interdiciplinary

Machine learning is making inroads into chemical engineering, where it’s helping researchers develop new nanoporous materials for a variety of applications.

With the recent acquisition of an ambient-pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy system (AP-XPS), Oregon State University’s surface characterization laboratory has become a major resource for materials researchers. The instrument is the first of its kind in the United States to incorporate an ambient-pressure scanning tunneling microscope (AP-STM), which enables atomic-scale surface imaging. The acquisition integrates research capabilities in ways that are unmatched by any other institution in the country.