Crosscutting Research

The CMI focus area Crosscutting Research creates new ways to enable science, sustain the environment and analyze the supply chain and economics of rare earth elements and critical materials. Researchers leading projects in Crosscutting Research are located at Ames Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Colorado School of Mines, Purdue University and Rutgers.

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Theoretical prediction of Li output from the top 20 global geothermal plants.

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Systems Dynamic model predicts lithium geothermal supply

If the U.S. and rest of the world leave all incremental new cobalt demanded from 2017 through 2030 to be supplied by China, costs could be 5-80x larger than if they maintained their 2017 shares of global production into 2030.

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Equilibrium impacts on U.S. economy of disruption to China cobalt supply

S°298.15 (J·K-1·mol-1) vs moles of water in the doped and undoped [Li-Al-Cl] LDHs

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Heat capacity measurements on layered double hydroxides explores factors controlling materials stability

diagram of creating a circular economy for recycling

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CMI Workshop: Circularizing REEs in Magnets

Best-fit, log-linear relationships and 95% confidence between prices and abundance

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Understanding relative metal prices and availability: Combining physical and economic perspectives

Research Projects

CMI Project 4.1.11: Advanced search for high-performance materials (AS4HPM)

Aurelien Perron at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory leads the CMI project "Advanced search for high-performance materials (AS4HPM)"

CMI Project 4.1.12: Machine learning materials design

Fei Zhou at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory leads the CMI project "Machine learning materials design"

CMI Project 4.1.13: Accelerated alloy development and rapid assessment

Ryan Ott at Ames Laboratory leads the CMI project "Accelerated alloy development and rapid assessment"

CMI Project 4.1.16: Crosscutting thermodynamic properties of critical materials

Rik Riman at Rutgers leads the CMI project "Crosscutting thermodynamic properties of critical materials"

CMI Project 4.2.11: Biogeochemical impacts of wastes from critical materials recovery

Yoshiko Fujita at Idaho National Laboratory leads the CMI project "Biogeochemical impacts of wastes from critical materials recovery"

CMI Project 4.3.11: Roadmaps for technology development

Emmanuel Ohene Opare at Idaho National Laboratory leads the CMI project "Roadmaps for technology development"

CMI Project 4.3.12: Impact of research on global material supply chains

Ruby Nguyen at Idaho National Laboratory leads the CMI project "Impact of research on global material supply chains"

CMI Project 4.3.13: Optimizing the economic performance of CMI technologies

John Sutherland at Purdue University leads the CMI project "Optimizing the economic performance of CMI technologies"

CMI Project 4.3.14: Criticality, life cycles, material flows and scenarios

Rod Eggert at Colorado School of Mines leads the CMI project "Criticality, life cycles, material flows and scenarios"