Argonne's R&D 100 Awards

2012

Argonne press release

• Globus Online
• High-Energy Concentration-Gradient Cathode Material for Plug-in Hybrids and All-Electric Vehicles
• Large-Area Microchannel Plate
• Ultra-Fast and Large-Scale Boriding

2011

• Enhanced Renewable Methane Production System
• Advanced Ceramic Film Capacitors for Power Electronics in Electric Drive Vehicles
• Photoacoustic Spectroscopy (PAS) System for Remote Detection of Explosives and Chemicals
• Integrated RF MEMS Switch/CMOS Device

2010

• Hard X-ray Mini beam Quad Collimator System
• The π Steradian Transmission X-ray Detection System for Nanoscale Analysis in Electron Microscopes and Electron Optical Beam Lines

2009

• Argonne/Envia Composite Electrode Material Technology to Enable Plug-In Hybrids and All-Electric Vehicles
• Hard X-Ray Nanoprobe
• PETSc: High-Performance Software for Engineering and Science
• Superhard and Slick Coating (SSC)
• Artificial Retina Technology

2008

• UNCD Mechanical Seal
• Advanced High-Power Battery for Hybrid Electric Vehicles

2007

• Access Grid 3.0: A Group Collaboration
• Passive Millimeter-Wave Spectrometer for Remote Chemical Detection
• Ultra-High-Resolution Mammography System

2006

• Ultrafast, Ultrasensitive anostructured Hydrogen Sensor
• Multiport Dryer Technology for the Forest Products Industry
• Separative Bioreactor for the Production and Recovery of Biobased Products
• Anti-scatter Grids for X-ray Imaging annd Collimators for Nuclear Imaging made by LIGA
• Materials Resistant to Metal Dusting Degradation

2005

• Multilayer Lens Wafers for X-Ray Lenses
• MPICH2 Release 1.0: High Performance, Portable Implementation of the Message Passing Interface Standard for Parallel Computing
• Self-Contained Battery-Powered bion® Microstimulator with Rechargeable Miniature Battery
• High-Temperature Potentiometric Oxygen Sensor with Internal Reference

2004

• Grancrete™ Spray-On Structural Cement and Rapid Construction Process for Low-Cost Housing
• Powertrain System Analysis Toolkit (PSAT) V5.2 more
• Glass Furnace Model (GFM)
• Hydrogen Transport Membrane (HTM) for Separation of Pure Hydrogen at High Temperatues

2003

• Scanning Confocal Electron Microscope (SCEM)
• Large-Area Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Films and Deposition System
• Nanostructured Carbide Derived Carbon (CDC)

2002

• Smart Sensor Developer Kit
• Advanced Electrodeionization Technology for Product Desalting
• Globus Toolkit™ Release 2.0)

2001

• Autothermal Reforming Catalyst for Fuel Processors

2000

• Large-Area CCD X-Ray Detector
• Hard X-Ray Scanning Microprobe
• Process to Recycle Post-Consumer Flexible Polyurethane Foam

1999

• Argonne Clean Diesel Technology
• Gregar Extractor

1998

• Multivariate State Estimation Technique (MSET) (early warning expert system)
• PRODIAG (software for customized process diagnostics)
• Near-Frictionless Carbon Films

1997

• Mass Spectroscopy of Recoiled Ion (MSRI) Analyzer (Chemistry Division; joint award with Ionwerks Corporation)
• Production of Chemicals from Biologically Derived Succinic Acid (Energy Systems and Environmental Research Divisions; joint award with Oak Ridge, National Renewable Energy, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, and Applied Carbochemicals)

1996

• CERAMICRETE Phosphate-Bonded Ceramic (Energy Technology Division)
• Magnetic Flux Imaging System (Materials Science Division; joint award with Phase Metrics and the Institute for Solid State Physics, Moscow, Russia)
• Empore Rad Disks (Chemical Technology Division and Environmental Research Division; joint award with 3M Company and IBC Advanced Technologies, Inc.)
• Millimeter Wave Fabric Inspection System (Energy Technology Division)
• Photorefractive Liquid Crystal Optical Processor (Chemistry Division)

1995

• CEMROX-Ceramic Membrane Reactor for Oxidation of Natural Gas (Energy Technology Division; joint award with Amoco Research Center and DOE/PETC)
• PVS Plasma Reactor (MSD)

1994

• Toroid Cavity Imager (Chemical Technology Division)
• Diphonix Ion Exchange Resin (Chemistry Division)
• Ultrasonic Viscometer (Energy Technology Division)

1993

• DAD Molecular Switch - Type P3 (Chemistry Division)
• Ceramic Sulfide Materials (Chemical Technology Division)
• An Efficient New Process for Commercial Production of Phase-Pure Superconductors (Energy Technology Division, Chemical Technology Division)

1992

• Helium Self-Pumping Module for Fusion Application (Engineering Physics/Fusion Power, and Materials Science Division; joint award with Sandia National Laboratories)

1991

• New Extraction Chromatographic Materials for the Separation & Preconcentration of Radionuclides from Biological & Environmental Samples and from Radioactive Waste Solution (Chemistry Division)
• Boric Acid Lubricant (Energy Technology Division)
• Bipolar Li/FeS₂ Battery, the Mark III (Chemical Technology Division)
• Electrorefining Process for Recovery of Transuranics from Spent Nuclear Fuel (Chemical Technology Division)

1990

• Blood Cadmium Assay Kit (Biology Division)

1989

• Radium-224 Generator (Chemistry Division)
• Binder-Enhanced Densified Refuse-Derived Fuel Pellets (Energy and Environmental System Division; joint award with University of North Texas)
• Infrared Aerosol Analyzer (Chemical Technology Division)

1988

• Neutron Stress Monitor for Composite Constituents (Materials and Components Technology Division; joint award with Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories)
• pH Sensor for High-Temperature/High-Pressure Aqueous Environments (Chemical Technology Division)
• FT-EPR Spectrometer (Chemistry Division)
• LP-SPEC Software (Chemistry Division)
• 3He/4He Dilution Refrigerator (Materials Science Division)

1987

• Surface Analysis by Resonance Ionization of Sputtered Atoms (SARISA) (Chemistry Division and Materials Science Division)
• High-Temperature Ultrasonic Flaw Detector (Materials and Components Technology Division; joint award with American Iron and Steel Institute; National Bureau of Standards; Magnaflux Corp.)
• TRUEX (Transuranium Extraction) Process (Chemistry Division; joint award with Westinghouse Rockwell-Hanford)
• Pulse Squeezer (Chemistry Division)
• Micro Membrane-Electrode Sensor (Chemical Technology Division)
• Polarized Neutron Reflectometer (Materials Science Division and Pulsed Neutron Source)

1985

• Pyroelectrochemical Extraction Process (Chemical Technology Division)
• Ultra-Sensitive Radionuclide X-/Gamma Ray Detector (Electronics Division)
• Low-Enrichment Nuclear Reactor Fuel (Reduced Enrichment Research and Test Reactor Program, and Materials Science and Technology ivision)

1984

• Real Time Synchrotron X-Ray Small Angle Scattering Instrumentation (Biological And Medical Research Division)
• Chemical Parameter Spectrometer portable toxic gas detector (Energy and Environmental Systems Division)
• Beam Signal Pickup Test Facility (High Energy Physics Division)

1983

• Two-Dimensional Position-Sensitive Neutron Scintillation Detector (Electronics Division)

1982

• Masked Multichannel Scalar (Chemical Engineering Division and Electronics Division)
• Directly Exposed Self-Scanning Photodiode Linear Position-Sensitive X-Ray System (Biological and Medical Research Division)
• 3.3-MJ Split-Pair Pulsed Superconducting Coil (Fusion Power Program)
• Multifunctional Sensor Electrode (Chemical Technology Division)

1981

• Attenuated Total Internal Reflection Impactor for Aerosol Analysis (Chemical Engineering Division)
• Small Sample Calorimeter (Electronics Division)
• Electric Vehicle Battery Charger (Chemical Engineering Division)

1980

• High-Temperature Microphone (Components Technology Division)

1979

• Superconducting Cable (Accelerator Research Facilities)
• Superconducting Transistor (Solid State Science Division)

1978

• 40-Ton Superconducting Magnet System (Accelerator Research Facilities)
• Fluidized-Bed Coal Combustion Process (Chemical Engineering Division)
• Gas Chromatography Cryocollector (Chemical Engineering Division)

1977

• High-Temperature Thin-Film Quantum Superconducting Interference Device (SQUID) (Solid State Science Division)
• Nonimaging Solar Collector (Chemical Engineering Division)

1976

• In-Sodium Tritium Meter (Chemical Engineering Division)
• Dielectric Compound Parabolic Concentrator (Accelerator Research Facilities, Chemical Technology Division)
• Liposome-Encapsulated Drugs (Biological and Medical Research Division)

1974

• High-Capacity Lithium-Sulfur Battery Cell (Chemical Engineering Division)
• System for Detecting Water-to-Sodium Leaks from Steam Generators of Liquid Metal Cooled Fast Breeder Nuclear Reactors (Chemical neering Division)

1970

• Artificial Kidney (High Energy Physics Division)

1969

• Superconducting Magnet for 12-foot Bubble Chamber (High Energy Physics Division)
• Braille Machine (Reactor Engineering Research Division)

1968

• Lightweight, Electrically Rechargeable Power Cells (Chemical Engineering Division)

1965

• Neutron Image Intensification System (Metallurgy Division)

1964

• Portable Fluorescent X-ray Instrument (Chemistry Division)