Director(s):
Peter Burns
Lead Institution:
University of Notre Dame
Mission:
To understand and control, at the nanoscale, materials that contain actinides (radioactive heavy elements such as uranium and plutonium) to lay the scientific foundation for advanced nuclear energy systems.
Research Topics:
nuclear (including radiation effects), materials and chemistry by design, synthesis (novel materials), synthesis (self-assembly)
Materials Studied:
MATERIALS: actinide, ionic liquid, porous
NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS: 3D, nanocomposites
Experimental and Theoretical Methods:
X-ray diffraction and scattering, X-ray imaging, X-ray spectroscopy, electron microscopy, surface science, neutron diffraction and scattering, molecular dynamics (MD), density functional theory (DFT), monte carlo (MC), quantum mechanics, classical mechanics
Partner Institutions:
- University of California, Davis
- Florida State University
- George Washington University
- University of Michigan
- University of Minnesota
- University of Notre Dame
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Oregon State University
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Savannah River National Laboratory