How can studying metals manufacturing lead to longer-lasting batteries and lighter vehicles? It all comes down to physics. Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) are investigating ...

Many consider lithium metal to be the most crucial material for negative electrodes in lithium-based batteries. This is because it has an extremely high capacity to store energy—3,860 mAh g −1 —which ...

Additive manufacturing has emerged as a collection of disruptive technologies for fabricating parts with complex geometries and site-specific microstructures. It has been even shown that their ...

From the microstructure of metals to the atomic arrangement of nanomaterials, advanced characterization techniques are transforming how we design, test, and improve materials. Using tools like ...

A recent review published in Materials evaluates a range of metallographic approaches used to identify quasicrystals in aluminum (Al) alloys. These complex structures, which defy traditional ...