Research Highlights from 2008
LANL news releases related to Chemistry

• Themal explosions caugh on film. (6/08)
• Tool streamlines acquisition of avian flu field-data. (5/08)
• Giant Quantum Dots Show Remarkable Optical Properties (5/08)
• Journal of Inorganic Chemistry Cover Story (1/10/08)

Research Highlights from 2007
LANL news releases related to Chemistry

• Medical Isotopes. 9/07
• Journal of Physical Security V.2 published (8/07)
• Article captures PNAS Cover [5/07]
• Meeting the nation’s demand – LANSCE extends run cycle for medical radioisotopes [3/07]
• Chemistry Division's Dr. Wolfgang Runde has been selected for a DOE isotope post. [2/07]

Research Highlights from 2006
LANL news releases related to Chemistry

• 11/06 - LANL research on tamper indicating seals in American Scientist magazine.
• 9/06 - MXRF presented at the Getty Museum
• 7/06 - ENABLE Wins 2006 R&D 100 Award
• 7/06 - Technology Captures Science News Cover
• 6/06 - Memmorial Symposium for George Kwei
• 6/06 - Dr. Greg Kubas Receives Distinguished Alumnus Award
• 6/06 - Article Captures Applied Optics Cover
• 5/06 - Chemistry Division Employee Takes Scientific Safety On The Road
• 3/06 - LANL Scientists Co-author a new edition of a classic book on the actinides.
• 3/06 Rich Schaller wins Postdoctoral Performance Award.
• 2/06 Low-temperature growth of crystalline GaN films using energetic neutral atomic-beam lithography/epitaxy. See the LANLnews release as well.
• 1/06 LANL/UCLA Receive $6M to Develop High-Speed, High-Volume Laboratory Network Against Infectious Diseases
• 1/06 Carrier Multiplication in Solar Cells

Highlights from 2005
LANL news releases related to Chemistry

• 11/05 Dirty Bomb Cleanup
• 11/05 LANL Brings Life to TV
• 11/05 Thomas Opens Exhibit
• 9/05 ASPECT toxin-detection equipment helps out in hurricane zone
• 7/05 MESA Technology wins R&D 100 Award for its potential to change the pharmaceutical industry.
• 7/05 ASPECT responds to emergency in St. Louis .
• 7/05 Schaller, Taw win Distinguished Postdoc Publication Award
• 6/05 Jerry Romero gives back to the community
• 5/05 Dr. Gary Baker wins Distinguished Postdoc Award
• 5/05 Dr. Han Htoon wins Distinguished Postdoc Award
• 5/05 Bacteria used to clean up actinide waste
• 4/05 Researchers Develop Fingerprint Technology
• 3/05 Aluminum-nitrogen Compounds Capture Dalton Cover
• 1/05 Greg Kubas Selected AAAS Fellow

Highlights from 2004

• 12/04 ASPECT to Oversee Presidential Inauguration
• 11/04 Chemistry Division Scientists Involved in New NSF-Sponsored Chemical Bonding Center
• 11/04 Victor Klimov Elected Lab Fellow
• 7/04 Nancy Sauer wins Fellows Prize for Leadership
• 7/04 Pumping energy to nanocrystals from a quantum well
• 5/04 Laboratory creates Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research Institute.
• 5/04 Novel Molecular Thermometer
• 5/04 Solar Gain, upping the output on solar cells
• 3/04 Etching with Enable
• 1/04 Grand opening of the IPF beam stop.

Highlights from 2003

• Dr. Victor Klimov Elected Fellow in the APS and the OSA.
• 9/03 Technology Deemed Outstanding by the Federal Laboratory Consortium.
• 9/03 Los Alamos team develops "nano flashlight."
• 9/03 Los Alamos team develops rapid procedure for radioactivity in dirty bomb debris
• 9/03 Los Alamos at work -- science and technology initiatives for countering nuclear and radiological threats
• 9/03 Dave Cremers (ADI) has won more R&D 100 Awards than any other LANL researcher. LANL Newsletter, Vol. 4, No. 19.
• 9/03 ASPECT-Airborne emergency response sensor
• 8/03 Dr. Carol Burns Elected Laboratory Fellow
• 7/02 CARISS, Super-thermites Win R&D 100 Awards
• 5/03 Chemistry Techs featured in new book
• 4/03 Chemistry's Janie Enter Wins Governor's Award for Outstanding New Mexico Women
• 4/03 C-AAC Wins Piñon Award of Excellence.
• 3/03 Dr. Carol Burns wins Los Alamos Fellow's Prize
• 2/03 Dr. Joe Tiee selected as LANL's Asian Engineer of the Year Award nominee
• 1/03 Seaborg Institute research fellowships available

Highlights from 2002

• 11/02 Otis "Pete" Peterson Elected Fellow in the Optical Society of America

  11/02 Chemistry Division Director Al Sattelberger Elected AAAS Fellow

• 9/02 Chemistry authors contribute to book on actinide chemistry

• 7/02 Chemistry Division team receives Presidential Green Chemistry Award.
• 5/02-Postdoctoral contributions garner awards
• 2/12/02 - Chemical Dynamics

Highlights from 2001

• 12/01 - Los Alamos Lidar is featured in Photonics Technology.
• 12/12/01 - Seaborg Institute Fellowships for 2002
• 11/20/01- Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
• 10/01-Atom Trapping at Los Alamos
• 9/01-The Environmental Chemistry of Plutonium
• 8/01-Isotope Production Facility
• 7/01-SCORR: Supercritical CO2 Resist Remover
• New Chemistry for Plutonium Processing

Laboratory news releases related to Chemistry

Aug. 30, 2001 - Lab develops colorful beryllium detection technology

Aug. 29, 2001 - Los Alamos researchers ask, Why dip when you can spin?

July 12, 2001 - Laboratory captures three R&D 100 Awards

May 16, 2001 - Online periodic table wins 2001 Sci/Tech Web Award

April 4, 2001 - New chemistry offers alternative plutonium storage process

Feb. 7, 2001 - Cleaner chipmaking method uses carbon dioxide fluid

June 12, 2000 - Researchers find time in dusty polar ice

April 11, 2000 - Biophysicist wins presidential early career award

March 15, 2000 - Researchers develop more practical dosimeter for emergency responders

Jan. 4, 2000 - Air monitor instantly detects beryllium, other elements

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