Argonne's R&D 100 Awards

Argonne National Laboratory has won 99 R&D 100 Awards. For information on research sponsors and winning Argonne divisions and researchers, click here. For a short description of the winning technology, click here.

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2007

Access Grid 3.0: A Group Collaboration

Passive Millimeter-Wave Spectrometer for Remote Chemical Detection

Ultra-High Resolution Mammography System

2006

Ultra-fast, Ultra-sensitive Nanostructured Hydrogen Sensor Video

Multiport Dryer Technology for the Forest Products Industry

Separative Bioreactor for the Production and Recovery of Biobased Products

Anti-scatter Grids for X-ray Imaging annd Collimators for Nuclear Imaging made by LIGA

Materials Resistant to Metal Dusting Degradation

2005

Multilayer Lens Wafers for X-Ray Lenses

MPICH2 Release 1.0: High Performance, Portable Implementation of the Message Passing Interface Standard for Parallel Computing

Self-Contained Battery-Powered bion® Microstimulator with Rechargeable Miniature Battery

High-Temperature Potentiometric Oxygen Sensor with Internal Reference

2004

Grancrete™ Spray-On Structural Cement and Rapid Construction Process for Low-Cost Housing (video)

Powertrain System Analysis Toolkit (PSAT) V5.2 more

Glass Furnace Model (GFM)

Hydrogen Transport Membrane (HTM) for Separation of Pure Hydrogen at High Temperatues

2003

Scanning Confocal Electron Microscope (SCEM) (Video)

Nanostructured Carbide Derived Carbon (CDC)

2002

Smart Sensor Developer Kit (more..)

Advanced Electrodeionization Technology for Product Desalting

Globus Toolkit™ Release 2.0 (more...)

2001

Autothermal Reforming Catalyst for Fuel Processors

2000

Large-Area CCD X-Ray Detector

Hard X-Ray Scanning Microprobe

Process to Recycle Post-Consumer Flexible Polyurethane Foam

1999

Argonne Clean Diesel Technology

Gregar Extractor

1998

Multivariate State Estimation Technique (MSET) (early warning expert system)

PRODIAG (software for customized process diagnostics)

Near-Frictionless Carbon Films

1997

Mass Spectroscopy of Recoiled Ion (MSRI) Analyzer (Chemistry Division; joint award with Ionwerks Corporation)

Production of Chemicals from Biologically Derived Succinic Acid (Energy Systems and Environmental Research Divisions; joint award with Oak Ridge, National Renewable Energy, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, and Applied Carbochemicals)

1996

CERAMICRETE Phosphate-Bonded Ceramic (Energy Technology Division)

Magnetic Flux Imaging System (Materials Science Division; joint award with Phase Metrics and the Institute for Solid State Physics, Moscow, Russia)

Empore Rad Disks (Chemical Technology Division and Environmental Research Division; joint award with 3M Company and IBC Advanced Technologies, Inc.)

Millimeter Wave Fabric Inspection System (Energy Technology Division)

Photorefractive Liquid Crystal Optical Processor (Chemistry Division)

1995

CEMROX-Ceramic Membrane Reactor for Oxidation of Natural Gas (Energy Technology Division; joint award with Amoco Research Center and DOE/PETC)

PVS Plasma Reactor (MSD)

1994

Toroid Cavity Imager (Chemical Technology Division)

Diphonix Ion Exchange Resin (Chemistry Division)

Ultrasonic Viscometer (Energy Technology Division)

1993

DAD Molecular Switch - Type P3 (Chemistry Division)

Ceramic Sulfide Materials (Chemical Technology Division)

An Efficient New Process for Commercial Production of Phase-Pure Superconductors (Energy Technology Division, Chemical Technology Division)

1992

Helium Self-Pumping Module for Fusion Application (Engineering Physics/Fusion Power, and Materials Science Division; joint award with Sandia National Laboratories)

1991

New Extraction Chromatographic Materials for the Separation & Preconcentration of Radionuclides from Biological & Environmental Samples and from Radioactive Waste Solution (Chemistry Division)

Boric Acid Lubricant (Energy Technology Division)

Bipolar Li/FeS₂ Battery, the Mark III (Chemical Technology Division)

Electrorefining Process for Recovery of Transuranics from Spent Nuclear Fuel (Chemical Technology Division)

1990

Blood Cadmium Assay Kit (Biology Division)

1989

Radium-224 Generator (Chemistry Division)

Binder-Enhanced Densified Refuse-Derived Fuel Pellets (Energy and Environmental System Division; joint award with University of North Texas)

Infrared Aerosol Analyzer (Chemical Technology Division)

1988

Neutron Stress Monitor for Composite Constituents (Materials and Components Technology Division; joint award with Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories)

pH Sensor for High-Temperature/High-Pressure Aqueous Environments (Chemical Technology Division)

FT-EPR Spectrometer (Chemistry Division)

LP-SPEC Software (Chemistry Division)

3He/4He Dilution Refrigerator (Materials Science Division)

1987

Surface Analysis by Resonance Ionization of Sputtered Atoms (SARISA) (Chemistry Division and Materials Science Division)

High-Temperature Ultrasonic Flaw Detector (Materials and Components Technology Division; joint award with American Iron and Steel Institute; National Bureau of Standards; Magnaflux Corp.)

TRUEX (Transuranium Extraction) Process (Chemistry Division; joint award with Westinghouse Rockwell-Hanford)

Pulse Squeezer (Chemistry Division)

Micro Membrane-Electrode Sensor (Chemical Technology Division)

Polarized Neutron Reflectometer (Materials Science Division and Pulsed Neutron Source)

1985

Pyroelectrochemical Extraction Process (Chemical Technology Division)

Ultra-Sensitive Radionuclide X-/Gamma Ray Detector (Electronics Division)

Low-Enrichment Nuclear Reactor Fuel (Reduced Enrichment Research and Test Reactor Program, and Materials Science and Technology Division)

1984

Real Time Synchrotron X-Ray Small Angle Scattering Instrumentation (Biological And Medical Research Division)

Chemical Parameter Spectrometer portable toxic gas detector (Energy and Environmental Systems Division)

Beam Signal Pickup Test Facility (High Energy Physics Division)

1983

Two-Dimensional Position-Sensitive Neutron Scintillation Detector (Electronics Division)

1982

Masked Multichannel Scalar (Chemical Engineering Division and Electronics Division)

Directly Exposed Self-Scanning Photodiode Linear Position-Sensitive X-Ray System (Biological and Medical Research Division)

3.3-MJ Split-Pair Pulsed Superconducting Coil (Fusion Power Program)

Multifunctional Sensor Electrode (Chemical Technology Division)

1981

Attenuated Total Internal Reflection Impactor for Aerosol Analysis (Chemical Engineering Division)

Small Sample Calorimeter (Electronics Division)

Electric Vehicle Battery Charger (Chemical Engineering Division)

1980

High-Temperature Microphone (Components Technology Division)

1979

Superconducting Cable (Accelerator Research Facilities)

Superconducting Transistor (Solid State Science Division)

1978

40-Ton Superconducting Magnet System (Accelerator Research Facilities)

Fluidized-Bed Coal Combustion Process (Chemical Engineering Division)

Gas Chromatography Cryocollector (Chemical Engineering Division)

1977

High-Temperature Thin-Film Quantum Superconducting Interference Device (SQUID) (Solid State Science Division)

Nonimaging Solar Collector (Chemical Engineering Division)

1976

In-Sodium Tritium Meter (Chemical Engineering Division)

Dielectric Compound Parabolic Concentrator (Accelerator Research Facilities, Chemical Technology Division)

Liposome-Encapsulated Drugs (Biological and Medical Research Division)

1974

High-Capacity Lithium-Sulfur Battery Cell (Chemical Engineering Division)

System for Detecting Water-to-Sodium Leaks from Steam Generators of Liquid Metal Cooled Fast Breeder Nuclear Reactors (Chemical Engineering Division)

1970

Artificial Kidney (High Energy Physics Division)

1969

Superconducting Magnet for 12-foot Bubble Chamber (High Energy Physics Division)

Braille Machine (Reactor Engineering Research Division)

1968

Lightweight, Electrically Rechargeable Power Cells (Chemical Engineering Division)

1965

Neutron Image Intensification System (Metallurgy Division)

1964

Portable Fluorescent X-ray Instrument (Chemistry Division)