Center for Mechanistic Control of Unconventional Formations (CMC-UF)

Director

Anthony Kovscek

Lead Institution

Stanford University

Class

2018-2024

Mission

To garner cross-cutting geoscience knowledge to achieve mechanistic control over physical and geochemical processes in extreme geological environments collectively referred to as unconventional formations. All subsurface storage formations are sealed by an unconventional formation.

Partner Institutions

Stanford
Univ of Wyoming
Univ of Southern California
SLAC
UIUC
UW Madison

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https://efrc-shale.stanford.edu/

BES Staff Contact

Philip Wilk

Grand Challenges Addressed

Grand
Challenge #5

Transformative Opportunities Addressed

Understanding the Critical Roles of Heterogeneity, Interfaces, and Disorder

Trans. Opp. #2

BES Reports Addressed

Highlights

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Applying a voltage to lanthanum strontium manganite (LSMO) can cause it to separate into distinct regions with dramatically different magnetic properties, as illustrated by the red and blue colors in the above figure.

Tuning Magnetism With Voltage Opens a New Path to Neuromorphic Circuits

Experiments show that applied voltage can dramatically alter the magnetic properties of quantum materials.

A metallic line atop a medium biased at the edge of chaos can provide effective negative resistance for time-varying signals, outputting a larger signal compared to its input. The energy for amplification comes from the static bias applied to the medium.

The “Edge of Chaos” Amplifies Signals Without Transistors

Emulating the edge of chaos of axons enables a metal wire to overcome its resistance without cooling, thereby amplifying signals flowing inside of it.