April 2018
Guiding light
Simulations on Oak Ridge’s Titan supercomputer reveal how pulsed lasers can best sculpt metal nanoparticles.
Category Archives: Nanomaterials
September 2017
A window into solar
An international team searches for optimal materials to use in windows that double as solar panels.
December 2016
Molecular arrangements
A University of Michigan team uses high-performance computing at Oak Ridge to predict how crystals form.
August 2016
Tower of power
University of Colorado and Department of Energy labs turn to supercomputing to amp up efficiency in concentrating solar energy.
June 2016
Super wires
Modeling self-assembling nanowires with curious electronic properties.
June 2014
Mathematical match
Projects in self-assembly and fusion drive a couple’s early career research.
November 2013
Primping polymers
Supercomputers are helping unravel twists in next-generation smart polymers.
October 2012
Water, water everywhere
An MIT group taps thin carbon and computing to rid water of salt.
October 2011
Power to go
High-performance computing is boosting a promising new battery technology that may make electric cars a practical alternative to gas.
January 2009
Divide and conquer
Better nanoscale materials for devices like solar cells may depend on bigger, more detailed computational models.