Interfacial Dynamics in Radioactive Environments and Materials (IDREAM)
Director
Sue Clark
Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Class
2016-2020
Mission
To master molecular to mesoscale chemical and physical phenomena at interfaces in complex environments characterized by extremes in alkalinity and low-water activity, and driven far from equilibrium by ionizing (g,b) radiation..
Research Topics
nuclear, separations, water, materials and chemistry by design
Materials Studied
Materials: None
Interfaces: metal/oxide, liquid/solid
Nanostructured Materials: None
Experimental and Theoretical Methods
X-ray diffraction and scattering, X-ray spectroscopy, neutron diffraction and scattering, neutron spectroscopy, electron microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, surface science, molecular dynamics (MD), density functional theory (DFT), monte carlo (MC), continuum modeling, mesoscale modeling, multiscale modeling, data science
Partner Institutions
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Washington
- Washington State University
