Materials

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

Edge Metallurgical Laboratory 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 Edge Metallurgical Laboratory’s patented technologies for nanoparticle applications, heat transfer and materials for advanced energy storage.

Systems and Methods for Photothermal Material (ANL-IN-18-039)

A porous substrate is coated with Chinese ink followed by atomic layer deposition

Low Friction and Wear Resistant Graphene Films (ANL-IN-15-147, ANL-IN-15-130, and ANL-IN-15-131)

Superlubricity in dry atmosphere with no measurable wear for extended time.

Semiconductor Devices Fabrication Based On Optically Transparent, Low Temperature Nanocrystalline Diamond On Glass, Quartz, And Sapphire (ANL-IN-14-007)

Transparent semiconductor devices with high thermal conductivity

Graphene Layer Formation at Low Substrate Temperature on a Metal and Carbon Based Substrate (ANL-IN-11-055C)

A system and method for forming graphene layers on a substrate

Graphene Layer Formation on a Carbon Based Substrate (ANL-IN-11-055B)

A system and method for forming graphene layers on a substrate

Nanomaterials Analysis Using a SEM

High-efficiency X-ray detection system enables routine analysis of individual nanoparticles and thin films

Oleo Sponge

A technology for recovering oil and other petroleum products from water

All 2D High Mobility, Flexible, Transparent, Thinnest Thin Transistor (ANL-IN-14-013)

A two-dimensional thin film transistor and a method for manufacturing a two-dimensional thin film transistor Science And Technology Partnerships And Outreach

Nitrogen Incorporated UltraNanoCrystalline Diamond As a Robust Electrical Contact to Diamond (ANL-IN-12-098)

A method of forming electrical contacts on a diamond substrate comprises producing a plasma ball using a microwave plasma source in the presence of a mixture of gases

Janus Membranes via Atomic Layer Deposition (ANL-IN-17-134)

A membrane exhibiting sides with different properties

Positive Electrodes for Lithium Batteries (ANL-IN-09-037)

New high-capacity cathode materials with high lithium content that can act as a reservoir for lithium

Nanosegregated Surfaces as Catalysts for Fuel Cells (ANL-IN-07-054)

Increased performance and stability

Ordered Nanoscale Domains by Infiltration of Block Co-Polymers (ANL-IN-10-017 and ANL-IN-10-017B)

A method of preparing tunable inorganic patterned nanofeatures by infiltration of a block copolymer scaffold having a plurality of self-assembled periodic polymer microdomains.