Nanotechnology

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Better living through pressure: functional nanomaterials made easy

April 18, 2017, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Using pressure instead of chemicals, a Sandia National Laboratories team has fabricated nanoparticles into nanowire-array structures similar to those that underlie the surfaces of touch-screens for sensors, computers, phones and TVs. The pressure-based fabrication process takes nanoseconds. Chemistry-based industrial techniques take hours. The process, called stress-induced fabrication,...

Categories: Nanotechnology, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: flat screens, imprint, nanorods, nanoscale, nanosheets, nanowires, semiconductor defects, stress-induced fabrication, touch-screens

Guiding Light: Sandia creates 3-D metasurfaces with optical possibilities

March 9, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Metamaterials don’t exist in nature, but their ability to make ultra-thin lenses and ultra-efficient cell phone antennas, bend light to keep satellites cooler and let photovoltaics absorb more energy mean they offer a world of possibilities. Formed by nanostructures that act as “atoms,” arranged on a substrate...

Categories: Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: beams, cell phone antennas, frequency converters, lasers, metamaterials, optical filters, photovoltaics, satellites

Nanotechnology manager elected president of Materials Research Society

November 11, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Senior manager Sean Hearne, who leads the Center of Integrated Nanotechnology (CINT) group for Sandia National Laboratories, has been elected president of the Materials Research Society. MRS is an international organization that promotes interdisciplinary materials research with 15,000 members from academia, industry and national labs. Hearne will...

Categories: Awards, Nanotechnology

Topics: Arizona State University, Center for Integrated Nanotechnology, CINT, Materials Research Society, materials science, nanotechnology, president

Diamonds Aren’t Forever: Sandia, Harvard team create first quantum computer bridge

October 14, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — By forcefully embedding two silicon atoms in a diamond matrix, Sandia researchers have demonstrated for the first time on a single chip all the components needed to create a quantum bridge to link quantum computers together. “People have already built small quantum computers,” says Sandia researcher Ryan...

Categories: Computing, Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: CINT, entanglement, implantation, photon, quantum, silicon

This stylized illustration of a quantum bridge shows an array of holes etched in diamond with two silicon atoms placed between the holes. (Illustration courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories) Click on the thumbnail for a high-resolution image.

Nanophotonics researcher at Sandia named IEEE Outstanding Young Professional

September 22, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researcher Salvatore Campione has been awarded the 2016 Outstanding Young Professional Award by IEEE honor society Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN). A researcher of nanophotonics and metamaterials, with special expertise in periodic structures, leaky-wave antennas and electromagnetic theory, Campione was recognized by the society “for...

Categories: Awards, Nanotechnology

Topics: HKN honor society, ieee, leaky wave antennas, nanophotonics, outstanding young professional, periodic structures

Sandia storing information securely in DNA

July 11, 2016 • Sandia researchers explore a biologically inspired information storage system ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Experiments at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider generate 15 million gigabytes of data per year. That is a lot of digital data to inscribe on hard drives or beam up to the “cloud.” George Bachand, a Sandia National Laboratories...

Categories: Biology, Nanotechnology, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: basic research, Biology, biomimicry, Center for Integrated Nanotechnology, DNA, encryption, fundamental science, information storage, LDRD, nanotechnology

Marlene and George Bachand show off their new method for encrypting and storing sensitive information in DNA

World’s fastest multiframe digital X-ray camera created at Sandia

June 2, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An adversary who steps inside a boxer’s sense of rhythm may land a punch the boxer never saw coming. A similar problem faces physicists struggling to achieve laboratory-scale nuclear fusion: A rogue event occurring between successively monitored images may knock an otherwise promising experiment off-kilter without anyone...

Categories: Nanotechnology, Physics, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: CCD cameras, HED, high energy density, inertial confinement fusion, NIF, NRL, plasma, pulsed power, University of Rochester, UXI, X-ray imager, Z, Z-Beamlet

Precise atom implants in silicon provide a first step toward practical quantum computers

May 24, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has taken a first step toward creating a practical quantum computer, able to handle huge numbers of computations instantaneously. Here’s the recipe: A “donor” atom propelled by an ion beam is inserted very precisely in microseconds into an industry-standard silicon substrate. The donor atom...

Categories: Computing, Nanotechnology, Physics

Topics: quantum computing, quantum dots, qubits, silicon, spin

Ingenious method enables sharper flat-panel displays at lower energy costs

April 26, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A perpetual quest of manufacturers and viewers is for ever-brighter colors and better images for flat-panel displays built from less expensive materials that also use less electricity. An intriguing method discovered by Sandia National Laboratories researcher Alec Talin and collaborators at the Center for Nanoscale Science and...

Categories: Chemistry, Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Physics

Topics: electrochromic, electromagnetic waves, nanodots, NIST, pixels, plasmons, polaritons, polymers, television, TV

Sandia nanomaterials researcher Hongyou Fan elected MRS Fellow

March 29, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researcher Hongyou Fan has been elected a fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS). Fewer than one in 500 MRS members are honored with the distinction. Fan is the fifth Sandian named an MRS fellow and the first elected since 2011. His nanotechnology work...

Categories: Awards, Nanotechnology

Topics: nanoelectornic, nanophotonic, nanotechnology self-assembly, self-assembly

Unique phononic filter could revolutionize signal processing systems

January 12, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A unique filtering technology that combines light and sound waves on a single chip is expected to better detect radar and communications frequencies. “We have developed a powerful signal filtering technology that could revolutionize signal processing systems that rely solely on conventional electronics,” said Patrick Chu, manager...

Categories: Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Physics, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: phononic, photodetectors, photonic, radar, rf

Thor’s hammer to crush materials at 1 million atmospheres

January 5, 2016 • Sophisticated features may influence eventual Z-machine rebuildALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A new Sandia National Laboratories accelerator called Thor is expected to be 40 times more efficient than Sandia’s Z machine, the world’s largest and most powerful pulsed-power accelerat…

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Materials Science, Military / Defense, Nanotechnology, Nuclear Weapons, Physics, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: change of state, extreme conditions, magnetic fields, particle accelerator, pulsed power, stockpile stewardship, Thor, Z, z machine

Biological tools create nerve-like polymer network

August 24, 2015 • Crowdsurfing motor proteins create possible prosthetic interface ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Using a succession of biological mechanisms, Sandia National Laboratories researchers have created linkages of polymer nanotubes that resemble the structure of a nerve, with many out-thrust filaments poised to gather or send electrical impulses. “This is the first demonstration of...

Categories: Biology, Bioscience / Medical Research, Chemistry, Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: bioengineering, kinesin, microtubules, motor proteins, neural structure, polymers, quantum dots

Hongyou Fan chosen for prestigious lecture on creating nanomaterials

April 2, 2015, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researcher Hongyou Fan has been selected by the Materials Research Society (MRS) and the Kavli Foundation to deliver the 2015 Fred Kavli Distinguished Lecture in Nanoscience. Fan is the first lecturer identified with a national laboratory to be so honored. “I am glad that...

Categories: Nanotechnology, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: Kavli, materials, Materials Research Society, nanomaterials, nanotechnology

The quest for efficiency in thermoelectric nanowires

February 2, 2015 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Efficiency is big in the tiny world of thermoelectric nanowires. Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories say better materials and manufacturing techniques for the nanowires could allow carmakers to harvest power from the heat wasted by exhaust systems or lead to more efficient devices to cool computer chips....

Categories: Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: computer cooling, conductivity, electroforming, exhaust systems, materials, nanowires, thermoelectric nanowires

Turning biological cells to stone improves cancer and stem cell research

December 8, 2014 • ‘Zombie’ method also hardens biostructures for mass production ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Changing flesh to stone sounds like the work of a witch in a fairy tale. But a new technique to transmute living cells into more permanent materials that defy decay and can endure high-powered probes is widening research opportunities...

Categories: Bioscience / Medical Research, Chemistry, Materials Science, Nanotechnology

Topics: cancer, cells, nanostructures, organelles, red blood cells, silica, spiders, stem cells

Diamond plates create nanostructures through pressure, not chemistry

June 27, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — You wouldn’t think that mechanical force — the simple kind used to eject unruly patrons from bars, shoe a horse or emboss the raised numerals on credit cards — could process nanoparticles more subtly than the most advanced chemistry. Yet, in a recent paper in Nature Communications,...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Nanotechnology, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: embossing, flexible electronics, force, LEDs, nanotechnology, solar cells

Novel nanoparticle production method could lead to better lights, lenses, solar cells

June 17, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has come up with an inexpensive way to synthesize titanium-dioxide nanoparticles and is seeking partners who can demonstrate the process at industrial scale for everything from solar cells to light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Titanium-dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles show great promise as fillers to tune the refractive...

Categories: Nanotechnology, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: commercial partner, LEDs, nanoparticles, Sandia National Laboratories, Science and Technology Showcase, solar cells, titanium dioxide

Sandia National Laboratories researchers Dale Huber, left, and Todd Monson have come up with an inexpensive way to synthesize titanium-dioxide nanoparticles, which could be used in everything from solar cells to light-emitting diodes.

Improvements in MRIs, passenger screening, other image-detection applications on the horizon

June 11, 2014 • Sandia, Rice University, Tokyo Institute of Technology developing terahertz detectors with carbon nanotubes LIVERMORE, Calif. — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories, along with collaborators from Rice University and the Tokyo Institute of Technology, are developing new terahertz detectors based on carbon nanotubes that could lead to significant improvements in medical...

Categories: Nanotechnology, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: carbon nanotubes, MRI, nanotechnology, Rice University, terahertz

American Physical Society names four Sandia fellows

May 7, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Four Sandia researchers have been named Fellows of the American Physical Society, an honor that indicates recognition by scientific peers of exceptional contributions to physics. No more than one half of 1 percent of APS membership can be elected in a given year. Those honored are: Charles...

Categories: Awards, Chemistry, Computing, Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Physics, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: CINT, Z, z machine, ZLASMMPS

Engineering better machines and buildings by understanding mechanics of materials

May 5, 2014 • Sandia project to fill gaps by linking atomic structure with how parts perform ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Humans have used metals for thousands of years, but there’s still a lot about them that isn’t fully understood. Just how much stretching, bending or compression a particular metal will take is determined by...

Categories: Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: engineering, material science, materials performance, predicting performance margins

Sandia National Laboratories researcher Brad Salzbrenner tests laser-welded objects in pure tension, shear and mixed tension-shear loading. One pilot study in Sandia's long-term Predicting Performance Margins program involves laser welds, which are widely used in engineered systems.

2014 Rank Prize for envisioning strained-layer superlattices awarded to Sandia Fellow

April 22, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In 1982, then-Sandia National Laboratories researcher Gordon Osbourn published a theoretical paper that asserted the previously unthinkable: that ultra-thin layers of mismatched atomic lattices could overcome the strain of their union and successfully form a defect-free bond. Going against the grain of the times, Osbourn’s calculations stimulated...

Categories: Awards, Nanotechnology, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: laser, materials science, military, nanomaterials, nanotechnology, Rank Prize, semiconductors, superlattices

Plasmonic crystal alters to match light-frequency source

October 30, 2013 • A device like a photonic crystal, but smaller and tunable ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Gems are known for the beauty of the light that passes through them. But it is the fixed atomic arrangements of these crystals that determine which light frequencies are permitted passage. Now a Sandia-led team has created...

Categories: Homeland security, Materials Science, Military / Defense, Nanotechnology, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: crystal, metamaterials, photonic crystal, plasma, plasmonic

Already “outstanding poster” selected for international exhibit

July 22, 2013 • Sandia researchers score MRS “outstanding” rating two years running ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researcher Hongyou Fan was honored for his “outstanding poster” at the 2013 Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS) in San Francisco. His was one of only 12 posters selected out of 2,147 at...

Categories: Awards, Materials Science, Nanotechnology

Topics: coatings, films, nanotechnology, optical, reflectors

‘Zombie’ replica cells may outperform live ones as catalysts and conductors

February 7, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — “Zombie” mammalian cells that may function better after they die have been created by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico (UNM). The simple technique coats a cell with a silica solution to form a near-perfect replica of its structure. The process may...

Categories: Biology, Chemistry, Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: 3-D structures, carbon, catalysts, cells, nanoscopic, PNAS, silica, zombie

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