The Shull Wollan Center is home to scientists from a wide variety of backgrounds and research fields who utlize the neutron scattering facilites at ORNL to address compelling and forefront questions. Ongoing research programs cover fundamental physics, bio-membranes, proteins and polymers, quantum materials, and out of equilibrium and glassy behavior.
Recent Highlights
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Cations Control Lipid Bilayer Memcapacitance Associated with Long-Term Potentiation
Long term potentiation (LTP) an important feature of learning and memory in the brain is sensitive to different salts (KCl, NaCl, LiCl, and TmCl3), with LiCl and TmCl3 having the most profound effect in depressing LTP, relative to KCl. Continue Reading →
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Hidden Local Symmetry Breaking for Understanding the Peculiar Magnetism in Co3Sn2S2
It is seen that the onset of ferromagnetic order in the Kagome-lattice magnetic Weyl semi-metal Co3Sn2S2 is accompanied by a broken local symmetry describable as a rhombohedral to monoclinic distortion. Continue Reading →
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Biomembrane research findings could advance understanding of computing and human memory
While studying how bio-inspired materials might inform the design of next-generation computers, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory achieved a first-of-its-kind result that could have big implications for both edge computing and human health. Continue Reading →