Six entries from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have been named finalists for the 2015 edition of the R&D 100 Awards. Dubbed the “Oscars of Innovation,” the R&D 100 Awards identify and celebrate the top technology products of the year.
The Argonne finalists are:
- Binary Pseudo-Random Calibration Tool: Ray Conley (X-ray Science) in partnership with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers
- Fluorinated Electrolyte Technology for High-Voltage Lithium-Ion Batteries: Zhengcheng (John) Zhang (Chemical Sciences and Engineering) and team
- Highly Crystalline Pt3Ni Nanoframes with Three-Dimensional Electrocatalytic Surfaces: Nenad Markovic (Materials Science), Vojislav Stamenkovic (Materials Science) and team in partnership with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers
- Pulsed Thermal Imaging-Multilayer Analysis (PTI-MLA): Jiangang Sun (Nuclear Engineering)
- Versatile Hard Carbon Microspheres Made from Plastic Waste: Ali Erdemir (Energy Systems), Michael Thackeray (Chemical Sciences and Engineering) and team
- Virtual Community Platform (onVCP): John Dactelides (Global Security Sciences) and Chris Metz (Global Security Sciences)
Winners will be announced Nov. 13 as part of the 2015 R&D 100 Awards & Technology Conference in Las Vegas.
Argonne National Laboratory seeks solutions to pressing national problems in science and technology. The nation’s first national laboratory, Argonne conducts leading-edge basic and applied scientific research in virtually every scientific discipline. Argonne researchers work closely with researchers from hundreds of companies, universities, and federal, state and municipal agencies to help them solve their specific problems, advance America’s scientific leadership and prepare the nation for a better future. With employees from more than 60 nations, Argonne is managed by UChicago Argonne, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science.
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