May 08 Issue - Employee Monthly Magazine

CINT visualization

Photo by Robert W. Kramer

In the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies stereo visualization lab, Matthias Graf of Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics explains the elastic and structural properties of a compressed foam pad simulation by Scott Bardenhagen of Explosives and Organic Materials. The red color indicates regions of high stress of foam. This work was partly supported through a Laboratory Directed Research and Development Exploratory Research project. CINT, which was recently honored by the Department of Energy (see Page 3), is a national user facility that provides scientists with a unique research environment that combines nanoscale materials science and biosciences capabilities and expertise under one roof, surrounded by supporting resources accessible to CINT users.