Advanced Materials for Energy-Water Systems (AMEWS)

Director

Seth Darling

Lead Institution

Argonne National Laboratory

Class

2018-2026

Mission

To revolutionize our understanding of aqueous solutes in confined and electrified environments at interfaces, by integrating new experimental, theoretical, and modeling capabilities.

Partner Institutions

Argonne National Laboratory
Northwestern University
Princeton University
University of Chicago

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https://www.anl.gov/amews/

BES Staff Contact

Amanda Haes

Grand Challenges Addressed

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Transformative Opportunities Addressed

Mastering Hierarchical Architectures and Beyond-Equilibrium Matter

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Understanding the Critical Roles of Heterogeneity, Interfaces, and Disorder

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BES Reports Addressed

Highlights

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Illustration showing a crystal structure, with balls connected by lines and a blue ball increasing in size moving above the structure

Thin Materials and Fat Electrons: A Recipe for New Quantum Phenomena

The 2D material cerium silicon iodide contains the same heavy electrons responsible for heavy fermion physics, something so far seen only in 3D materials.

Applying a voltage to lanthanum strontium manganite (LSMO) can cause it to separate into distinct regions with dramatically different magnetic properties, as illustrated by the red and blue colors in the above figure.

Tuning Magnetism With Voltage Opens a New Path to Neuromorphic Circuits

Experiments show that applied voltage can dramatically alter the magnetic properties of quantum materials.