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Materials Technology: Metallurgy (MST-6) . . . focuses on materials science and engineering, emphasizing metallurgical processes and research. Activities range from delivery of high quality manufactured components to fundamental materials research. Technical focus centers on the fundamental understanding of manufacturing influences on materials performance, with an extension of this knowledge through models that can either predict performance outside existing testing experience or reverse-engineer performance bounds based on variance in processing parameters. This emphasis leads to in-depth characterization of the microstructure, composition, and performance metrics related to physical properties, homogeneity, or structural response. To accomplish this mission, we manage an extensive materials fabrication and characterization capability. Our competence spans alloy design and development, foundry and solidification, powder metallurgy, mechanical metallurgy, welding and joining, electrochemical processing, corrosion, microstructural and mechanical characterization, and manufacturing systems to comply with full weapons production and quality rigor. These extensive capabilities make this group the only metallurgical consortium of its kind in the world. Our uniqueness comes not only from our breadth of competence, but also our ability to perform complete uranium and beryllium manufacturing within a secure environment compliant with DOE classification regulations and applicable health and safety standards. We have multi-customer support from conventional munitions, industrial applications, university consortia, and basic research with a strong foundation in the nuclear defense sector.
R. Alan Patterson, Group Leader Ruth E. Morgart, Deputy Group Leader David F. Teter, Deputy Group Leader April M. Moya, Office Administrator Capabilities Mechanical fabrication, foundry/machining, microstructural characterization, welding and joining, powder metallurgy and ceramics, electroplating and electroforming, corrosion, alloy development Related information focus on...Welding and Joining (LALP-00-87/pdf) focus on...Rolling and Forming (LALP-95-145/pdf) focus on...Sigma Complex (LALP-94-171/pdf) Materials Corrosion and Environmental Effects Laboratory Welding and Joining at Los Alamos National Laboratory Polymers and Coatings (MST-7) . . . is engaged in areas of materials science from the fundamental to the applied. The group comprises 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. In addition, we operate the Laboratory's glass shop as an institutional service. We maintain a broad program base including energy, nuclear weapons, conventional defense, industrial collaborations, nonproliferation, and environment. Our program base is founded in materials synthesis, processing, patterning, and characterization. Some major efforts are the following: the elucidation of the mechanisms of polymer aging and degradation; fundamental structure/property relationships of thermoplastic elastomers, polymer foams (including filled hybrid organic-inorganic systems); high energy density materials; target fabrication development and technology; three dimensional noncontact metrology development; laser-induced synthesis of superhard materials in thin film and fiber form; chemical vapor deposition of oxide, nitride, and diamond coatings; chemical vapor infiltration; preparation of oriented films and multilayer coatings; sensors; membranes for separations; and the advancement of nanotechnology. We also have an extensive set of chemical and physical characterization capabilities. In collaboration with MST-6, we use scanning electron microscopy and metallography to examine tritium-contaminated materials of interest to the nuclear weapons program and other programs.
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. The represented capabilities reflect both a broad suite of state-of-the-art material structure and property evaluation methods, as well as a number of specialized facilities to carry out materials research in support of laboratory programmatic missions. We are responsible for providing institution-wide electron microscopy, ion microprobe, and ion implantation facilities. The group also possesses expertise in x-ray and neutron scattering, synchrotron x-ray studies, and scanning probe microscopies. Specific focus areas include materials mechanics, dynamic materials properties, ion/solid interactions and interface engineering, metastable and amorphous materials, multilayers, computational materials science, single crystal synthesis, high-temperature structural materials, radiation tolerant ceramics, and optically functional materials.
Anna K. Zurek, Group Leader Mark A. Bourke, Deputy Group Leader Beverly Basey-Jones, Office Administrator Capabilities Experimental mechanics of materials, dynamic materials properties, Electron Microscopy Lab, Ion Beam Materials Lab, ion/solid interactions and interface engineering, metastable materials, multi-layered materials, materials and process simulation, single crystal synthesis, scanning probe technology, high temperature structural materials, radiation tolerant ceramics and composites, neutron scattering studies of materials, optical materials. Related information Materials Science Laboratory Electron Microscopy Laboratory Ion Beam Materials Laboratory Scanning Probe Microscopy Laboratory X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory Materials and Process Simulations Team Neutron Irradiation Induced Metastable Structures popLA Software Single Crystal Growth Laboratory Feynman Visualization Laboratory Plasma Immersion Ion Processing (PIIP) Condensed Matter and Thermal Physics (MST-10) . . . emphasizes fundamental research on condensed matter. We have several complementary thrusts: synthesizing, characterizing, and understanding the physics of complex materials, particularly those with novel superconducting and magnetic behavior and/or emergent properties with exploitable functionalities; developing novel materials characterization capabilities, especially those with nanoscale spatial and/or temporal resolution, and applying them to industrial, security, and energy-related technologies; investigating fluid dynamics/thermodynamics in non-linear science and refrigeration; and exploiting ultrafast laser techniques to understand dynamical processes in a wide range of systems. Many of these activities require our expertise in cryogenic and high-pressure environments and involve collaborations with universities, industry, and other laboratories around the world, as well as throughout Los Alamos.
Michael F. Hundley, Acting Group Leader John L. Sarrao, Acting Deputy Group Leader Juanita Armijo, Administrative Operations Specialist Capabilities Physics of materials, including correlated-electron oxides, heavy-electron intermetallics, and plutonium; heat engines, fluid dynamics, cryogenics Related information MST-10 Worldview Acoustic Stirling heat engine Laser Plasma Light Source Institute for Complex Adaptive 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. Our research forms a basis for development in device technology and practical application of materials. Our major projects include research on polymer electrolyte fuel cells and related conducting polymer electrochemical devices, fundamental research on catalysis, electrochemical sensor technology for chemical and biochemical detection, electrochemical applications of high temperature ceramics, acoustic nondestructive testing for chemical and biological agent detection, basic and applied work on organic electronics and electroluminescent polymers, and research on spintronics devices. We support a suite of capabilities in materials and device development and characterization, including a clean room for device fabrication, which we use extensively in multiple collaborations with industry.
Kenneth R. Stroh, Group Leader Donna L. Bailey, Office Administrator Capabilities Electrochemistry, fuel cell technology, acoustic spectroscopy, organic electronics, chemical and biological sensors, conducting polymers Related information Fuel Cells at Los Alamos Fuel Cell Fact Sheet (LALP-02-6) |
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