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PNNL researchers at the Marine Sciences Laboratory in Sequim, Wash. pack flow-through columns with fibers of adsorbent material. The columns are exposed to seawater to test how well the material collects uranium.
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During PBS’ NOVA "Making Stuff Colder, Faster, Safer and Wilder" session at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Los Angeles, CA on Wednesday, August 7, 2013 host and New York Times technology columnist David Pogue, writer/producer/director Michael Bicks, Dr. Chris Gerdes, Dr. Peter Weyand, boat designer Dirk Kramer (via satellite) and NOVA senior executive producer Paula S. Apsell discuss a new generation of cutting-edge materials that is powering a next wave of scientific and technological innovation. (Premieres Wednesdays, October 16 – November 6, 2013, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET.)
All photos in this set should be credited to Rahoul Ghose/PBS.
A panel of diverse TMS members built upon the discussion introduced in the Keynote Presentation through their own stories and perspectives, ample opportunity was provided for questions and engagement from attendees.
cross-section of a porous gelatin fiber produced by dry spinning
Courtesy of Mr. Philipp Stössel
Image Details
Instrument used: Nova NanoSEM
The micrograph shows cross-sections of human spermatozoon tails.
Inside each can be seen the nine pairs of microtubules.
These microtubules form the motor structure of sperm, providing the movement of the flagellum.
Courtesy of Dr. Maria Carbajo , UNIVERSIDAD DE EXTREMADURA
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Instrument used: Tecnai
Magnification: 7000x
Voltage: 120kV
Spot: 2
TEM Dark Field of Gamma Prime precipitates in aNickel based Superalloy for aircraft engine turbine disk.
Courtesy of Mr. Nazé Loeïz
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Instrument used: Other TEM (Morgagni, CM Series, etc.)
Magnification: 30,600
Voltage: 300 kV
Large Angle Convergent Beam Electron Diffractio of Silicon aligned in the [111] zone axis
Courtesy of Mr. Erico Freitas
Image Details
Instrument used: Tecnai
Magnification: L680mm
Voltage: 200 kV
Detector: CCD
During PBS’ NOVA "Making Stuff Colder, Faster, Safer and Wilder" session at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Los Angeles, CA on Wednesday, August 7, 2013 host and New York Times technology columnist David Pogue, writer/producer/director Michael Bicks, Dr. Chris Gerdes, Dr. Peter Weyand, boat designer Dirk Kramer (via satellite) and NOVA senior executive producer Paula S. Apsell discuss a new generation of cutting-edge materials that is powering a next wave of scientific and technological innovation. (Premieres Wednesdays, October 16 – November 6, 2013, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET.)
All photos in this set should be credited to Rahoul Ghose/PBS.
eruption on surface of samaria doped ceria after sintering unde reducing atmosphere
Courtesy of Dr. Reginaldo Muccillo
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Instrument used: Inspect
Magnification: 20,000x
Horizontal Field Width: 5 microns
Vacuum: .3 mbar
Voltage: 5 kV
Spot: 3.0
Working Distance: 1.0
Detector: SE
Crystals of dyes adsorbed on the surface of a biopolymer after a process of water purification.
One of the most common and undesirable contaminants in the wastewater are the dyes. They are highly visible, stable and difficult to biodegrade. For removal of such contaminants are commonly used adsorption techniques.
Courtesy of Dr. Maria Carbajo
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Instrument used: Quanta SEM
Magnification: 8000x
Horizontal Field Width: 37 μm
Vacuum: 1e-4 Pa
Voltage: 15 kV
Spot: 5.5
Working Distance: 10.2 mm
Detector: SE
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers developed a fiber to adsorb uranium from seawater. Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory exposed the fibers to Pseudomonas fluorescens and used the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory to create a 3-D X-ray microtomograph to determine that the fiber structure was not damaged by the organism.
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Cells on bioceramic
Courtesy of Mr. Nishad Kv
Image Details
Instrument used: Quanta SEM
Magnification: 800
Voltage: 15 kV
Spot: 4
Working Distance: 10.4
Detector: LFD
A panel of diverse TMS members built upon the discussion introduced in the Keynote Presentation through their own stories and perspectives, ample opportunity was provided for questions and engagement from attendees.
A rare sighting in a Scanning Electron Microscope, behold the Micro Unicorn!
Courtesy of Dr. Joshua Schumacher
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Instrument used: Helios NanoLab
Magnification: 6500
Horizontal Field Width: 23.0
Voltage: 5 kV
Working Distance: 4.0
Detector: ETD SE
Plan View TEM image shows the capacitors in a DRAM device
Courtesy of Dr. Neerushana Jehanathan
Image Details
Instrument used: Tecnai
Magnification: 18,000x
Voltage: 200 kV
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory developed process makes it more feasible for the auto industry to incorporate magnesium alloys into structural components. The method has the potential to reduce costs by eliminating the need for rare-earth elements, while simultaneously improving the material's structural properties.
The PNNL team designed and commissioned an industrial version of their idea: A one-of-a-kind, custom built Shear Assisted Processing and Extrusion machine — coining the acronym for ShAPE™.
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small creature living in water-
Courtesy of Mr. zafer artvin , Middle East Technical University
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Instrument used: Quanta SEM
Magnification: 463x
Horizontal Field Width: 1.2mm
Vacuum: 4.1 e-5 mbar
Voltage: 20kv
Spot: 4
Working Distance: 9.6mm
Detector: SE
BC Knowledge Development Fund celebration of research at SFU.
Learn more: www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/2014/10/from-solar-energy-to-elect...
A panel of diverse TMS members built upon the discussion introduced in the Keynote Presentation through their own stories and perspectives, ample opportunity was provided for questions and engagement from attendees.
Large-Angle Convervent Beam Electron Diffraction (LACBED) pattern of Si
Courtesy of Mr. Erico Freitas
Image Details
Instrument used: Tecnai
Magnification: 970mm
Voltage: 200 kV
Spot: 9
Detector: Eagle CCD camera
High Temperature Superconducting wire strips used to demonstrate exclusion of magnetic fields
That's a cup of liquid nitrogen below.
MIT Materials Science Lab, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Fine Detail of Grains on Thermally Etched Dental Zirconia.
Courtesy of Mr. William Monroe
Image Details
Instrument used: Quanta SEM
Horizontal Field Width: 1.4 μm
Voltage: 30 kV
Detector: SE
Stacie LeSure, Founder and Senior Researcher, Engineers for Equity gives her presentation, "Bruised But Not Broken: Storytelling as a Method to Share to the Experiences and Persistence Strategies of African American Women in Engineering Degree Programs," at the Career Development Tools and Strategies session.
Graphene nanosheets
Courtesy of Dr. Wei Luo
Image Details
Instrument used: Quanta SEM
Magnification: 1,000X
Horizontal Field Width: 29.8μm
Vacuum: .3mbar
Voltage: 15kv
Spot: 4.5
Working Distance: 5.2mm
Detector: se
A panel of diverse TMS members built upon the discussion introduced in the Keynote Presentation through their own stories and perspectives, ample opportunity was provided for questions and engagement from attendees.
Infrared spectra of liquid water computed using hybrid (solid lines) and semi-local (dotted line) functionals, computed by ab-initio molecular dynamics with the Qbox code. Image credit: Dr. Cui Zhang, UC-Davis.
Image courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory developed process makes it more feasible for the auto industry to incorporate magnesium alloys into structural components. The method has the potential to reduce costs by eliminating the need for rare-earth elements, while simultaneously improving the material's structural properties.
The PNNL team designed and commissioned an industrial version of their idea: A one-of-a-kind, custom built Shear Assisted Processing and Extrusion machine — coining the acronym for ShAPE™.
For more information or additional images:
(202) 586-5251
EnergyTechnologyVisualsCollectionETVC@hq.doe.gov
www.flickr.com/photos/departmentofenergy/collections/7215...
The image was taken during micro-pillar milling using a dual beam FIB-SEM.
The material is TiCN thin CVD coating deposited on a hard metal substrate. Due to its columnar grain microstructure, we have this "cristal visual effect" that surround the pillar while ions milling.
When the pillar will have its final cylindrical shape, it will be punched to investigate the deformation behaviour of these tribological layers.
Courtesy of Mr. Idriss EL AZHARI , FuWe
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Instrument used: Helios NanoLab
Magnification: 12000x
Horizontal Field Width: 10.7µm
Vacuum: 0.442128mbar
Voltage: 15kv
Spot: 0.34nA
Working Distance: 4.1
Detector: SE
Aqueous polymeric film dried under vacuum environment.
Courtesy of Dr. Erico Teixeira Neto
Image Details
Instrument used: Inspect
selective removal of a single pillar. designed shape is 200nm x 200nm cross section with 200nm depth. etched into silicon
Courtesy of Dr. randy polson
Image Details
Instrument used: Helios NanoLab
Magnification: 150,000
Horizontal Field Width: 2.76um
Voltage: 1kv
Spot: 25pa
Working Distance: 4mm
Detector: tld
Fibrils of a rigid rod liquid crystalline polymer
Courtesy of Dr. Fabio Borbone
Image Details
Instrument used: Nova NanoSEM
Graphic illustrates cutaway views of two kinds of smart window showing how they can selectively transmit or block certain wavelengths of light.
Smart windows can switch between a transparent state and blocking state, a feat achieved by taking advantage of materials that reversibly shape-shift. Some materials alter in response to heat or electricity (shown); others respond to a magnetic field, mechanical strain or humidity levels.
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Specialized glass that keeps heat in during winter and lets it out during summer could make buildings much more efficient — if costs and complexities don’t get in the way
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To make windows smarter and more energy efficient than ever before, researchers are exploring new materials that tint in response to electricity, temperature or light intensity.
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In recent decades, developments in software and hardware technologies have created dramatic shifts in design, manufacturing and research. Software technologies have facilitated automated process and new solutions for complex problems. Computation has also become a platform for creativity through generative art and design. New hardware platforms and digital fabrication technologies have similarly transformed manufacturing, offering more efficient production and mass customization. Such advances have helped catalyzed the maker-movement, democratizing design and maker culture. This influx of new capabilities to design, compute and fabricate like never before, has sparked a renewed interest in material performance.
We are now witnessing significant advances in active matter, 3D/4D Printing, materials science, synthetic biology, DNA nanotechnology and soft robotics, which have led to the convergence of software, hardware and material technologies and the growing field of programmable materials.
This conference was about the emerging field of active matter and programmable materials that bridges the worlds of art, science, engineering and design, demonstrating new perspectives for computation, transformation and dynamic material applications.
If over the past few decades we have experienced a software revolution, and more recently, a hardware revolution, this conference aims to discuss the premises, challenges and innovations brought by today’s materials revolution. We can now sense, compute, and actuate with materials alone, just as we could with software and hardware platforms previously. How does this shift influence materials research, and how does it shape the future of design, arts, and industrial applications? What tools and design processes do we need to advance, augment and invent new materials today? What are the key roles that industry, government, academic and public institutions can play in catalyzing the field of programmable materials?
This two-day conference consisted of a range of talks and lively discussion from leading researchers in materials science, art & design, synthetic biology and soft-robotics along with leaders from government, public institutions and industry.
Learn more at activemattersummit.com
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Using a plant virus (Tobacco mosaic virus) as the nanoparticle, a secondary length scale is added to silicon micro pillars for use in microfluidics applications. A layer of photoresist is spun onto these structures for various fabrication ideas and interesting images like this was taken during the process.
Courtesy of Mr. Emre Olceroglu , Drexel University
Image Details
Instrument used: Other SEM (XL SEM, Sirion, etc.)
Magnification: 5000x
Horizontal Field Width: 25.0 μm
Voltage: 20 kV
Spot: 3.0
Working Distance: 14.5
Detector: SE
One dimensional titanium nitride nanofibers prepared by electrospinning
Courtesy of Dr. Wei Luo
Image Details
Instrument used: Quanta SEM
Magnification: 20,000X
Horizontal Field Width: 5.97 μm
Vacuum: 0.1 mbar
Voltage: 10 kV
Spot: 3.0
Working Distance: 4.9 mm
Detector: SE
Photography milled out by FIB on a Si wafer. The technique consists on converting the intensity of each pixel in an 8-bit image to an equivalent exposure time. This data can be transferred to the microscope through a stream file with contains information about the spatial coordinate of the ion beam and its associated exposure time for each particular position. With an appropriate spot size of the Ga+ beam, depending upon magnification and the target material, an incredibly high definition of the photography can be achieved through topographic contrast.
Courtesy of Mr. Alberto Palomares , IMDEA Materials Institute
Image Details
Instrument used: Helios NanoLab
Magnification: 650x
Horizontal Field Width: 195 um
Voltage: 5 kV
Working Distance: 4.0 mm
Detector: ETD
A panel of diverse TMS members built upon the discussion introduced in the Keynote Presentation through their own stories and perspectives, ample opportunity was provided for questions and engagement from attendees.