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One of the most urgent challenges of our time is discovering how to generate the energy and products we need sustainably, without compromising the well-being of future generations by depleting limited resources or accelerating climate change. SLAC pursues this goal on many levels.

Studies of atomic-level processes

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SLAC, Stanford researchers make a new type of quantum material with a dramatic distortion pattern

This ‘beautiful’ herringbone-like pattern could give rise to unique features that scientists are just starting to explore.

February 22, 2023  ·  4 min read
An illustration of a dramatic, herringbone-like pattern in the atomic lattice of a newly created quantum material. Against a black background, calcium atoms are seen as light blue spheres, cobalt atoms in dark blue and oxygen atoms in red. Lines connecting the oxygen atoms represent the atomic lattice.
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Distorted quantum material

This illustration depicts a herringbone-like pattern in the atomic lattice of a quantum material created by researchers at SLAC and Stanford.

February 21, 2023
An illustration of a dramatic, herringbone-like pattern in the atomic lattice of a newly created quantum material. Against a black background, calcium atoms are seen as light blue spheres, cobalt atoms in dark blue and oxygen atoms in red. Lines connecting the oxygen atoms represent the atomic lattice.
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Researchers can ‘see’ crystals perform their dance moves

Scientists already knew the atoms in  perovskites,  a promising class of solar cell materials, react favorably to light. Now they can see precisely how...
February 8, 2023  ·  4 min read
MeV-UED
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VIA Stanford Report

David Goldhaber-Gordon named AAAS Fellow

The SIMES investigator was cited for his singular contributions to quantum materials science.

January 31, 2023
Headshot of David Goldhaber-Gordon
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GEM Fellowship aims to increase representation in STEM

Two GEM Fellows reflect on their summer internships at SLAC and share their thoughts on representation and mentorship.

November 4, 2022  ·  3 min read
Nate Keyes and Zariq George
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Yijing Huang wins 2022 LCLS Young Investigator Award for work on controlling unique structures of semiconductors

For decades, materials scientists have focused on materials that are relatively balanced and unchanging – but not Yijing Huang, a postdoctoral scholar at the...
October 31, 2022  ·  2 min read
Yijing Huang at Stanford University
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Energy science directorate (ESD) team 

Energy science directorate (ESD) team 

October 16, 2022
Energy Sciences Directorate team at the Battery500 Quarterly Review Meeting on May 25-26 at SLAC's Main Quad.
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Jenga Chemistry

SIMES researcher Danfeng Li explains the delicate ‘Jenga chemistry’ behind making a new nickel oxide material, the first in a potential new family of...
October 14, 2022  ·  00:01:13  runtime
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MEC silicon

Illustration of how a single crystal sample of silicon deforms during shock compression on nanosecond timescales.

October 13, 2022
MEC silicon
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Researchers resolve decades-long debate about shock-compressed silicon with unprecedented detail

Silicon, an element abundant in Earth’s crust, is currently the most widely used semiconductor material and is important in fields like engineering, geophysics and...
October 13, 2022  ·  5 min read
MEC silicon
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Charging ahead

Public lecture presented by Yi Cui

October 12, 2022  ·  01:13:16  runtime
public lecture art charging ahead: batteries of the future
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Past Event
Public Lecture

Charging ahead: batteries of the future

Presented by Yi Cui, SLAC/Stanford University. To transform our energy sources to carbon neutrality, we need to power as much of modern society as...

Date Thursday, October 6, 2022
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, in the Panofsky Auditorium in the Science…
public lecture art charging ahead: batteries of the future
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