Pass the Proton, Please
Too many choices, not enough time. These words haunt those selecting materials for fuel cells—devices that use hydrogen to generate electricity, but not pollutants—for everything from locomotives to laptop computers. To focus on the most promising materials for fuel cells, designers need to know what is happening at the molecular level... More
Bruce Garrett Advises National Science Foundation Program
Congratulations to Dr. Bruce Garrett on becoming an advisor to a National Science Foundation Partnership in International Research and Education Program entitled Theoretical and Computational Chemistry: Potential Energy Surfaces, Collisions with Surfaces, and Electronic Non-Adiabatic Reactions... More
Chemists Make Beds with Soft Landings
Bedsprings aren't often found in biology. Now, chemists have succeeded in making a layer of tiny protein coils attached to a surface, much like miniature bedsprings in a frame. This thin film made of stable and very pure helices can help researchers develop molecular electronics or solar cells, or to divine the biology of proteins... More
Catalysis Takes Center Stage at Chemistry Conference
One way PNNL scientists are harnessing the power of catalysis is through hydrogen oxidation and production, two processes necessary for fuel cells to function. So far, however, such chemical conversions are expensive, requiring the precious metal platinum. DuBois is exploring how to design alternative catalysts that use inexpensive metals such as nickel and cobalt... More
Yuehe Lin selected as Laboratory Fellow
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researcher Dr. Yuehe Lin has been named Laboratory Fellow, the highest rank that PNNL science and engineering staff can attain. Lin is a longtime contributor to the fields of chemical sensors and biosensors and biomedical nanotechnology... More
Yuehe Lin and Glen Fryxell Quoted in Key Chemical Engineering Magazine
Congratulations to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Yuehe Lin and Glen Fryxell on being quoted on nanotechnology research in the June 2008 issue of CEP Magazine, published by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. This trade magazine is sent to more than 32,000 industrial, academic, and government professionalst each month... More
