Up Close: Center for Materials Science at Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has extensive and diverse activities and programs in materials science and engineering. The Center for Materials Science (CMS) was established to promote scientific collaboration and scientific excellence in materials research a n d e n g i n e e r i n g throughout the Laboratory and with individuals and institutions outside the Laboratory. The Center's objective is to enhance the Laboratory's materials science a n d technology contributions to the nation's defense, energy, and scientific missions. Consistent with its main objective, Laboratory resources supply the principal funding for CMS programs. Additional funding for individual scientific research programs c o n d u c t e d by C M S m e m b e r s c o m e s directly from outside sources. To carry out its responsibilities, CMS has accepted four demanding missions: 1. Build a core group of qualified and established materials scientists and solid state physicists. 2. Promote a n d s u p p o r t top-quality, interdisciplinary materials research programs at Los Alamos. 3. Strengthen the interactions of materials scientists at Los Alamos with the external materials science community. 4. Establish and maintain modern materials research facilities in a readily accessible, central location. The core group of CMS members has a broad charter to advance materials science and technology in directions expected to have long-term impact on LANL's mission. The acting director is Don M. Parkin. In a d d i t i o n to t h e director, six m e m b e r s presently constitute the CMS. James L. Smith h e a d s an experimental effort in superconductivity. U. Fred Kocks leads a group of internal and external collaborators in research on polycrystal plasticity and texture development. Fred M. Mueller is actively engaged in research on electronic structure in heavy fermion systems, ferromagnetic materials, and high temperature o x i d e s u p e r c o n d u c t o r s . R i c a r d o B. Schwarz and collaborators are conducting research on the synthesis and properties of amorphous alloys formed by mechanical alloying, elecrodeposition, and interdiffusion. Albert M. Clogston is leading a theoretical effort on modeling nonlinear local-
ization of virbrational energy in solids. Terry E. Mitchell has recently joined CMS t o e s t a b l i s h p r o g r a m s in e l e c t r o n microscopy and materials microstructure. Additionally, the Bernd T. Matthias Visiting Scholar position adds an outstanding m a t e r i a l s s c i e n t i s t from o u t s i d e Los Alamos to CMS each year. The current Matthias scholar is Andrew V. Granato of the University of Illinois. Previous scholars were David Turnbull of Harvard and David Pines of the University of Illinois.
The focus of interdisciplinary research includes programs on nonlinear phenomena in condensed matter, polymers, materials modification by ion irradiation, and laser materials interactions. CMS supports a broad range of interdisciplinary research programs that usually cut across LANL organizational lines and
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