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Dynamics & Structure - Highlights

04.10.2024Scientists pioneer autonomous robotic method for studying liquids suspended in air, by Jared Sagoff, Feature Story, Argonne National Laboratory 
02.26.2024Polymer Electronics Feel Strain and Evolve during Operation, by Brian Sandalow, Northwestern Engineering News. 
   
09-10.2023Assembling the Grand Tube at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory video highlights the Grand Tube vacuum flight path for APS-U Feature Beanline 9-ID CSSI. 
08.01-02.2023Hybrid First Experiments Workshop for Coherent Surface Scattering Imaging (CSSI) Beamline 9ID at the APS. Registration Deadline July 17, 2023. 
07.18-19.2023Hybrid First Experiments Workshop for X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy (XPCS) Beamline 8ID at the APS Registration Deadline June 27, 2023. 
07.2023A pair of new feature beamlines will benefit from the enhanced brightness and coherence of the new APS X-ray beam to deliver fascinating results, J. Synchr. Rad 
07.19.2023Building organic electrochemical transistors in a new direction, APS Science Highlights. 
06.06.2023Tracking solid-like to fluid-like state transitions in colloidal glasses, APS Science Highlights 
05.01-02.20232023 APS/CNM Users Meeting will host APS Workshop 4: "Materials Discovery with Grazing-Incidence X-Ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy." Videos available: Day 1 and Day 2. 
04.28.2023Team IDs Emergence of Surprising Layers in Nanomaterlal by Scott Schrage, Nebraska Today 
04.27.2023Molecular Teamwork is Key to Efficient Organic Semiconductors, by Jenna Kurtzeill and Andre Salles, Argonne Press Release 
04.25.2023Argonne’s Self-Driving Lab Accelerates the Discovery Process for Materials with Multiple Applications, by Joseph Harmon, Argonne Press Release 
04.21.2023Flipping a Switch in Cooperative Crystals, APS Science Highlights 
04.13.2023Narayanan Completes Distinguished Leadership Program, APS/User News 
01.2023A Computing Hardware Approach Aspires to Emulate the Brain, by David Kramer, Physics Today. See Argonne Press Release. 
01.17.2023Probing the Diffusion of Active Viruses, APS Science Highlights 
01.09.2023Probing the Phase Dynamics of a Complex Oxide, APS Science Highlights 
   
12.22.2022Wearable, Flexible Electronics Head List of Argonne Breakthroughs for 2022, by Jared Sagoff, Argonne Feature Story 
12.19.2022Structuring Liquids with Nanoparticle Assemblies, by Neil Savage, APS Science Highlights 
11.21.2022Stretchable Organic Transistors for Biomedical Applications, by Phillip Koth, APS Science Highlights 
11.16.2022Skin-like Electronics Could Monitor Your Health Continuously, by Joseph E. Harmon, Argonne Press Release 
10.24.2022Grazing-Incidence X-rays Illuminate Solar Cell Film Formation Mechanisms, APS Science Highlights 
10.10.2022Through Thick and Thin: X-rays Track the Behavior of Soft Materials, by Joan Koka, Argonne Press Release 
10.03.2022Deconstruction Site: 8-ID Beamlines Ready for Their Upgrades by Marguerite Huber, APS/User News 
09.19.2022Solvent Study Solves Solar Cell Durability Puzzle, by Mike Williams, Rice News 
07.25.2022Relaxing with Soft Matter, APS Science Highlights 
03.14.2022Sliding into place: Study shows how cartilage interacts with the joints in our bodies by Jake Malooley, APS/User News 
06.22.2021Blue Animals Are Different From All the Rest, APS/User News 
06.01.2021(Solar) Power to the Perovskites, APS Science Highlights 
05.2021

2021 APS/CNM Users Meeting Workshops Spotlight XPCS Science

 
04.22.2021Watching the Evolution of Nanostructures in Thin Films, DOE Basic Energy Sciences, BES Highlights 
03.16.2021Strong and Resilient Synthetic Tendons Produced from Hydrogels, APS Science Highlights 
02.25.2021UCLA Materials Scientists Show Way to Make Durable Artificial Tendons from Improved Hydrogels, UCLA Samueli School of Engineering Press Release 
12.10.2020Perovskite-Based X-ray Detector a Top Ten Breakthrough of the Year, Physics World 
04.16.2020Thin-Film Perovskite Detector Slashes Imaging Dose, Physics World 
12.03.2020Battery of Tests: Scientists Figure Out How to Track What Happens inside Batteries, Argonne Press Release 
11.23.2020Slow Flow and Sudden Avalanches Relax Stress in Glasses APS Science Highlights 
10.26.2020Printing Ultrathin 2-D Polymer Electronics APS Science Highlights 
07.29.2020Reversible Isomerization Reaction Drives a COF-Based Humidity Sensor APS Science Highlights 
07.08.2020An X-ray Waveguide Probe into Ultra-thin Nanostructure Films APS Science Highlights 
05.15.2020True Colors: Using X-rays to Trace the Evolution of Insects' Structural Colors Argonne Press Release 
04.28.2020A Novel Organic Dye Nanoassembly Harnesses Light To Drive Chemical Changes APS Science Highlights 
04.23.2020Argonne Scientists Fashion New Class of X-ray Detector APS/User News 
03.17.2020

Hsinhan (Dave) Tsai Earns the 2020 APSUO Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award APS/User News

 
02.19.2020DOE Light Sources Form Data Solution Task Force APS/User News 
12.19.2019Study: Stress Changes the Normal Aging Process of Metallic Glasses, University of Illinois Press Release 
07.18.2019Understanding Electron and Ion Transport in Organic Semiconductors Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering 
05.03.2019New Polymer Films Conduct Heat Instead of Trapping It, APS Science Highlight 
06.21.2018Three Argonne Scientists Receive DOE Early Career Awards, Joan Koka, Argonne Press Release 
05.08.2018In Situ Rheology, SAXS, and XPCS for the Study of Soft Matter, Joint APS/CNM Workshop WK 5, Argonne Users Meeting 2018.  Organizers: Xiao-Min Lin, Suresh Narayanan and Alec Sandy  
04.16.2018Light 'Relaxes' Crystal to Boost Solar Cell Efficiency, Mike Williams, APS Science Highlight 
04.13.2018Through Thick and Thin, Karen Fellner, Argonne Feature Story 
01.18.2018Unravelling the Mystery of Nanoparticle-Reinforced Polymers APS Science Highlights 
01.11.2018US Scientists User Additives to Improve Performance of Organic Solar Cells PV Magazine  
01.09.2018Going Organic Argonne Press Release 
12.18.2017

Gel Formation Revealed APS Science Highlights

 
12.05.2017Creeping of Striped Nanodomains in Nominal Atomic Layers of Ferroelectrics APS Science Highlights 
05.2017

APS Science 2016 Highlights Work from Time Resolved Research

 
06.07.2017APS Colloquium: ‘X-Ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy: Past, Present and Future’ by Mark Sutton 
05.03.2017APS-U Workshop for the CSSI Beamline, Building 402, Room E1100-E1200 
05.02.2017APS-U Workshop for the XPCS Beamline, Building 402, Room E1100-E1200 
04.24.2017The 2017 CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics is Awarded to Mark Sutton, Canadian Association of Physicists Press Release 
04.11.2017Self-Assembling Polymers Provde Thin Nanowire Template Argonne Today 
04.07.2017Block Copolymers Guide Fabrication of Next-Generation Computer Chips, Materials Today 
04.05.2017Small Particles Untangle Polymer Chains, Physics.aps.org 
03.27.2017A Big Leap Toward Tinier Lines, David L. Chandle, MIT News Office 
10.27.2016Flipped Crystals May Aid Solar Cells APS Science Highlight 
06.13.2016Tobin Marks Wins the 2017 Priestley Medal Chemical and Engineering News 
04.01.2016A Radar Gun for Unruly Atoms APS Science Highlights 
03.31.2016A Radar Gun for Unruly Atoms University of Vermont University Communications 
03.08.2016Time-Resolved X-Ray Imaging Reveals Mesoscopic Structural Dynamics Argonne Today 
03.03.2016Multilayer Block Copolymer Meshes Argonne Today 
03.02.2016Organic Semiconductor-Containing Supramolecules Argonne Today 
02.17.2016Titania Thin Films Argonne Today 
02.11.2016High-Performance Solar Cells Argonne Today 
02.10.2016Coherent Acoustic Phonons Argonne Today 
02.09.2016Hairy Nanoparticles Argonne Today 
02.08.2016Dynamics of Nanoparticles Argonne Today 
01.2016High-Performance XPCS Data Reduction Using Argonne's Virtualized Computing Resource APS Newsletter 
01.14.2016New Morphologies in Thin Films Argonne Today 
01.11.2016Nanostructured Block Copolymer Electrolytes Argonne Today 
12.29.2015Perovskite Photovoltaics Argonne Today 
12.23.201510 Cool Science and Technology Stories from Argonne in 2015 (#6) 
12.23.2015Supramolecular Packing Argonne Today 
08.03.2015Scientists Can Now Make Nanoparticle Sheets that Curl Right Up Gizmodo 
08.03.2015Scientists Curve Nanoparticle Sheets into Complex Forms R & D Magazine 
07.31.2015Bend Me, Shape Me, Anyway You Want Me: Scientists Curve Nanoparticle Sheets into Complex Forms Argonne Press Release 
07.27.2015Macrophase Separation Argonne Today  
07.22.2015Reversible Thermal Stiffening Argonne Today  
07.02.2015Improving Ternary Blend Solar Cells Argonne Today 
06.25.2015Soft Nanoparticles Argonne Today 
06.19.2015Janus-like Nanoparticles Argonne Today 
06.17.2015Nanoscale Asymmetry Leads to Janus-like Nanoparticle Membranes Nanowerk 
06.16.2015Nanoscale Asymmetry Leads to Janus-like Nanoparticle Membranes CNM Press Release 
06.16.2015Bug Colors Argonne Today 
05.28.2015Shrinking Integrated Circuits Argonne Today 
05.06.2015Nanoparticle Assemblies Argonne Today  
03.04.2015Argonne Research Expanding from Injectors to Inhalers phys.org 
02.18.2015Shape-shifting Groups of Nanorods Release Heat Differently 
11.21.2014Disorder in Polymer Solar Cells 
10.07.2014Enhancing Solar Cells 
09.12.2014Lightweight Solar Cells 
06.18.2014Supramolecular Nanocomposites 
11.25.2013Water-Like Properties of Soft Nanoparticle Suspensions 
06.25.2013Organic Polymers Show Sunny Potential 
03.14.2013Watching a Protein as it Functions 
03.14.2013Shedding Light on Chemistry with a Biological Twist 
02.11.2013Probing Ultrafast Solvation Dynamics with HighRepetition-Rate Laser/X-ray Methodologies 
02.08.2013The Electronic Origin of Photoinduced Strain 
09.24.2012Dynamics of Polymer Chains Atop Different Materials 
05.18.2012Unlocking the Nanoscale Secrets of Bird-Feather Colors 
01.06.2012Peering into the Interfaces of Nanoscale Polymeric Materials