Highlights by year
Ager, Joel
Superheating,
Supercooling, and Hysteresis in Semiconductor Nanocrystals, (PDF
of text and slide)
Alivisatos, Paul
All
Inorganic Nanocrystal Solar Cells Fabricated: Absence of Organic Components
Lead to Increased Robustness, (PDF text and slide)
A
Golden Molecular Ruler, Coupled Nanoparticles for Nanoscale Distance
Measurements, (ppt
slide, and pdf
text)
Nanocrystals
Show a Quick Route to Change–Cation Exchange is Rapid and Reversible, (ppt
slide and pdf text)
Hollow Nanocrystals Synthesized Catalytic Properties Measured in Nanoscale
Reactors, (ppt
slide and pdf text)
Berkeley Lab Nanotechnology Commercialized,
(ppt slide and pdf
text)
Nanocrystal
Solar Cells: New Shapes and Opportunities Tetrapods for Higher Efficiency
Solar Cells and License Announcement
(ppt
slide and pdf text)
Nanocrystal Shape Control Boosts Efficiency of New Solar Cells (ppt slide and pdf text)
First
Single Molecule, C60 Nanotransistor Fabricated—"Bouncing Ball" Oscillations
Observed, Coupling Electrical and Mechanical Motion
(PDF of text and
figure)
Rod-Shaped
Semiconductor Nanocrystals Synthesized--Novel Properties, Applications Seen
Nanocrystals Developed for
Multicolor Biological Imaging--Cell Structure Revealed with Fluorescent Labeling
Anderson, Eric
Sub-15
nm Spatial Resolution Soft X-ray Microscopy A
New Tool for Nanoscience,
(ppt slide and pdf
text)
Selective, Active Catalytic Nanoparticle
Arrays Fabricated, (PDF of text
and figure)
Bertozzi, Carolyn
New Biocompatible Contact Lens
Materials Developed
LBNL/Sunsoft CRADA Yields New Materials in Clinical Trials
Cell Surface Engineering for the Biology/Materials Interface--Second, Independent, Specific Linkage Developed, (PDF of text and figure)
Browning, Nigel
Electron
Microscopy of Stardust, New Light Shed on a 40-Year-Old Mystery,
(ppt
slide, and pdf text)
Cannon,
Rowland
Behavior of Liquid Metals
on Ceramic Surfaces Explained (PDF of text
and figure)
Chemla, Daniel
Seeing
All the Excitons: New Insights in the Metal-Insulator Transition (ppt slide and pdf
text)
Organized Excitons--Macroscopically Ordered Electronic State Observed, (ppt slide and pdf text)
Clarke, John
Micro Tesla Magnetic Resonance (ppt
slide and pdf text)
New, Ultrasensitive, SQUID-Based Magnetic Sensor Developed (PDF of text and figure)
New Non-Destructive Testing Tool for Steels Developed SQUID Microscopy Used to Detect Plastic Deformation, (PDF of text and figure)
Chrzan, Daryl
Superheating,
Supercooling, and Hysteresis in Semiconductor Nanocrystals,
(PDF of text and slide)
Cohen, Marvin
Secrets
of a New Superconductor, Magnesium Diboride, Revealed
(ppt slide, and pdf
text)
Crommie, Michael
Single
Molecule Doping–Buckyballs Properties Change as Single K Atoms Adhere,
(ppt
slide and pdf text)
Magnetism at the Atomic Scale, Interactions of Single Atoms and Pairs of Atoms Studied, (ppt slide, and pdf text) (with Steven Louie)
Dahmen, Ulrich
Brownian Motion Observed
in Metals, Ulrich Dahmen, (ppt
slide and pdf text)
New Type of Crystalline "Defect"
Discovered--"Chevron" Structure Found at Metal Grain Boundaries,
(ppt slide and pdf
text)
Melting in Nanometer-Sized "Crucibles" Observed--Microscopy Allows Near-Atomic Scale Resolution,
Dahmen,
Ulrich
O'Keefe, Michael
Kisielowski, Christian
Electron Microscopy
Achieves Sub-Angstrom Level--NCEM Team Aids in Design of New User Microscope
for NCEM
Davis, J.C. Seamus
Frustrated Superconductors Get Disorderly:
Nanoscale Imaging Depicts Granular Nature of Superconductivity (ppt
slide and pdf text)
DeJonghe, Lutgard
New Strong, Tough, and Creep-Resistant
Ceramic Developed—Control of Nanoscale Grain Boundary Properties Key
to Achieving Improvements, (PDF of text
and figure)
Fischer, Peter
Current-Driven
Domain Wall Motion in Nanowires—A Step Toward Magnetic Data Storage without
Rotating Disks, Peter Fischer, CXRO (PDF of text and slide)
Fréchet,
Jean
Monolithic
Polymers Improve Microfluidic Chips--Faster and More Sensitive Detection
Achieved,
(ppt
slide and pdf text)
Glaeser, Andreas
New Multilayer Interlayer Creates
Al2O3 Joints Stable to 1100°C (PDF of text
and figure)
Haller, Eugene E.
Superheating,
Supercooling, and Hysteresis in Semiconductor Nanocrystals, Daryl
Chrzan, Joel W. Ager and Eugene E. Haller, (PDF of text and slide)
Hubbard
Band Formation Observed Directly in Copper-Doped Germanium
Oxygen Shown to be "Mystery" Donor
in GaN--High Pressure Experiments Resolve Long-Standing Controversy
Diffusion of Atoms in Semiconductors Elucidated--Large Disparity Between Ga and Sb Self-Diffusion in GaSb Seen (PDF of text and figure)
Haller, Eugene E.
LBNL-Agilent Partnership Overcomes
Barriers to Solid-State Light Sources
Key Discoveries Aid Development of Large-Scale Lighting Applications
Hou, Peggy Y.
New Understanding of High Temperature
Corrosion Protection Role of Sulfur and Reactive Metals Elucidated,
(PDF of text and figure)
Kortright, Jeffrey
Soft X-Ray Resonant Scattering
Resolves Nanoscale Magnetic and Chemical Heterogeneity, (PDF of text
and figure)
Koshland, Jr., Daniel
E.
Decades-Old Theory of Enzyme
Selectivity Challenged--"Three Point Landing" May Not Be Sufficient
to Distinguish Optical Isomers (PDF of text
and figure)
Alessandra Lanzara
Shedding
Light on High Tc Superconductivity Atomic Vibrations Shown to be Involved
(ppt
slide and pdf text)
Liddle, Alex
Sub-15
nm Spatial Resolution Soft X-ray Microscopy A
New Tool for Nanoscience,
(ppt slide and pdf
text)
Liliental-Weber,
Zuzanna
Nanoscale Ordering Discovered in
Gallium Nitride
Mg Dopant Found to Cause "Microsuperlattice" Formation
(PDF of text and figure)
Louie, Steven G.
Magnetism
at the Atomic Scale, Interactions of Single Atoms and Pairs of Atoms Studied,
(ppt slide, and pdf
text) (with
Michael Crommie)
Secrets of a New Superconductor, Magnesium Diboride, Revealed
(ppt slide, and pdf
text)
Properties of Nanotube Junctions Calculated, (PDF of text
and figure)
Morris, J.W., Jr.
Real-Time,
Nanoscale Failure Analysis Achieved, (PDF of text
and figure)
New Non-Destructive Testing Tool
for Steels Developed SQUID Microscopy Used to Detect Plastic Deformation,
(PDF of text and figure)
McEuen, Paul
First Single Molecule, C60
Nanotransistor Fabricated—"Bouncing Ball" Oscillations Observed,
Coupling Electrical and Mechanical Motion
(PDF of text and
figure)
Novel Nanosized Electronic Devices Fabricated--Carbon Nanotubes Used as Components of Transistors and Junctions (PDF of text and figure)
Characterization of the Physics of Electrons Confined to One Dimension--Carbon Nanotubes used to Study Magnetic Properties, Scattering, and Metallic Behavior (PDF of text and figure)
Orenstein, Joseph
Spin
Currrents Encounter Friction, (PDF of text and slide)
Watching
Quasiparticles Move–Exploring the Nonequilibrium Dynamics of Superconductors,
(ppt slide and pdf
text)
Breakthrough in the Understanding of High-Tc Superconductors--Cooper Pairs Observed Above Tc,
Pines,
Alexander
Fluid
Flow Visualization in Porous Materials—New Magnetic Resonance
Imaging Technique Developed, (ppt
slide and pdf text)
Micro
Tesla Magnetic Resonance, (ppt
slide and pdf text)
An
Approach to High Resolution Ex-Situ NMR, (PDF of text
and figure)
Nycomed Amersham Licenses LBNL MRI Technology--Enhanced Specificity Expected
to Improve Medical Imaging
Magnetic Resonance Images Obtained in Ultralow Magnetic Fields--New Techniques
Eliminate Need for Large Magnets in MRI,
Ritchie, Robert O.
Why
Human Bone is More Prone to Fracture with Age–DOE-Supported Research
Provides New Mechanistic Insights into Bone Aging, (ppt
slide and pdf text)
Micromechanical Studies of Human Bone Basic DOE-Supported Research Applied
to Studies of Bone Damage from Aging, Injury and Disease (ppt
slide and pdf text)
Origin of Fatigue in Polycrystalline Silicon Determined: New Insight Could Prevent
Premature Failure of Micromechanical Systems, (ppt
slide and pdf text)
Toughness-Inducing Additive Atoms Localized, (ppt
slide and pdf text)
New Strong, Tough, and Creep-Resistant Ceramic Developed—Control of
Nanoscale Grain Boundary Properties Key to Achieving Improvements,
(PDF of text and figure)
Visible Light Emission Observed in Bulk Metallic Glass Fracture
Salmeron,
Miquel
Scientific
Literacy
Of
Friction and the DaVinci Code, (PDF of text and slide)
Lab
Scientist Interviewed on Hispanic Public Radio Camino
al Futuro (Road to the Future), ,
(ppt slide and pdf
text)
Sea-Salt
Aerosol Surfaces—New Synchrotron
Spectroscopy
Technique Probes Solution Dynamics, Miquel Salmeron, (ppt
slide and pdf text)
Catalyst
Active Sites Imaged in Real Time: Three Empty Pd Sites Break H2 Molecules,
Two Don’t. Miquel Salmeron (ppt
slide and pdf text)
STM Movies: Water in Motion--Atomic Scale Dynamics and Clustering Revealed,
Miquel
Salmeron (ppt slide and
pdf text)
Ice is
Wet—Water
Shown to Cover its Surface, Miquel Salmeron (ppt
slide and pdf text) Getting
to the Root of Friction--"Nano-Tribology" Study Reveals Molecular
Origin of Friction,
Salmeron, Miquel
Somorjai, Gabor
High Pressure, High Temperature
Scanning Tunneling Microscope Developed--Berkeley Lab Instrument Shows Promise
for In-Situ Atomic Scale Studies of
Catalytic Surfaces under Reaction Conditions
Schultz, Peter
Stevens, Raymond
Secrets of the Immune System,
Catalytic Antibodies Revealed at Advanced Light Source, SSRLShen, Y. Ron
Non-Linear
Spectroscopy of Chiral Molecules Achieved: Optically Active Sum Frequency
Generation Demonstrated,
(ppt slide and pdf
text)
Segalman, Rachel
Single
Molecule Thermoelectricity (pdf
slide)
Shen, Y. Ron,
Somorjai, Gabor
Surface Specific Spectroscopy of Polymers Developed—Structure of Polymer Chains Observed (PDF of text and figure)
Long
Standing Questions of Ice, Catalyst, and Polymer Surfaces Elucidated by New
Surface Science Technique,Schoenlein, Robert
Ultrafast
Phase Transitions, Shedding Light on the Unique Properties of “Correlated” Materials, (ppt slide,
and pdf text)Somorjai, Gabor
Selective, Active Catalytic
Nanoparticle Arrays Fabricated (PDF of text
and figure)
Stach,
Eric
New
Light on How Metals Change Shape at the Nanoscale New Deformation Mechanism
Discovered, (ppt
slide and pdf text)
New Type of Thin Film Texture Observed–Electron Microscopy Confirms Unique
Plane Alignment, (ppt slide
and pdf text)
Real-Time, Nanoscale Failure Analysis Achieved, (PDF of text
and figure)
Svec,
Frantisek
Monolithic Polymers Improve Microfluidic Chips--Faster and More Sensitive
Detection Achieved,
(ppt
slide and pdf text)
Technology Transfer
Laboratory
Research Spawns Commercial Successes Start-ups Based on MSD Technology Valued
at $1.5 Billion; Creating 400 Jobs
Tomsia, Antoni
Nature
Suggests a Promising Strategy for Lightweight Composites: Scientific American
Names Tomsia One of the Year's Top 50 Technology Leaders for the Discovery,
(PDF of text and slide)
Atomic
Mechanisms of Liquid Metal Spreading (ppt
slide and pdf text) Behavior of Liquid
Metals on Ceramic Surfaces Explained, (PDF of text
and figure)
New
Bioactive Glass for Titanium Bone Implants--Coatings Expected to Improve
Lifetime of Artificial Hips,Van Hove, Michel
Surface Structure of Quasicrystals
Revealed--LEED Results Explain Corrosion ResistanceWalukiewicz,
Wladyslaw
p-type
Indium Nitride Achieved: Breakthrough in New Solar Cell Material, (PDF text and slide)
"Multi-Band" Solar
Cell Technology Wins R&D 100 Award and is Licensed for Commercial
Applications, (ppt
slide and pdf
text)
Multi-Band
Semiconductors Synthesized for High Efficiency Solar Cells–Theory
Suggests that Conversion Efficiencies Surpassing 50% Are Possible,
(ppt
slide and pdf text)
Full Solar Spectrum Photovoltaic Materials Identified, (ppt
slide and pdf text)
Anomalous Electronic Behavior of Semiconductor Alloy Explained--"Anti-Crossing" Shown
to Be Responsible for Reduction of Bandgap Yang, Peidong
Nanowires
Increase Electron Conduction 100-Fold
in Solar Cell, Peidong Yang (PDF of text and slide)
A
Guiding Light at the Nanoscale Nanoribbons Used to Steer Light, (ppt slide
and pdf text)
Si/SiGe
Superlattices and GaN Nanotubes Fabricated, (ppt
slide and pdf text)
World's
Smallest Ultraviolet Nanolasers Developed, (PDF of text
and figure)
A
Guiding Light at the Nanoscale: Wire and Ribbon Photonics (PDF of text and ppt slide)
Zettl, Alex
Carbon
Nanotubes as Nanoscale Mass Conveyors–Atom Transport at the Nanoscale,
(ppt slide and
pdf textC60
in Boron Nitride Tubes Forms an Insulated Nanowire, (ppt
slide and pdf
text)First
Synthetic Nanomotor, (ppt
slide and pdf text)
Electron
Holography of Field-Emitting Carbon Nanotubes, (ppt
slide and pdf text)
New Fullerene Species, C36, Discovered
Telescoping Nanotubes Demonstrated as Nanoscale, Linear, Low Wear "Bearings" and "Springs", (PDF of text and figure)Novel Nanosized Electronic Devices Fabricated--Carbon Nanotubes Used as Components of Transistors and Junctions (PDF of text and figure)