Showing 13 results for Researcher: Alexei P. Sokolov
September 24, 2024
6 MIN READ
From Sept. 16 through Sept. 20, the Physical Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory ran a campaign in honor of National Postdoc Appreciation Week, an event spearheaded by the National Postdoctoral Association.
February 15, 2024
4 MIN READ
The University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute has selected circular bioeconomy systems and radiopharmaceutical therapies as its two newest Convergent Research Initiatives, areas of joint research for UT and ORNL.
February 8, 2024
6 MIN READ
In a win for chemistry, inventors at ORNL have designed a closed-loop path for synthesizing an exceptionally tough carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer, or CFRP, and later recovering all of its starting materials.
August 30, 2022
4 MIN READ
ORNL has been selected to lead an Energy Frontier Research Center, or EFRC, focused on polymer electrolytes for next-generation energy storage devices such as fuel cells and solid-state electric vehicle batteries.
January 20, 2022
5 MIN READ
Researchers at ORNL used polymer chemistry to transform a common household plastic into a reusable adhesive with a rare combination of strength and ductility, making it one of the toughest materials ever reported.
January 20, 2022
1 MIN READ
Scientific Achievement: This study unveils multi-phase dynamic bonding of boronic ester with readily available hydroxyl surfaces, enabling extraordinarily strong and tough reversible adhesion. Significance and Impact: While most of conventional structural adhesives are single-use unrecyclable adhesive with irreversible chemical bonding, this multi-phase polymer adhesive is rebondable and recyclable with foreseeable scalability, addressing the needs of polymer upcycling by dynamic polymers.DOI: epdf/10.1126/sciadv.abk2451
August 19, 2021
1 MIN READ
Scientific Achievement: Analysis of collective nanoparticle dynamics in polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) revealed the crucial role of polymer bridges in slowing down the nanoparticle dynamics, leading to unexpectedly weak temperature
September 1, 2020
1 MIN READ
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists have discovered a cost-effective way to significantly improve the mechanical performance of common polymer nanocomposite materials.
July 1, 2019
1 MIN READ
A team of researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated that designed synthetic polymers can serve as a high-performance binding material for next-generation lithium-ion batteries.
July 2, 2018
1 MIN READ
An Oak Ridge National Laboratory–led team has developed super-stretchy polymers with amazing self-healing abilities that could lead to longer-lasting consumer products.
March 8, 2017
6 MIN READ
Polymer nanocomposites mix particles billionths of a meter (nanometers, nm) in diameter with polymers, which are long molecular chains. Often used to make injection-molded products, they are common in automobiles, fire retardants, packaging materials, drug-delivery systems, medical devices, coatings, adhesives, sensors, membranes and consumer goods.
July 26, 2016
2 MIN READ
Scientists have unraveled details of the mechanism of mechanical reinforcement in glassy polymer nanocomposites.1 Measurements in the interfacial layer ~2–4 nm around nanoparticles revealed that Young’s modulus, which defines the relationship between