Interfacial Dynamics in Radioactive Environments and Materials (IDREAM)
Director
Carolyn Pearce
Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Class
2016-2024
Mission
To master interfacial chemistry in complex environments characterized by extremes in alkalinity and low-water activity, where molecular phenomena are driven far from equilibrium by ionizing radiation.
Research Topics
extreme environments, nuclear, separations, water, geophysics/geochemistry, synthesis (novel systems), synthesis (predictive), synthesis (scalable processing)
Systems Studied
Systems: electrolytes, ionic liquid
Interfaces: inorganic/inorganic, liquid/solid
Nanostructured: None
Experimental and Theoretical Methods
X-ray imaging, X-ray spectroscopy, neutron diffraction and scattering, neutron spectroscopy, electron microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, ultrafast science, molecular dynamics (MD), density functional theory (DFT), mesoscale modeling, multiscale modeling, machine learning
Partner Institutions
- Argonne National Laboratory
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Washington
- Washington State University
