defected graphene sheet and subsequent formation of a carbon vacancy (red). Red shades indicate local strain in the graphene. Image credit: Kichul Yoon, Penn State](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/graphene_defect1.jpg?itok=2KdyjJb0)
Researchers at Penn State, the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company have developed methods to control defects in two-dimensional materials, such as graphene, that may lead to improved membranes for
![General Mode KPFM uses advanced signal processing and analysis methods to extract local electronic properties directly from a noisy cantilever deflection signal. General Mode KPFM uses advanced signal processing and analysis methods to extract local electronic properties directly from a noisy cantilever deflection signal.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/06%20-%20MATERIALS_Quickly_Gaining_Deep_Insight_3_0.jpg?itok=Yqi4QEIp)
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are harnessing big data capture and analytics to quickly develop deep insight into materials and their dynamics.
![An ORNL study found that complex oxide materials can self-organize into electrical circuits, which creates the possibility for new types of computer chips. An ORNL study found that complex oxide materials can self-organize into electrical circuits, which creates the possibility for new types of computer chips.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/Selforganized_complexmaterials.jpeg?itok=8XetdSsR)
Researchers studying the behavior of nanoscale materials at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have uncovered remarkable behavior that could advance microprocessors beyond today’s silicon-based chips.
The study, featured on the cover
![To direct-write the logo of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, scientists started with a gray-scale image. To direct-write the logo of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, scientists started with a gray-scale image.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/ORNL%20Leaf%20Logo_No%20Scale_Green_v2.jpg?itok=rpIXT_ko)
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are the first to harness a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) to directly write tiny patterns in metallic “ink,” forming features in liquid that are finer than half the wi
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Miaofang Chi is an early career scientist making a name for herself—and microscopy—at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She is a researcher at ORNL’s Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences whose early-career
![A 32-face 3-D truncated icosahedron mesh was created to test the simulation’s ability to precisely construct complex geometries. A 32-face 3-D truncated icosahedron mesh was created to test the simulation’s ability to precisely construct complex geometries.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/nn-2016-021085_0009_0.jpeg?itok=ZRBSAZox)
Designing a 3-D printed structure is hard enough when the product is inches or feet in size.
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Solar cells based on cadmium and tellurium could move closer to theoretical levels of efficiency because of some sleuthing by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
![ORNL software engineer Eric Lingerfelt (right) and Stephen Jesse (left) of ORNL’s Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences led the development of the Bellerophon Environment for Analysis of Materials (BEAM). ORNL software engineer Eric Lingerfelt (right) and Stephen Jesse (left) of ORNL’s Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences led the development of the Bellerophon Environment for Analysis of Materials (BEAM).](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/beam_photo.jpg?itok=ALEhQOOq)
Using today’s advanced microscopes, scientists are able to capture exponentially more information about the materials they study compared to a decade ago—in greater detail and in less time.