Asanga Padmaperuma

Structure-Property Relationships in Thin Film Energy Conversion Materials and Coatings

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Dean Matson

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

We propose to use of EMSL surface analysis, electron microscopy, laser spectroscopy and other analytical capabilities to characterize nanoscale organic and inorganic materials and hybrid thin film…

Design Criteria for Organic Charge Transporting Materials through Computational Modeling

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Linda Sapochak

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

ABSTRACT We propose to use EMSL computational facilities for developing predictive models which will guide the design of new organic charge transporting materials for thin film energy conversion…

Characterization of the Local Order of Organic Thin Film Material by Combined Atomic Force Microscopy and Optical Microscopy

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Dehong Hu

Project type

Exploratory Research

This project will develop, demonstrate and publish a new method to study the local order of organic thin film materials. The nanometer scale local order and disorder of organic thin film materials…

Characterization of the Local Order of Organic Thin Film Material by Combined Atomic Force Microscopy and Optical Microscopy

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Dehong Hu

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This project will develop, demonstrate and publish a new method to study the local order of organic thin film materials. The nanometer scale local order and disorder of organic thin film materials…

Fine-Tuning Ambipolar Charge-Transport Properties of Organic Materials By Computational Design

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Asanga Padmaperuma

Project type

Exploratory Research

We propose to use EMSL computational facilities for developing predictive models which will guide the design of new ambipolar organic charge transporting materials. Designing new materials for flat…

Structure-Property and Interfacial Relationships in Thin Film Energy Conversion Materials and Coatings

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Dean Matson

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

We propose to use of EMSL surface analysis, electron microscopy, laser spectroscopy and other analytical capabilities to characterize nanoscale organic and inorganic materials and hybrid thin film…

RE-free Phosphors for Lighting Applications

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Carlos Fernandez

Nitrides and oxynitrides have attracted significant attention in recent years because of their remarkable (thermal and chemical) stability, good fracture toughness while exhibiting unusual…

Analysis of bio-oils using nuclear magnetic resonance and electron paramagnetic resonance

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Asanga Padmaperuma

NMR and EPR will be used to identity and quantify (if possible) the different functional groups and free radical species present in various bio-oils. We intent to define chemical transformations,…

Understanding bio-oil aging and competing thermal reactions with the use of continuous in situ NMR and EPR techniques

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Mariefel Olarte

Project type

Exploratory Research

Biomass is the most readily available renewable source of liquid transportation fuel. According to DOE, fast pyrolysis followed by catalytic upgrading is projected to be the most cost effective among…

Understanding deactivation pathways in bio-oil upgrading with the use of in situ NMR and EPR techniques

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Mariefel Olarte

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Biomass is the most readily available renewable source of liquid transportation fuel. According to DOE, fast pyrolysis followed by catalytic upgrading is projected to be the most cost effective among…

Photophysics of organophosphorous compounds (PNNL LDRD Project: Synchrontron X-ray Spectroscopy of Novel Organic Diphosphine, WP# F47177)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Linda Sapochak

Project type

Exploratory Research

The current project involves the development of organophosphorus compounds for solid-state lighting applications. Since both photoluminescence and electroluminescence occurs from the same state,…

Development of organophosphorus compounds for solid-state lighting applications

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Linda Sapochak

Project type

Capability Research

The current project involves development of novel organophosphorus compounds for solid-state lighting applications. Structure characterization of these materials requires solution NMR analysis (1H,…

EMSL Science Overview

Asanga Padmaperuma

Projects

Structure-Property Relationships in Thin Film Energy Conversion Materials and Coatings

Design Criteria for Organic Charge Transporting Materials through Computational Modeling

Characterization of the Local Order of Organic Thin Film Material by Combined Atomic Force Microscopy and Optical Microscopy

Characterization of the Local Order of Organic Thin Film Material by Combined Atomic Force Microscopy and Optical Microscopy

Fine-Tuning Ambipolar Charge-Transport Properties of Organic Materials By Computational Design

Structure-Property and Interfacial Relationships in Thin Film Energy Conversion Materials and Coatings

RE-free Phosphors for Lighting Applications

Analysis of bio-oils using nuclear magnetic resonance and electron paramagnetic resonance

Understanding bio-oil aging and competing thermal reactions with the use of continuous in situ NMR and EPR techniques

Understanding deactivation pathways in bio-oil upgrading with the use of in situ NMR and EPR techniques

Photophysics of organophosphorous compounds (PNNL LDRD Project: Synchrontron X-ray Spectroscopy of Novel Organic Diphosphine, WP# F47177)

Development of organophosphorus compounds for solid-state lighting applications