Ames Laboratory

We Create Materials and Energy Solutions

Ames Laboratory is a U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratory dedicated to creating materials, inspiring minds to solve problems, and addressing global challenges. We are leaders in the discovery, synthesis, analysis, and application of new materials, novel chemistries, and transformational analytical tools.

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News & Highlights

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News Release

Two CMI technologies named R&D100 Award finalists

News Release

Ames Lab awarded up to $2.89M for fundamental rare-earth separations research

Feature Story

One scientist’s trash is another’s treasure: A laboratory’s “irritating” byproduct now supplies 2-D materials research

In the News

Researchers find first experimental evidence of elusive quantum state

In the News

Change Agent: Aaron Sadow, finding the chemistry to add value, utility to plastic waste

Research Divisions

Ames Lab organolead mixed-halide perovskites

Chemical and Biological Sciences

Metal powder particles formed by high-pressure gas atomization

Materials Sciences and Engineering

Simulation, Modeling and Decision Science

Critical Materials Institute

Institute for Cooperative Upcycling of Plastics

Center for the Advancement of Topological Semimetals

Services & Resources

Materials Preparation Center

Purification, preparation, and characterization of metals, alloys, and single crystals for research and industry

Sensitive Instrument Facility

Houses state-of-the-art electron microscopes in a vibration- and static-free environment for the highest possible resolution

Partner with Ames Lab

Through multi-institutional collaborations, industry partnerships, and technology licensing, we transition basic energy science through early-stage research to commercialization.

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