BES 2023 | U.S. DOE Office of Science(SC)

Exploring Bonds and Electronic Structure in Plutonium Hybrid Materials

Researchers combined crystallographic data and computational studies to investigate plutonium-ligand bonding within a hybrid material construct.

Bio-Mining Fool’s Gold

Understanding how methanogenic bacteria can “bio-mine” minerals advances biotechnology and helps scientists understand the Earth’s geological history.

Oxide Interfaces Put New Twist on Electron Spins

Interfaces made by stacking certain complex oxide materials can tune the quantum interactions between electrons, yielding exotic spin textures.

When Material Goes Quantum, Electrons Slow Down and Form a Crystal

Researchers detect an exotic electron phase called Wigner crystal in tungsten diselenide/tungsten disulfide moiré superlattices.

Scientists Twist X-Rays with Artificial Spin Crystals

Patterned arrays of nanomagnets produce X-ray beams with a switchable rotating wavefront twist.

Scientists Probe the Source of Stochastic Occurrence of Super-Knock in Engines Running on Hydrogen/Methane Fuels

Scientists analyzed detonation formation in hydrogen/methane air mixtures, quantifying the effect of non-thermal reactions on the mechanism of detonation.

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