Dr. Daniel Fischer, Supervisory Physicist, Ceramics Division, was presented the Arthur S. Flemming Award for his pioneering development of an unparalleled soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy facility enabling key scientific and technological advances in cutting-edge technologies. The facility combines unique detection capabilities with innovative sample manipulation and environmental control to permit measurements of atoms and molecular order and orientation at surfaces and interfaces of materials under real-world operating conditions. Results from his work include scientific breakthroughs in catalytic materials for chemical production, photoresists for integrated circuit fabrication, and lubricants for magnetic hard disks, as well as groundbreaking work on self-assembled nanoparticles, nanotubes, biomaterials, and high temperature supercomputers.

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