Showing 25 results for Researcher: Liam F. Collins
January 5, 2026
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ORNL researchers enhanced atomic force microscopy with machine learning to write and erase nanoscale patterns in ferroic materials. This innovation promises multistate memory capabilities and advances electronic data storage.
August 4, 2025
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Scientists at ORNL have developed an automated atomic force microscopy platform that captures both nanoscale details and broader biological structures. Demonstrated on bacterial biofilms, the technique reveals how individual cell features connect to larger organizational patterns, offering new insights into resilient microbial communities.
June 19, 2025
6 MIN READ
Stronger than steel and lighter than aluminum, carbon fiber is a staple in aerospace and high-performance vehicles — and now, scientists at ORNL have found a way to make it even stronger.
October 7, 2024
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A research team led by scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed a novel technique for creating precise atomic arrangements in ferroelectrics, establishing a robust framework for advancing powerful new
February 6, 2024
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Research led by ORNL’s Marti Checa and Liam Collins has pioneered a groundbreaking approach described in the journal Nature Communications that enables visualizing charge motion at the nanometer level, or one billionth of a meter, but at speeds thousands of times faster than conventional methods.
January 12, 2024
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Researchers demonstrated that stainless steel and other metal alloys coated with hexagonal boron nitride, or hBN, exhibit non-stick or low-friction qualities along with improved long-term protection against harsh corrosion and high-temperature.
November 10, 2023
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June 2, 2022
1 MIN READ
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Korea’s Sungkyunkwan University are using advanced microscopy to nanoengineer promising materials for computing and electronics in a beyond-Moore era.
October 19, 2020
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Accelerated imaging in piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) was demonstrated via the use of the combination of sparse spiral scans and reconstruction algorithms.
August 4, 2020
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An all-in-one experimental platform developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences accelerates research on promising materials for future technologies.
January 22, 2020
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We developed a Lab-on-a-crystal, the materials science analog to lab-on-a-chip, in which multiple functional modes of a thin film can be probed simultaneously.