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ORNL's BES MSE projects strive to foster equity and inclusion in our research.  Our research is conducted in an open working environment where all researchers can share concerns regarding daily research activities, decisions around DEI, and professional development activities.  The Group and Section structure at ORNL, where the project resides, provides additional avenues for researchers, particularly postdocs, to express concerns and determine the best career path.

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Precision Deconstruction of Polymers by Tailored Ionic Liquids

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The overarching goal of this proposal is to unravel the fundamental principles for precise deconstruction of condensation polymers using ionic liquids as both solvent and organocatalyst while establishing approaches for their reconstruction.
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Transforming Critical Materials Separation using Precision Control

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Develop a fundamental understanding of the synergy between strong interactions at the ligand-metal binding site and weak interactions in the surrounding coordination sphere for the selective separations and stimuli-responsive release of lanthanides
Oxide quantum heterostructures

Correlated Topological Quantum Heterostructures

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The overarching goal of this project is to understand how to co-design correlated and topological states of matter by exploiting the interplay between symmetry, correlation, and topology in oxide- and chalcogenide-based quantum heterostructures.
ERKCS82-McGuire

Correlated Quantum Materials

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The overarching goal of this project is to advance our understanding of correlated quantum materials through discovery, development, and investigation of model materials that exhibit magnetic order, topological order, and collective phenomena.