Departments
Radiation, Nano Materials, & Interface Sciences
The Radiation, Nano Materials, & Interface Sciences Department oversees the operations of the following departments providing new scientific knowledge that can lead to technology solutions in the areas of:
- The use of particle beams to analyze composition, modify, or better understand the nature of virtually any materials
- The basic study of material defects and their effect on electronic, photonic and/or mechanical properties
- Fundamental materials research focusing on the discovery and exploitation of properties unique to the micro- and nanoscale
- Microscopic mechanisms that control the growth and stability of solid materials and thin surface films
- Fundamental materials research relevant for Sandia’s science-based engineering innovation activities facilitated by the implementation of advanced surface and interface science techniques including low energy electron microscopy, electron microscopy, interfacial force microscopy, and other scanning probe microscopy techniques
- Improved scientific understanding via synergistic experiment/theory approaches relevant for novel nanoscience-based strategies to a broad array of technologies including nanomaterials fabrication, advanced photovoltaics materials, advanced electrical energy storage strategies, water purification/desalination strategies, nanosensing/nanoelectronics, MEMS validation/reliability, nanorheology, nanocomposite materials, advanced catalysis/electrochemistry, gas separation technology, and advanced nuclear waste storage strategies
Departments:
Radiation and Solid Interactions
Surface and Interface Sciences