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The U.S. Department of Energy is currently developing a series of fusion devices that will further advance the nation¿s fusion energy program. Magnet designers are presented with the challenge of ensuring the long-term reliability of these new systems. One challenge in particular is in developing an electrical insulation that can withstand the combined loads of extreme temperatures, both cryoge ...

Neutron scattering is one of the most useful methods of studying the structure and dynamics of matter. Therefore, a number of new large neutron facilities have recently being constructed, upgraded or planned around the world. Examples include the new, 1.4 billion-dollars Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at DOEs Oak Ridge National Laboratory and upgrades of ORNLs High- Flux Isotope Reactor and N ...

Access to clean water is a global problem that has led to the development of multiple desalination techniques. All techniques strive to reduce the cost of desalinating water to provide clean water in a cost effective manner. Capacitive deionization (CDI) is a new technique that can reduce the cost of ownership by ~85% compared with reverse osmosis for brackish water. This project will further im ...

The aim of this STTR program is to develop protocols to discover rare-earth-free/rare-earth-lean magnetic alloys for replacing rare earth (RE) -based alloys for reducing the dependence of supply from China. The development of non-RE high temperature magnetic materials is very challenging. In Phase I, CFDRC in collaboration with its university partner has demonstrated a proof-of-concept computation ...

The problem/situation that is being addressed is the development and improvement of compact laser- driven x-ray sources for ultrafast characterization of interest to the DoE. While much progress has been made in the development of table-top x-ray sources, with high harmonic sources and atomic soft x-ray lasers presently allowing for a large number of experiments to be conducted in small laborator ...

The problem/situation that is being addressed is the development and improvement of compact laser- driven x-ray sources for ultrafast characterization of interest to the DoE. While much progress has been made in the development of table-top x-ray sources, with high harmonic sources and atomic soft x-ray lasers presently allowing for a large number of experiments to be conducted in small laborator ...

There is an increasing need to understand the impacts particles emitted by both natural and human activities have on cloud properties, precipitation and climate. DOE has identified a need to improve the measurement capability of observational platforms, particularly in the Arctic region. One barrier to progress in understanding the interactions of particles and clouds and the importance of cloud c ...

Organic Light Emitting Diodes ,OLEDs, currently suffer from materials stability and shortened device lifetimes when driven to the levels required for general illumination. Although much progress has been made to extend the life of these devices, their lifetimes are still not adequate when driven to the 850 candel per meter squared required for illumination. Many of the problems stem from the cho ...

Novel Li ion batteries with higher energy and power densities, as well as improved stability, are required for use in hybrid/electric vehicles,HEVs, and plug in HEVs, as replacements for the heavier, larger nickel metal hydride batteries. However, Li ion batteries suffer from several problems including performance degradation and safety issues. Promising nanomaterial anodes are being developed t ...

In order to dramatically reduce CO2 emissions from coal-fired power plants, and mitigate their impact on global climate change, DOE has called for technologies that can capture at least 90% of CO2 emissions from an existing coal-fired power plant with no more than a 35% increase in the cost of electricity (COE). One process design approach with the potential to achieve these goals is through the u ...