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Room-temperature lithium metal battery closer to reality
Rechargeable lithium metal batteries have been known for four decades to offer energy storage capabilities far superior to today’s workhorse lithium-ion technology that powers our smartphones and laptops.
First self-assembled superconductor structure created
Building on nearly two decades’ worth of research, a multidisciplinary team at Cornell has blazed a new trail by creating a self-assembled, three-dimensional gyroidal superconductor.
Former CHESS user Shawn Tan wins innovators award in new field of nanoplasmonics
This past November ten young innovators made it to EmTech Singapore’s Innovators Under 35 list, selected from over 100 applicants from Asia and Australasia [1].
CHESS summer science workshops taking shape
As we pointed out in the last eNewsletter, this coming June will be a busy time as our annual CHESS User’s Meeting June 7th 2016 kicks off a series of six science workshops.
Unusually deformable protein crystals
Application of high pressure to crystals of Snf7 has an unusual effect. Cryocooling protein crystals under pressure (HPC) can reduce damage due to the cooling process.
Electroactive COFs store more charge when oriented
The Dichtel lab at Cornell University focuses on covalent organic frameworks (COFs). When subunits of the self-organized COFs are able to react electrochemically, one could envision developing an energy storage device based on molecularly engineered active materials.
Data transfer recommendations
Over the past year, the CLASSE IT group has incrementally revamped the computing infrastructure for CHESS data acquisition (DAQ), and during the last run of 2015, it was used at all CHESS stations (excluding MacCHESS) for the first time.
Transient phases during coating of an organic semiconductor film
A key element for bringing organic electronics to the market place is the understanding of the microstructure formation during coating and printing.