Cornerstones
The Ames Lab's basic science & Technology
Fundamental scientific research underpins all technological innovation. The Ames Laboratory excels in four broad areas of basic research, which support each other and underpin our more applied projects. These are the cornerstones of research and development at the Ames Laboratory.
Materials synthesis and design - CRISPr
Center for Rational and Innovative Synthesis and Processing
Materials characterization - CĀM-2C
Chemical and Advanced Materials Characterization Center
Chemistry & surface science - SuCCESS
Surface- and Chemical-sciences Center for Energy ScienceS
Theory, computation and experiments - iCOMPUTE
Integrated Center for Computational Chemistry, Materials, and Physics - Unifying Theory and
Experiment
