On November 26, 2018, researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory received the Joule Award from Barbara Hoffheins of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of International Nuclear Safeguards.
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![Illustration of spin and orbital structures Illustration of spin and orbital structures of the Sr2FeReO6 double perovskite composed of localized 3d orbitals (red) and spin-orbit coupled 5d orbitals (blue).](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/Image%20for%20Lee%20highlight%2012-03-18.jpg?itok=jJpOWi3U)
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This work directly measured the intrinsic surface conductance of topological insulators by using a four-probe scanning tunneling microscope (4-Probe STM) to tune the crossover of bulk-to-surface conductance. A scattering-free spin transport
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This work successfully demonstrated size and geometry customizable carbon microelectrode sensors using templates produced with the CNMS Nanoscribe.
![Next-generation fiber-reinforced composites may monitor their own structural health, detect damage, and issue early warnings. When enough electrically conductive fiber is embedded in a polymer matrix, the bulk composite becomes electrically conductive. Se](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/Composite%20Graphic.jpg?h=972c50f2&itok=iddiFRKf)
Researchers utilized a roll-to-roll process to coat electrically conductive carbon fibers with semiconducting silicon carbide nanoparticles—demonstrating a scalable method to make reinforcing fibers for composite applications requiring strong
![Peculiar outer-sphere water coordination of trivalent lanthanide complexes is shown in experiment and computation to correlate with the lanthanide selectivity of a diglycolamide ligand in the biphasic separation system](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-04/Outer-Sphere%20Water%20Clusters%20thmnl_0.jpg?h=ed6b2544&itok=p7m76Pgo)
Peculiar outer-sphere water coordination of trivalent lanthanide complexes is shown in experiment and computation to correlate with the lanthanide selectivity of a diglycolamide ligand in the biphasic separation system
![New iCOF material selectively sequesters Cr(VI) oxoanions in the presence of other anions, such as sulfate and nitrate.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-04/BES_highlight_SJP%20thmnlw.jpg?h=394421b2&itok=xQe2gPPd)
New iCOF material selectively sequesters Cr(VI) oxoanions in the presence of other anions, such as sulfate and nitrate.
![The clusters are assembled through steric and electrostatic forces, with the chloride anions (green spheres) residing in equidistant ‘clefts’ between coordinating diglycolamide ligands in positions that satisfy both repulsive and attractive ion-ion interactions.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-04/Trefoil%20thmnlw_1.jpg?h=0f3da717&itok=SxlSuF5i)
The clusters are assembled through steric and electrostatic forces, with the chloride anions (green spheres) residing in equidistant ‘clefts’ between coordinating diglycolamide ligands in positions that satisfy both repulsive and attractive ion-ion
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CNMS electron microscopy and quantitative EELS, combined with quantum chemistry calculations (Los Alamos Institutional Computing Program) identifies FeN4 clusters ligated with OH as the predominant active sites in a platinum group metal (PGM)-free