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New characterization tools that can handle the necessary complexity, scales, and processing speeds to meet manufacturing needs is identified as one of the five research priorities in the DOE basic research need for transformative manufacturing workshop. Key questions include: How can manufacturing processes and products be “visualized” at the atomic level, in real time, and under operating conditions to reveal the intricate details of underlying physical or chemical events? How can these insights be used in control schemes that inform decision making?

In this forum, we will explore the potential opportunities at LBNL to leverage the advanced characterization tools at ALS and the Molecular Foundry, as well as the potential of collocated multimodal operando characterization capabilities in Charter Hill development that will allow direct visualization and characterization under actual manufacturing conditions to provide the knowledge needed to transform the science of manufacturing.