Critical Materials Innovation Hub Research Highlights

Recycled additively manufactured printed rare earth magnets with no wastage

CMI reseachers at Ames Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory collaborated on recycled additively manufactured (AM) printed rare earth (RE) magnets with no wastage

diagram of process for additively manufactured bonded magnets

Ionic liquid versus molten salt process TEA

CMI researchers conducted a techno-economic analysis (TEA) comparing ionic liquid versus the molten salt process

Evaluating toxicity of new extractants

CMI researchers evaluate toxicity of new extractants

Molten fluorides for rare earth electro-reduction

CMI researchers create model for molten fluorides for rare earth electro-reduction

image of lab equipment at Colorado School of Mines

Anisotropy and quenched orbital moment in Sm-Co magnets

CMI research on anisotropy and quenched orbital moment in Sm-Co magnets

In-situ alignment of filament-based 3D printed magnets

CMI research demonstrates performance of in-situ alignment of filament-based 3D printed magnets

Leaching REE from industrial and urban wastes

CMI creates bioleaching process with agricultural waste can be used to recover rare earth elements from industrial and urban wastes

bar chart compares rare earth recovery using different sources of material for bioleaching

CMI study published in Nature Sustainability

Nature Sustainability published a study by CMI researchers at Yale University

Tools for ligand design now more powerful

CMI research improves tools for ligand design

High-performance, critical-element-free permanent magnets

CMI researchers develop high-performance, critical-element-free permanent magnets