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A material benefit to society, Sandia scientist elected AAAS fellow

February 3, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A perennial inventor of advanced materials has been elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Sandia National Laboratories senior scientist Tina Nenoff was bestowed the honor by her peers for the advancement of science “in service to society” and “for outstanding accomplishments in...
Tina Nenoff

Glowing designer sponges: New nanoparticles engineered to image and treat cancer

February 26, 2018 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Sandia National Laboratories team has designed and synthesized nanoparticles that glow red and are stable, useful properties for tracking cancer growth and spread. This work is the first time the intrinsic luminescence of metal-organic framework materials, or MOFs, for long-term bioimaging has been reported, materials chemist...
Lauren Rohwer, Dorina Sava Gallis, and Kim Butler examine tubes of glowing MOF nanoparticles that they designed, synthesized, and tested.

Pioneering path to electrical conductivity in ‘Tinkertoy’ materials to appear in Science

December 9, 2013 • LIVERMORE, Calif.— Sandia National Laboratories researchers have devised a novel way to realize electrical conductivity in metal-organic framework (MOF) materials, a development that could have profound implications for the future of electronics, sensors, energy conversion…