Venkata Rama Vemuri

Investigation of Surface/Interface Structure and Chemistry of Tungsten-Based Oxides and Oxynitrides

Lead Institution

University of Texas at El Paso

Principal Investigator

Chintalapalle Ramana

Project type

Exploratory Research

The focus of the present project is on the tungsten (W) based oxide and oxynitride thin-films, which will have numerous applications in energy conversion and utilization technologies. The goal of the…

Improving Geochemical Source-term Models though an Increased Understanding of the Structure, Reactivity, and Dynamics of Nuclear Waste Form Interfaces

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Joseph Ryan

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

EMSL resources are requested to enable an international team of collaborators to solve fundamental problems in interfacial glass corrosion chemistry. With the recent dismissal of Yucca Mountain as…

Structure-property relationships in pure and doped epitaxial tungsten trioxide thin films

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Yingge Du

The primary objective of this project is to investigate the structure-property relationships of well-defined epitaxial tungsten trioxide (WO3) films with and without dopants, and thereby provide…

An Experimental and Modeling Investigation of Solidification and Microstructural Evolution in Magnesium Alloys using in situ Techniques

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Aashish Rohatgi

The goal of this proposal is to understand the microstructural evolution during non-equilibrium, rapid solidification of a molten magnesium-aluminum-zinc (AZ91) alloy, and during its subsequent heat…

Thermally Stability of Nanostructures - An Experimental and Modeling Investigation

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Aashish Rohatgi

The goal of this proposal is to develop nanostructured alloys that can be fabricated in bulk form (>1 cm3) without compromising their nanostructure, either during the fabrication process or during…

An Experimental and Modeling Investigation of Solidification and Microstructural Evolution in Magnesium Alloys using in situ Techniques

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Aashish Rohatgi

The goal of this proposal is to understand the microstructural evolution during non-equilibrium, rapid solidification of a molten magnesium-aluminum-zinc (AZ91) alloy, and during its subsequent heat…

Thermally Stability of Nanostructures - An Experimental and Modeling Investigation

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Aashish Rohatgi

The goal of this proposal is to develop nanostructured alloys that can be fabricated in bulk form (>1 cm3) without compromising their nanostructure, either during the fabrication process or during…

Ion-Beam and X-ray Chemical Analysis of MOxNy (M=Zr,Ti) Thin Films

Lead Institution

University of Texas at El Paso

Principal Investigator

Chintalapalle Ramana

Project type

Exploratory Research

The development of new/novel functional materials, which can exhibit superior structural and electronic properties at the reduced dimensions, for application in energy technologies is a challenging…

Microstructures and Their Stability of Ion-implanted Energy and Storage Materials

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Weilin Jiang

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Two parallel studies, respectively funded by Office of Basic Energy Sciences and Office of Nuclear Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, will be performed under this user proposal. The objectives of the…

Nanolayered, self-healing radiation resistant materials

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Charles Henager

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Recent discovery and research indicate that materials can be hardened against radiation damage by building nanolayered structures with an optimized layer thickness to increase point defect…

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