As the Brookhaven campus springs back to life and the flowers begin to bloom, I would like to celebrate the growth we have experienced here at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials. From the number of users to the studies published in prestigious journals, the CFN's value and impact continue to grow.
Spring is finally arriving here on Long Island, and that means warmer weather, more activities on site, and our annual NSLS/CFN Joint User's Meeting are just around the corner.
Congratulations on surviving the Long Island winter, and on the many great experimental achievements of the past several months! I want to welcome those of you that are new to the CFN and thank our entire community for continuing to improve our activities in the laboratory and beyond.
News and Notes
Graphene, the much-vaunted "super material" that catapulted onto the materials science scene just nine years ago, offers extraordinary opportunities for industries interested in everything from supercomputers to renewable energy.
Critical to understanding heterogeneous catalysis is the identification of the active sites involved in reactive processes. Recently, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have developed an approach to grow ordered, mesoscale assemblies of nanocrystals of two types, a metal (Au) and an oxide (FeOx).
Understanding the intricacies—both internal and external—of nanoscale materials and processes can drive innovations that push the technology found inside everything from electric vehicles to smart phones.
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