Venkateshkumar Prabhakaran | Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Preparation of Novel Catalytic Materials Using Soft- and Reactive Landing of Ions

Lead Institution

National Dong Hwa University

Principal Investigator

Wen-Ping Peng

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The proposed work is focused on obtaining a molecular-level understanding of the structure-reactivity relationships of catalytically active small metal clusters and organometallic molecules deposited…

Designing Fuel Cell Catalysts at the Molecular Scale with Ion Soft Landing and Spray Ionization

Lead Institution

Purdue University

Principal Investigator

Robert Cooks

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Structure-reactivity relationships that are derived from molecular-level investigation of the properties of well-defined supported nanoparticles (NPs) are critical to the rational development of…

Rational Design of Solid-Electrolyte Interfaces for Biofuel Production and Energy Storage

Lead Institution

Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Principal Investigator

Josep Poblet

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Structure-activity relationships determined from molecular-level investigation of mesoscale assemblies of well-defined clusters are critical to the rational development of improved devices for…

Development and implementation of an in situ high-resolution isotopic microscope for measuring metabolic interactions in soil mesocosms

Lead Institution

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Principal Investigator

Elizabeth Shank

Soil microbial processes exert a major influence on many of our planet's ecosystems, yet our ability to directly observe the enzymatic and metabolic activities of microbes within soil is…

Advancement of the molecular microscope to enable high-resolution dynamic imaging and unprecedented spatial metabolomic information of living systems

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Christopher Anderton

The ability to capture and visualize the complex metabolic behavior of living organisms in situ is a bioanalytical grand challenge that has yet to be fully realized. Ambient ionization mass…

Investigating Interfacial Interactions in Multivalent Battery Technologies

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Vijayakumar Murugesan

The proposed research will advance fundamental knowledge about novel battery materials and address critical needs for predictive understanding of multivalent ion based energy storage systems. The…

Development and implementation of an in situ high-resolution isotopic microscope for measuring metabolic interactions in soil mesocosms

Lead Institution

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Principal Investigator

Elizabeth Shank

Soil microbial processes exert a major influence on many of our planet's ecosystems, yet our ability to directly observe the enzymatic and metabolic activities of microbes within soil is…

Investigating Interfacial Interactions in Multivalent Battery Technologies

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Vijayakumar Murugesan

The specific aim of this project is to probe the structure-property relationships of energy storage materials based on multivalent ions (Mg2+, Ca2+ and Al3+) under dynamic electrochemical cycling…

Development and implementation of an in situ high-resolution isotopic microscope for measuring metabolic interactions in soil microcosms

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Christopher Anderton

Soil microbial processes exert a major influence on many of our planet's ecosystems, yet our ability to directly observe the enzymatic and metabolic activities of microbes within soil is…

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