New framework for identifying material coatings that can be used in nuclear reactors finds alternative to nickel-based alloys

Argonne scientists designed a way to optimize discovery of nuclear material coatings and identified a promising new candidate along the way.

New Material Designed by Berkeley Lab ‘Mines’ Copper from Toxic Wastewater

A research team led by Berkeley Lab has designed a new material – called ZIOS (zinc imidazole salicylaldoxime) – that extracts copper ions from mine wastewater with unprecedented precision and speed.