Materials

Argonne’s innovations in high-tech materials are key to breakthroughs in biology, the environment, nuclear energy, transportation and national security.

Argonne continues to make revolutionary advances in the science of materials discovery and synthesis, and is designing new materials with advantageous properties — one atom at a time. Examples of these include Argonne’s technologies for nanoparticle applications, heat transfer and materials for advanced energy storage.

Intellectual Property

Method of making dielectric capacitors with increased dielectric breakdown strength (IN-10-096)

A method to fabricate dielectric capacitors with increased capacitance and durability that can boost the capability of power electronics.

Intellectual Property

Multi-Metallic Catalysts For Plastic Waste Upcycling (ANL-IN-21-140 & ANL-IN-22-050)

This invention is a method of plastic waste upcycling using multi-metallic nanoparticles as catalysts.

Intellectual Property

Enhanced electron amplifier structure (ANL-IN-15-123)

Intellectual Property

Atomic layer deposition of fluoride thin films (ANL-IN-19-039)

Argonne researchers have invented a novel method of depositing fluoride thin films.

Intellectual Property

Enhanced neutron detector and electron amplifier (ANL-IN-16-041)

Argonne researchers have invented an enhanced electron amplifier structure.

Intellectual Property

Digital electron amplifier with anode readout (DEAAR) device (ANL-IN-14-055 and ANL-IN-14-055B)

Argonne researchers have invented scalable electron amplifier devices and atomic layer deposition (“ALD”) fabrication process methods.

Intellectual Property

Methods to Improve the Tungsten Thin Film Adhesion (ANL-IN-16-031)

Argonne researchers have invented a method for improving tungsten thin film adhesion in Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD).

Intellectual Property

Bipolar Plate Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cell with a Sealed Anode Compartment & Method (IN-04-095)

Solid Oxide Fuel Cells with Improved Bipolar Plate Supported Fuel Cell having a Sealed Anode Compartment & Method of Sealing

Intellectual Property

Device and Method for Fluidizing and Coating of Ultrafine Particles (ANL-IN-11-048)

Increasing structural stability and cell capacity of battery electrodes

Intellectual Property

Oxygen-Doped Cesium Rubidium Lead Perovskite Compounds for Hard Radiation Detection (ANL-IN-20-048)

The inventors have developed a technique to substantially increase room temperature gamma radiation detection and yield ratio in these materials.

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