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May 21, 2021

Through the U.S. Department of Energy's Technologist in Residence program, Brookhaven and Northrop Grumman researchers will work together toward increasing collaborations that deliver impactful research. Donald DiMarzio (second from left) of Northrop Grumman has been selected as the Technologist in Residence. DiMarzio will partner with CFN principal investigator and group leader Oleg Gang (center), CFN staff scientists Mircea Cotlet (left) and Jerzy (Jurek) Sadowski (right), and CFN Assistant Director for Strategic Partnerships Priscilla Antunez. Read the full story.
News Stories
- New Dual-Beam Microscope Installed at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials
- Physicists Find a Novel Way to Switch Antiferromagnetism On and Off
- Brookhaven Lab and Northrop Grumman to Further Lab-Industry Collaborations
- Mapping the Electronic States in an Exotic Superconductor
- Synthesis Method Expands Material Possibilities
- Suppression of COVID-19 Waves Reflects Time-Dependent Social Activity, Not Herd Immunity
- Brookhaven to Receive Department of Energy Funding for Battery Manufacturing
- Building Tough 3D Nanomaterials with DNA
- Meet Dr. Anibal Boscoboinik: Staff Scientist, CFN, Brookhaven National Lab
- Chemistry Goes Under Cover
- Tuning Electrode Surfaces to Optimize Solar Fuel Production
- Study Reveals Platinum’s Role in Clean Fuel Conversion
- DNA Origami Enables Fabricating Superconducting Nanowires
Research Highlights
- Coatings Choose All Sides for a Biomedical Imaging Win
- Having a Ball Designing Nanoarchitectures with DNA
- Watch-and-Learn How Nanostructured Thin-Films Grow
- Simulations to the Rescue! Designing Better Alkali Catalysts
- The Guiding Power of Graphene in Polymer Films
- Using Nanoparticles to Reveal Polymer Nanoarchitectures
- Designing Polarized Light Emitters with DNA
Awards and Honors
Service Awards
- 10-Year Service Award: Xiao Tong, Staff Scientist, Interface Science and Catalysis
- 10-Year Service Award: Yugang Zhang, Staff Scientist, Soft and Bio Nanomaterials
- 5-Year Service Award: Sooyeon Hwang, Staff Scientist, Electron Microscopy
Comings and Goings
New Hires
- Lucas Alameda, Research Associate, Interface Science and Catalysis
- Talin Avanesian, Research Associate, Theory and Computation
- Asim Khaniya, Research Associate, Interface Science and Catalysis
- Zhu Liang, Research Associate, Theory and Computation
- Shreetu Shrestha, Research Associate, Soft and Bio Nanomaterials
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