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Advanced Materials - page 2

Center

Focus Area

Universities

Year Est.

Center for Atomically Thin Multifunctional Coatings (ATOMIC)
  • Boise State University
  • Rice University
  • Pennsylvania State University

    • 2015

    Center for Advanced Non-Ferrous Structural Alloy (CANFSA)
  • Iowa State University
  • Colorado School of Mines

    • 2011

    Ceramic, Composite, and Optical Materials Center (CCOMC)
  • Clemson University
  • Rutgers University

    • 2010

    Center for Dielectrics and Piezoelectrics (CDP)
  • North Carolina State University
  • Pennsylvania State University

    • 2014

    Center for Freeform Optics (CeFO)
  • University of North Carolina, Charlotte
  • University of Rochester

    • 2013

    Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and System (CEHMS)
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Columbia University

    • 2010

    Center for Solid-State Electric Power Storage (CEPS)
  • Syracuse University
  • South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
  • Northeastern University

    • 2022

    Center for Rational Catalyst Synthesis (CeRCaS)
  • Virginia Commonwealth University
  • University of South Carolina
  • University of California, Davis

    • 2015

    Center for Metamaterials (CfM)
  • Clarkson University
  • University of North Carolina, Charlotte

    • 2011

    Center for the Integration of Composites Into Infrastructure (CICI)
  • Texas A&M University
  • West Virginia University
  • North Carolina State University
  • University of Miami

    • 2009

    Center for Innovations in Structural Integrity Assurance (CISIA)
  • Louisiana Tech University
  • Louisiana State University

    • 2021

    Center for Novel High Voltage/Temperature Materials and Structures (HVT)
  • University of Connecticut
  • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • University of Denver

    • 2014

    Center for Science of Heterogenous Additive Printing of 3D Materials (SHAP3D)
  • University of Massachusetts, Lowell
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • University of Connecticut

    • 2018

    Center for a Solar Powered Future (SPF2050)
  • Texas A&M University
  • Arizona State University
  • Colorado State University
  • Texas A&M University, Central Texas
  • University of Texas, Austin

    • 2021

    Wood-Based Composites Center (WBC)
  • Oregon State University
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

    • 2010

    Catalyzing Commercialization: Novel Palladium-Graphene Catalysts Improve Pharmaceutical Processing

    Pharmaceutical companies use a variety of metal catalysts to produce active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). One of the most widely used catalytic reactions in commercial operation is the Suzuki cross-coupling reaction, which can produce high-volume drugs such as the anti-hypertension drug losartan. These reactions traditionally employ homogeneous palladium catalysts, which often require extensive purification to separate the catalyst from the product.

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    Catalyzing Commercialization: Creating Novel Bimetallic Catalysts for Methanol Fuel Cells

    Improvements in direct-methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) have been achieved at the Univ. of South Carolina based on a new, easy-to-scale method to synthesize bimetallic catalysts. The two most common types of fuel cells being developed for mobile transportation applications are DMFCs and hydrogen fuel cells. Methanol is safer than hydrogen, and it is easier to handle and install in refueling stations. Whereas a monometallic platinum (Pt) catalyst may be used for H2 fuel cells, a more-expensive bimetallic catalyst — typically consisting of Pt and ruthenium (Ru) — is required for DMFCs.

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    Catalyzing Commercialization: Cold Sintering Creates New Avenues for Advanced Composites Manufacture

    Engineers often want to combine many types of materials into a composite architecture to achieve specific performances in devices, from electronics to biomedical implants. However, material compatibility issues that arise during manufacturing can limit practical realization of these composites.

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