Jun Liu Invited Speaker at Semiconductor Conference
(August 2009)
A gifted speaker on energy conversion and storage, Dr. Jun Liu will share his expertise at the 14th Canadian Semiconductor Technology Conference. His talk will focus on nanostructured materials. These materials could turn solar and other alternative fuels into mainstream sources. Nanostructured materials are a key area of discovery at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Transformational Materials Science Initiative. The event is in Ontario, Canada, August 10-14, 2009.
When Small Is Better
(August 2009)
Nanomaterials, composed of tiny particles or tubes a hundred thousand times smaller than the diameter of a single strand of human hair, may hold the key to solving problems in alternative energy, national security, and even human health. An article by Dr. Aihui Ma-Ham, Dr. Zhiwen Tang, Ms. Hong Wu, Dr. Jun Wang and Dr. Yuehe Lin in Small reviewed current developments in one area of promise for nanomaterials: protein-based nanomedicine platforms for drug delivery. » More
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Jason Zhang Invited to Write Chapter on Batteries for Handbook
(July 2009)
Congratulations to Dr. Jason Zhang at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on being invited to write a chapter for the Handbook of Battery Materials. This second edition is being published by Wiley-VCH.
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TMSI Scientists Invited to Write Article for Encyclopedia
(July 2009)
Congratulations to Dr. Gordon Graff, Dr. Jason Zhang, Dr. Z. Gary Yang, and Dr. Jun Liu at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on being invited to write an article for Springer's Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology. The authors were selected to write the 10,000- to 24,000-word entry on high-capacity anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. The article will focus on synthesis routes that produce silicon-based nanocomposite anodes with long cycle life.
The Secret Lives of Catalysts
(July 2009)
Work by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Transformational Materials Science Initiative reveals new details about the behavior of the common catalysts: heteropoly acid. This work is part of the initiative's efforts in multifunctional nanostructures for energy conversion.
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PNNL Discovers Great Talent in Maria Sushko
(July 2009)
An expert in nanomaterials, Dr. Maria Sushko is leaving one of the largest cities in the world for the quiet campus, but intense research, of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Sushko comes to the Lab from University College London and London Centre for Nanotechnology.
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