The Structure/Property Relations Group

MST-8 is part of the Materials Science and Technology Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Its mandate includes the evaluation and prediction of structure/property relationships over length scales that range from nanometers to centimeters. Experimental and modeling capabilities cover atomistic, microstructural, and macroscopic length scales. The group hosts a suite of state-of-the-art experimental methods that are complemented by a comparable modeling effort. Approximately 80 staff (including 5 Laboratory fellows) are organized in seven teams.

Strategic directions for the group include quasi-static and dynamic constitutive performance; radiation tolerance, damage and effects; creation and characterization of optically functional materials; and use of ion beams and scanning probe microscopy. Most programs have complementary fundamental science and applied components, as well as experimental and modeling components. In addition to a wide range of programmatic characterization capabilities, the group also hosts two facilities: Scanning Probe Microscopy and the Ion Beam Materials Laboratory- which are user facilities. In 2007 a new $1.9M ion implanter funded by DOE's Office of Basic Energy Science will be installed in the Ion Beam Materials Laboratory.

The MST-8 operating budget is approximately $25M. MST-8 serves as the landlord for the Materials Science Laboratory building (Technical Area 3, Building 1698) and provides administrative services for its community.

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Documents

• MST-8 Fact Sheet (LALP-06-170.pdf)
• MST-8 Brochure March05 (LAUR-05-0996.pdf)