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Elizabeth Kautz

Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Projects

Correlated Multimodal in situ Gas-Metal Alloy Surface Reaction Studies

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Arun Devaraj
This project will bring together a technically-diverse group of early career staff scientists across all directorates, for a comprehensive demonstration of PNNL capabilities for multimodal in situ…

Correlated Multimodal in situ Gas-Metal Alloy Surface Reaction Studies

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Arun Devaraj
This project will conduct a comprehensive demonstration of PNNL capabilities for multimodal in situ chemical imaging of structural, compositional and chemical state changes on metallic alloy surfaces…

Nanoscale elemental and isotopic analysis of U-10Mo alloys

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Elizabeth Kautz
Uranium alloyed with 10 wt% molybdenum (U-10Mo) has been selected to replace highly enriched uranium oxide dispersion fuels for use in high performance research and test reactors. Manufacturing U…

Ion-beam-induced defect formation in oxide thin films

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Steven Spurgeon
This project aims to study ion-beam irradiation-induced defects in oxide and semiconductor systems. It is challenging to predict the defects that will form under different irradiation conditions in…

Nanoscale compositional and structural analysis of U-10Mo alloys.

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Arun Devaraj
PNNL as a part of the U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Conversion within the Office of Material Minimization and Management (M3) is working on…