Research Initiatives
MATERIALS
Scientists use our magnets to explore semiconductors, superconductors, newly-grown crystals, buckyballs and materials from the natural world — research that reveals the secret workings of materials and empowers us to develop new technologies.
ENERGY
Scientists here are working to optimize petroleum refining, advance potential bio-fuels such as pine needles and algae, and fundamentally change the way we store and deliver energy by developing better batteries.
LIFE
With the world’s strongest MRI magnet, scientists here study everything from living animals to individual cells, from proteins to disease-fighting molecules found in plants and animals — work that could improve treatment of AIDS, cancer, Alzheimer’s and other diseases.
Latest Science Highlights
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Liquid State Dynamic Nuclear Polarization at High Magnetic Field
12 December 2019
This finding demonstrates a path forward to dramatically enhance sensitivity for molecule concentration measurement by magnetic resonance using Overhauser DNP.
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Complex Phase Diagram and Reentrant Disorder in Ce3TiSb5
12 December 2019
Ce3TiSb5 identified as a metallic magnet in which inverse melting does occur.
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Extreme re-entrant superconductivity
28 October 2019
Studies of uranium ditelluride in high magnetic fields show superconductivity switching off at 35 T, but reoccurring at higher magnetic fields between 40 and 65 T.
Featured Publications
Liquid State Dynamic Nuclear Polarization at High Magnetic Field, T. Dubroca, et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 21 21200-21204 (2019) See Science Highlight or Read online
Hafnium greatly improves Nb3Sn superconductor for high field magnets, S. Balachandran, et al., Superconductor Science and Technology,32, 044006 (2019) See Science Highlight or Read online
Why does magnetic switching occur at such high magnetic fields in Sr3NiIrO6? , K.R. O'Neal, et al., njp Quantum Materials,4, 48 (2019) See Science Highlight or Read online
Identification of abnormal hemoglobin from human blood , L. He, et al., Clinical Chemistry,65 (8), 986-994 (2019) See Science Highlight or Read online
Topological structural defects in the spin liquid candidate TbInO3 , J.W. Kim, et al., Phys. Rev. X, 9, 031005 (2019) See Science Highlight or Read online
Luttinger liquid behavior of helium-three in nanotubes , J. Adams, et al., J. Low Temp. Phys., 196 (1-2), 308-313 (2019) See Science Highlight or Read online
Ultra-high magnetic fields provide new insights into bone-like materials, C. Bonhomme, et al., Chemical Communications, 54 (69), 9591-9594 (2018) See Science Highlight or Read online
Unconventional Field-Induced Spin Gap in an S = 1=2 Chiral Staggered Chain, J. Liu, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., 122, 057207 (2019) See Science Highlight or Read online
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