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Bruce Arey

Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Projects

Biological Templates f or Synthesis of Ordered Ceramic Nanostructures

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Yongsoon Shin
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The synthesis of nano-architectured materials continues to be an evolving research area in nanoscience and nanotechnology because structural complexity enables often unexpected physical and chemical…

Performance Prediction and Process Attribution for Additive Manufacturing

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Christopher Barrett
The proposed work seeks to develop a modeling-prescribed measurement strategy to generate the data necessary to build a finite element model from which an additively manufactured objects’ performance…

Low temperature Si device fabrication

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Scott Dunham
Project type
Exploratory Research
There is a demand for high performance semiconductor devices which are thin and flexible, for applications where high frequency operation, light weight, and conforming to a curved surface is…

Adhesion of Polymer Spheres to Modified Natural Fibers

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
James Holbery
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The technical motivation of the research is to advance current capabilities in natural fiber surface chemistry to develop modification processes that simultaneously displace water within the fiber…

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…

Performance Prediction and Process Attribution for Additive Manufacturing

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Christopher Barrett
The proposed work seeks to develop a modeling-prescribed measurement strategy to generate the data necessary to build a finite element model from which an additively manufactured objects’ performance…

Norovirus TEM proposal, Straub

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Timothy Straub
Project type
Exploratory Research
Human noroviruses are thought to be the leading cause of non-bacterial gastroenteritis throughout the world. Recent data suggests that the viruse is undergoing mutation leading to increased virulence…

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Technology Assistance Program

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Gary Spanner
Project type
Exploratory Research
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 mandates that the United States' national laboratories offer technology assistance to small businesses. The Technology Assistance Program (TAP) operated by the…

Computational Investigation of Acid Base, Surface Complexation, and Oxidation/Reduction Reaction Mechanisms on Iron Oxide and Iron Silicate Surfaces (Felmy Rustad BES, PNNL SCOPE #22130).

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
Andrew Felmy
Project type
Exploratory Research
This project is directed at providing a molecular scale understanding of surface complexation reactions occurring at oxide, oxyhydroxide, and silicate mineral surfaces through the use of molecular…

Host Cell Interactions with Human Infectious Diseases, Straub

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Timothy Straub
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Pathogenesis is a complex biological process between the human host and the infectious disease agent. In our previous successful collaboration with EMSL scientists (EMSL Project 16297), which lead…

catalyst & support characterization

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Robert Disselkamp
Determine BET specific surface area, as well as chemisorption-analyzed specific areas of catalysts. SEM and/or TEM imaging of catalysts will also be performed. Collect infrared/optical/UV/x-ray…

Rhenium and Technetium Uptake by Iron-Based Materials

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Kenneth Krupka
Project type
Exploratory Research
PNNL is studying uptake of contaminants in corrosion products that will occur after breach of nuclear waste packages for conditions associated with DOE’s Yucca Mountain geologic repository program. …

Electron microscopy imaging of cyanobacteria Synechcystis sp.

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Alice Dohnalkova
Project type
Grand Challenge
As a part of Grand Challenges in Membrane biology, Synechocystis sp. will be investigated in regards of cell morphology and elemental analysis of minerals associated with their outer and inner…

Surface Characterization of Calcium Phosphates

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Wendy Shaw
Project type
Exploratory Research
Determination of calcium phosphate phases are important in many biomineralization processes from nucleation to growth to inhibition. The factors controlling phase in materials development are…

Characterization of tungsten carbide synthesized by controlled template method

Lead Institution
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Principal Investigator
Ja Hun Kwak
Project type
Exploratory Research
High purity tungsten carbide materials with high surface area and porosity can provide technically and economically attractive alternates for platinum in an electrocatalysis. We are developing novel…

SEM-EDS Elemental Mapping of Weymouth Soils

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Kirk Cantrell
Project type
Exploratory Research
During operation of the former Weymouth phosphate fertilizer plant, sulfuric acid was produced to dissolve phosphate ore. The sulfuric acid was produced from Fe sulfide ore which was composed…

Functional Materials for Separation and Sensing

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Jay Grate
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
A large number of mission areas of the US. DOE demand functional materials that will meet the operational requirements of targeted applications. Indeed, innovative solutions to pressing national…

Evaporative Co-deposition of Fluoride Materials

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Dean Matson
Project type
Exploratory Research
Electron-beam evaporation will be used to co-deposit calcium fluoride and europium fluoride in varying proportions for application in the formation of scintillator films. The project will involve…

Routine SEM analysis of lysed Bacillus spores

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Cindy Bruckner-Lea
Project type
Exploratory Research
The research included in this proposal involves the routine SEM analysis of Bacillus thuringiensis and Bacillus atrophaeus spores. SEM analysis will allow us to determine the extent of physical…

Microscopic analysis of carbon-based nanomaterials

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Yongsoon Shin
Project type
Exploratory Research
We are synthesizing nanostructured carbon-based materials from different carbohydrate precursors, such as glucose, fructose, and their derivatives. Functional carbon spheres with core-shell…