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THE MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIVISION

Superconductivity Technology Center (STC)
. . . coordinates a multidisciplinary program for research, development, and technology transfer in the area of high-temperature superconductivity.
    Management
    Dean E. Peterson, Center Leader
    Brenda Espinoza, Office Administrator

    Capabilities
    HTS conductor development, HTS thin films and devices, industrial collaborations, HTS program management for Los Alamos, HTS power applications

    Related information
    focus on...Superconductivity Technology Center (LALP-96-104/pdf)
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL)
. . . executes the NSF-funded pulsed magnetic field facility of the NHMFL under contract with Florida State University, as well as aligned DOE high magnetic field programs.
Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT)
. . . provides open access to tools and expertise needed to explore the continuum from scientific discovery to the integration of nanostructures into the micro- and macro worlds. CINT, a joint project of Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories, is one of five Department of Energy/Office of Science Nanoscale Science Research Centers.
    Management
    Antoinette Taylor, Associate Director
    Laurie Lauer, Program Administrator

    Capabilities
    At Los Alamos: the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center, the Bioscience Division. At Sandia: the Compound Semiconductor Research Laboratory and the Microelectronics Development Laboratory.
Materials Technology: Metallurgy (MST-6)
. . . focuses on materials science and engineering emphasizing metallurgical processes.
Polymers and Coatings (MST-7)
. . . maintains the Laboratory's expertise in polymer sciences, chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition, micro-machining (including diamond turning), precision manufacturing and assembly, and fabrication of experimental packages for the Inertial Confinement Fusion and Radiation Physics (ICF&RP), the High Energy Density Hydrodynamics (HEDH), and other elements of the nuclear weapons programs.
    Management
    Patrick T. Reardon, Group Leader
    Mitchell Trkula, Deputy Group Leader
    Yvette Martinez, Office Administrator

    Capabilities
    Physical vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition, assembly, polymers, precision machining, oriented thin films, membranes and separations

    Related information
    focus on...Target Fabrication Facility (LALP-96-130/pdf)
Structure/Property Relations (MST-8)
. . . provides a laboratory focus on expertise and facilities used to evaluate and understand the relationships between material properties and their underlying structures.
Condensed Matter and Thermal Physics (MST-10)
. . . emphasizes fundamental research on condensed matter.
Electronic and Electrochemical Materials and Devices (MST-11)
. . . conducts basic and applied research on electrically and ionically conducting materials, including the development of novel materials characterization approaches.

     

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