Stanford Institute for Materials & Energy Sciences (SIMES)
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SLAC, Stanford Scientists Work with Startup to Get Tabletop Laser Through the ‘Valley of Death’
Now the startup, Lumeras LLC, has a viable commercial product, and scientists have a new tool for studying the behavior of complex materials.
Researchers Find New Way of Making Hydrogen Fuel from Water and Improve Grid-scale Batteries
Yi Cui and colleagues have developed new ways to improve hydrogen production and rechargeable zinc batteries.
With Spiraling Light, SLAC X-ray Laser Offers New Glimpses of Molecules
A new device at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory allows researchers to explore the properties and dynamics of molecules with circularly polarized, or spiraling, light.
Extracting Miniature Diamonds from Crude
Precisely flawed nanodiamonds could produce next-generation tools for imaging and communications.
SIMES Engineers Look Inside Nanoparticles to Explore How Their Shape Improves Energy Storage
Many technologies rely upon nanomaterials that can absorb or release atoms quickly and repeatedly. New work provides a first look inside these phase-changing nanoparticles.
Peering Deep Into Materials with Ultrafast Science
Laser light exposes the properties of materials used in batteries and electronics.
Scientists Improve Perovskite Solar-cell Absorbers by Giving Them a Squeeze
Adding pressure could improve the performance of solar cells made of perovskites, a promising photovoltaic material.
Putting Silicon ‘Sawdust’ in a Graphene Cage Boosts Battery Performance
Wrapping silicon anode particles in custom-fit graphene cages could solve two major obstacles to using silicon in high-capacity lithium ion batteries.
To Get More Oomph from an Electron Gun, Tip it With Diamondoids
SLAC and Stanford scientists discovered that a single layer of tiny diamonds increases an electron gun’s emission 13,000 fold. Potential applications include electron microscopes and semiconductor manufacturing.
Precourt Institute and TomKat Center Award $2.1 Million for Energy Research
The Precourt Institute for Energy and the TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy at Stanford have awarded 12 faculty seed grants totaling $2.1 million for groundbreaking research on clean energy, including three grants to SLAC-Stanford collaborations.
