Sandia Labs FY22 Laboratory Directed Research & Development Annual Report

FY22 ANNUAL REPORT

SANDIA WINS FIVE 2022 R&D 100 AWARDS, THREE WITH LDRD ROOTS

In 2022, Sandia won five R&D 100 Awards (one in conjunction with Idaho and Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory) and garnered an additional specialty honors award. R&D World Magazine presents the awards to the 100 most revolutionary technologies of the past year. For the nation, these awards indicate that the research and development done here, in support of the mission, is technologically significant and groundbreaking.

R&D 100 Award Winner ULTRA-STABLE THERMALLY EXCELLENT ADVANCEMENTS IN

MATERIAL STRENGTH (USTEAMS). This technology, developed out of the LDRD Assured Survivability and Agility with Pulsed Power Mission Campaign, enables production of new thermally stable and mechanically strong coatings using commonly available and inexpensive materials. The innovative post-coating thermal treatment stimulates chemical crosslinking

between silica layer and sugar-derived carbon layer. The coatings reduce cost and eliminate environmental safety and health concerns. These coatings have been demonstrated on the Z machine, one of the harshest radiation test environments, and found to effectively shield the blast wave from the test layer. (PI: Guanping Xu).

WATCH THE YOUTUBE VIDEO R&D 100

USTEAMS PI Guangping Xu, right, with team of researchers, from left, Hongyou Fan, Haley Davis, Chad McCoy, Jens Schwarz and Melissa Mills (Photo courtesy of Guangping Xu)

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