Fundamental Understanding of Transport Under Reactor Extremes (FUTURE)

Director

Blas Uberuaga

Lead Institution

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Class

2018-2026

Mission

To understand how the coupled extremes of irradiation and corrosion work in synergy to modify the evolution of materials by coupling experiments and modeling that target fundamental mechanisms.

Partner Institutions

LANL
Arizona State University
UC Berkeley
PNNL
NC State
UT San Antonio
Univ of Virginia

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BES Staff Contact

Philip Wilk

FUTURE-GCA

Grand
Challenge #3

Grand
Challenge #5

Transformative Opportunities Addressed

Mastering Hierarchical Architectures and Beyond-Equilibrium Matter

Trans. Opp. #1

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.