Center for Hierarchical Waste Form Materials (CHWM)
Director
Hans‐Conrad zur Loye
Lead Institution
University of South Carolina
Class
2016-2020
Mission
To combine experiment and modeling to develop the chemistry and structure motifs needed to create hierarchical materials that effectively immobilize nuclear waste in persistent architectures.
Research Topics
nuclear, materials and chemistry by design, synthesis (novel materials), synthesis (predictive)
Materials Studied
Materials: oxide, glass, actinide, porous
Interfaces: None
Nanostructured Materials: None
Experimental and Theoretical Methods
X-ray diffraction and scattering, X-ray spectroscopy, neutron diffraction and scattering, molecular dynamics (MD), density functional theory (DFT), monte carlo (MC), mesoscale modeling, multiscale modeling
Partner Institutions
- Alfred University
- Clemson University
- Commissariat à l'Energie
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Savannah River National Laboratory
- University of Florida
- University of South Carolina
