Science Highlights
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Argonne achieves dramatic improvement in low-temperature engine combustion Argonne engineers in the Center for Transportation Research are developing an advanced combustion system that achieves high efficiency (diesel-like) |
June 1, 2010 | |
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High-dielectric-constant capacitors for hybrid electric vehicles The DC bus capacitors are currently the largest component of inverters in hybrid electric vehicles. |
June 1, 2010 | |
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Plug-in hybrid engine thermal state and resulting efficiency Testing plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) over standardized and real world drive cycles has shown relatively large fuel consumption differences between ambient cold starts and hot starts. Losses on |
May 1, 2010 | |
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New catalyst for converting propane to propylene Argonne scientists discovered a new catalyst for the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane to propylene, one of the highest volume reactions carried out in the modern petrochemical industry. |
May 1, 2010 | |
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Quick-change molecules caught in the act The chemistry of life happens so fast that a millionth of a second is largely invisible to science and in that time, molecules change in ways we cannot see. |
May 1, 2010 | |
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New metal deposition technique offers promise for fuel cells, pacemakers Noble metal alloys have numerous applications in microelectronics, fuel cells, and medicine. For instance, platinum-iridium alloys are used for the electrodes in pacemakers. |
May 1, 2010 | |
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Imaging feldspar reactivity with X-ray reflection interface microscopy The mineral-fluid interface is the principal site of low-temperature geochemical processes at and near Earth’s surface, and exerts a powerful influence on natural geochemical cycles. |
May 1, 2010 | |
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Competitive adsorption observed with resonant anomalous X-ray reflectivity We investigated how natural organic matter modifies the adsorption of heavy metals at the muscovite (001)-water interface using in-situ resonant anomalous X-ray reflectivity. The results provide fu |
April 1, 2010 | |
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Quasicrystalline order at the nanoscale Nanoparticles have a strong tendency to form periodic structures. |
April 1, 2010 | |
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Better cathodes for lithium-ion batteries Increased interest in the development of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries is spurring a multitude of investigations into ways of improving this potential alternative energy source. |
April 1, 2010 |