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James Peery, who led critical national security programs at Sandia National Laboratories and held multiple leadership positions at Los Alamos National Laboratory before arriving at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory last year, has been named a...
![Composites scientist and engineer Vlastimil Kunc with the latest large-scale 3Dprinter at the MDF. Composites scientist and engineer Vlastimil Kunc with the latest large-scale 3Dprinter at the MDF.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/Kunc200.jpg?itok=Z4xuRYuR)
Vlastimil Kunc grew up in a family of scientists where his natural curiosity was encouraged—an experience that continues to drive his research today in polymer composite additive manufacturing at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. “I’ve been interested in the science of composites si...
![Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher Halil Tekinalp combines silanes and polylactic acid to create supertough renewable plastic. Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher Halil Tekinalp combines silanes and polylactic acid to create supertough renewable plastic.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/02%20Materials-Supertough_bioplastic.jpg?itok=64jAyN8y)
A novel method developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory creates supertough renewable plastic with improved manufacturability. Working with polylactic acid, a biobased plastic often used in packaging, textiles, biomedical implants and 3D printing, the research team added tiny amo...
![ORNL researcher Miaofang Chi refines her microscopy techniques toward understanding how and why materials have certain properties. ORNL researcher Miaofang Chi refines her microscopy techniques toward understanding how and why materials have certain properties.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/M_Chi_casual_0.png?itok=uvQT5OzH)
Material surfaces and interfaces may appear flat and void of texture to the naked eye, but a view from the nanoscale reveals an intricate tapestry of atomic patterns that control the reactions between the material and its environment. Electron microscopy allows researchers to probe...