Center for Plastics Innovation (CPI)

Director

LaShanda Korley

Lead Institution

University of Delaware

Class

2020-2028

Mission

To develop energy-efficient, selective, and tolerant chemo- and bio-catalytic and synthetic pathways to valorize diverse plastics waste streams and dramatically increase circularity.

Partner Institutions

University of Delaware
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
University of Chicago
University of Florida
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
University of Pennsylvania

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https://cpi.udel.edu

BES Staff Contact

Katherine Brown

Aura Gimm

Grand Challenges Addressed

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Transformative Opportunities Addressed

Mastering Hierarchical Architectures and Beyond-Equilibrium Matter

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Understanding the Critical Roles of Heterogeneity, Interfaces, and Disorder

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Revolutionary Advances in Models, Mathematics, Algorithms, Data, and Computing

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Exploiting Transformative Advances in Imaging Capabilities across Multiple Scales

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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.