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Ames Lab’s testing device speeds the way to new refrigeration technology

February 7, 2020 sarah Jonas Ames Laboratory, Energy Efficiency, HVAC, national laboratories, Refrigeration

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory is employing a testing device that pairs materials science with engineering systems development. Called CaloriSMART (Caloric Small-scale Modular Advanced Research Test-stand), the one-of-a-kind system is being used to rapidly test new materials that might eventually be part of an entirely new kind of refrigeration technology.

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What’s MER? It’s a way to measure quantum materials, and it’s telling us new and interesting things

January 16, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Ames Laboratory, Condensed Matter, condensed matter physics, Department Of Energy, Magnetic Materials, Office of Science, Physics, quantum materials, superconducting materials

Experimental physicists have combined several measurements of quantum materials into one in their ongoing quest to learn more about manipulating and controlling the behavior of them for possible applications. They even coined a term for it– Magneto-elastoresistance, or MER.

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How do you know it’s perfect graphene?

October 30, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments 2D materials, Ames Laboratory, Graphene

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory have discovered an indicator that reliably demonstrates a sample’s high quality, and it was one that was hiding in plain sight for decades.