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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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Plan View TEM image shows the capacitors in a DRAM device
Courtesy of Dr. Neerushana Jehanathan
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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™.
For more information or additional images:
(202) 586-5251
EnergyTechnologyVisualsCollectionETVC@hq.doe.gov
www.flickr.com/photos/departmentofenergy/collections/7215...
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.
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
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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
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
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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
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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
Biodegradable plastic production. Technicians working on the production of Mater-Bi, a biodegradable plastic produced by the Italian materials company Novamont. Mater-Bi is made from a mixture of renewable raw materials from agriculture, such as non-genetically modified corn-starch, and synthetic polymers. It can be completely metabolised (broken down) by soil micro-organisms, without producing pollutants.
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.
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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Switchable Materials for Smart Windows, Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
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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Michael J. Aziz, Gene and Tracy Sykes Professor of Materials and Energy Technologies, became fascinated by energy technology while teaching a basic course on thermodynamics.
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
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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
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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
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Instrument used: Nova NanoSEM
Carbon contamination spots on SiN spontaneously form nanotrees after some minutes under a 200 keV electron beam
Courtesy of Mr. Marien Bremmer
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Instrument used: Tecnai
Voltage: 200
Spot: 3.0
hydrothermal growth of ZnO nanorods - "nano pencils"
Courtesy of Dr. Cornel Munteanu , Institute of Physical Chemistry Ilie Murgulescu
Image Details
Instrument used: Quanta 3D
Magnification: 40,000
Horizontal Field Width: 3.73
Voltage: 20 kV
Spot: 4.5
Working Distance: 10.0
Detector: SE-ETD
One dimensional titanium nitride nanofibers prepared by electrospinning
Courtesy of Dr. Wei Luo
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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
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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.
fabrication and placement of 3D structure.
Courtesy of Dr. randy polson , university of utah
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Instrument used: Helios NanoLab
Magnification: 17500
Horizontal Field Width: 11.8 um
Voltage: 3kv
Spot: 25 pA
Working Distance: 6.6mm
Detector: ETD
HRTEM image gold nanoparticles grown on TiO2 nanoribbons.
Courtesy of Mr. Anderson Caires , Centro de Microscopia/UFMG
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Instrument used: Tecnai
The ettringite after ion etching
Courtesy of Mr. Murat Elmurzaev
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Instrument used: Quanta 3D
Magnification: 10,000
Horizontal Field Width: 29.8
Vacuum: 3 mbar
Voltage: 20 kV
Spot: 2.5
Working Distance: 15.1
Detector: SE
The microphotography shows the appearance of the skin of a dragonfly, one of the most interesting and fascinating insects of nature.
Courtesy of Dr. Maria Carbajo , UNIVERSIDAD DE EXTREMADURA
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Instrument used: Quanta 3D
Magnification: 3500x
Horizontal Field Width: 85μm
Voltage: 20kV
Spot: 5.5
Working Distance: 10mm
Detector: SE
GaAs x-cut prepared with FIB.
Courtesy of Mr. Michał Rawski , Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin
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Instrument used: Titan
Magnification: 1000000x
Voltage: 300kV
Graphite crucible failure with Ti
Courtesy of Dr. Clarissa Wisner
Image Details
Instrument used: Helios NanoLab
Magnification: 2500x
Voltage: 30 kV
Working Distance: 5.1
Detector: SEI