Research Highlights | Argonne National Laboratory

Solving a Knotty Problem

January 12, 2021

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High-speed X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy: probing phase splitting in chemical separations

In a study published in Physical Review Letters, researchers used X-rays to discover microsecond dynamics in fluids.

December 03, 2020

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Synthesis and atomic scale characterization of supramolecular graphene

In a study published in Nature Chemistry, researchers imaged metal atoms at the atomic scale.

October 15, 2020 | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, coordination-driven self-assembly, intra- and intermolecular self-assembly

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Visualizing anisotropic oxygen diffusion in ceria

In a study published in Physical Review Letters, researchers investigate materials used for fuel cell catalysis.

October 15, 2020 | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ceria, Coulomb interaction

Argonne developers celebrate important milestone for Globus

October 13, 2020

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Neural networks help push the limits of nanoscale X-ray coherent diffraction imaging

In a study published in Applied Physics Letters, researchers develop a fast, dose-efficient, high-resolution method for AI-enabled scanning coherent imaging.

September 14, 2020 | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, machine learning, ptychographic imaging

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Screening therapeutic agents for COVID-19 using AI

In a study published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, researchers using artificial intelligence identified 175 drugs as potential therapeutics against COVID-19.

September 14, 2020 | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, COVID-19, machine learning

Identifying optimal placement of rain gauges

August 14, 2020

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Hot electron dynamics

In a study published in Nature Materials, researchers advance the understanding of hot-hole dynamics in metal–semiconductor heterostructures.

August 10, 2020 | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, hot-electron dynamics, internal quantum efficiency

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Engineering long-range energy propagation

In a study published in Nano Letters, researchers achieve energy propagation beyond tens of micrometers with hybrid plasmonic systems.

August 10, 2020 | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, energy propagation, plasmon lattice