The Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering (DMSE) performs materials research across a broad spectrum. We confront grand science challenges, conducting discovery research which addresses fundamental limitations in our understanding of complex states of matter. Our directed research guides the design of new materials to applications in advanced energy technologies.
Basic research conducted within the DMSE is performed primarily through funding provided by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Basic Energy Sciences. Our directed research also receives funding from DOE technologies offices including the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and the Office of Fossil Energy as well as strategic partnership projects.
News & Highlights
![Localized excitations visualized.](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2024-06/localized_modes_cartoon.png?itok=WLrInzpt)
Researchers find unexpected excitations in a Kagome layered material
![Niron Magnetics](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2024-02/NironMag.jpg?itok=9GCjDe63)
Technology Review: How new magnets could accelerate climate action
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Metasurfaces for broadband quadratic phase
![Visual of Mn-Te-Mn antiferromagnetic (AFM) dimers in Mn-doped Sb2Te3](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2023-05/tuning_magnetic_highlight.png?itok=vY0v9z_w)
Tuning Magnetic Topological Insulators using Defects
![Tb ions in a triangular layer of TbMn6Sn6](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2023-05/orbital_fluctuations_highlight.png?itok=deLFhGgs)