Discoveries: Materials for the Future | Los Alamos National Laboratory

We seek to control materials functionality and predict materials performance.

Our national security priorities of nuclear deterrence, energy security, and global security demand that the Laboratory be a leader in materials science and engineering.

Prediction of a material’s performance over its lifetime in a complex service environment is critical for accelerating new materials into applications. This pillar requires both “predictable performance,” the ability to reliably and consistently forecast how a material will perform over its lifetime, and “controlled functionality,” the actual design and tailoring of a material’s properties that were previously unattainable or not available with traditional techniques.

We seek to control materials functionality and predict materials performance.

Our national security priorities of nuclear deterrence, energy security, and global security demand that the Laboratory be a leader in materials science and engineering.