Bruce Arey

Corrsion Film Study using XPS

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Bruce Arey

Project type

Exploratory Research

Chemical Characterization of Arrays of TiO2 Nanocolumns

Lead Institution

University of Texas at Austin

Principal Investigator

David Flaherty

Project type

Exploratory Research

We propose to study thin nano-structured films of titanium oxide, and vanadium- and nitrogen-doped titanium oxide which we will deposit by employing reactive ballistic deposition (RBD). Properly…

Characterization and method development for back-end of the line wafer processing concepts

Lead Institution

LAM Research Corporation

Principal Investigator

Diane Hymes

Project type

Exploratory Research

Advanced concepts in back end of the line (BEOL) wafer processing are necessary to push semiconductor technology beyond the 90-nm node. Characterization of chips in this regime and for these…

Development of Catalysts for the Selective Conversion of Biomass Derived Products to Fuels

Lead Institution

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Principal Investigator

Ayman Karim

The large increase in energy demand by emerging economies and the environmental concerns over the use of fossil fuels has led to the focus on renewable energy sources such as biomass. Several…

Advancing Materials for Quantum Information Science: CVD Growth and Functionalization of Graphene with Ordered Arrays of Nanodiamonds

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Marvin Warner

Quantum information science is an up and coming area of research aimed to transform computing capabilities in the future. The use of quantum bits, or qubits, in place of traditional bits is predicted…

SEM/EDS of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell seal materials

Lead Institution

US Department of Energy, Washington, DC

Principal Investigator

John Vetrano

Project type

Exploratory Research

The purpose of proposal is to examine the surface topography and composition of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) seal assemblies. These assemblies have been produced and then tested. We want to…

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…

Characterization and method development for back-end of the line wafer processing concepts

Lead Institution

LAM Research Corporation

Principal Investigator

Diane Hymes

Project type

Exploratory Research

Advanced concepts in back end of the line (BEOL) wafer processing are necessary to push semiconductor technology beyond the 90-nm node. Characterization of chips in this regime and for these…

Advanced microstructural analyses of materials degradation and atomic transport in extreme environments

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Daniel Schreiber

Environmental degradation is a major problem in high-temperature water environments such as those found in nuclear reactors and other forms of steam generator and high-temperature turbine…

Helium Ion Lithography on Quantum Computing Materials

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Bruce Arey

A SQUID array (SQA) is a single electrical circuit on a chip composed of many individual SQUID loops connected in one- or two-dimensional (series, parallel, or series-parallel) configurations…

Characterization of Functional Nanoscale Materials for Vapor Sensing

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Christopher Aardahl

Project type

Exploratory Research

Materials will be characterized in a variety of configurations including powders, pelletized beds, and thin films. These will generally be coupled to acoustic sensors for characterization as vapor…

Evaluation of multicomponent proous oxide films

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Xiaohong Li

Project type

Exploratory Research

The objective is to understand processing-microstructure relationships in multicomponent oxide films prepared by evaporative deposition of solution precursors

Spin Torque Effects in Multilayer Spin Valve with Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Kannan Krishnan

Project type

Exploratory Research

The proposed research project is directed at the study of spin torque effects in multilayer spin valves with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. Such devices have a potential for higher bit density on…

Role of Microenvironments and Transition Zones in Subsurface Reactive Contaminant Transport

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

James McKinley

This is a renewal proposal for a previous collaborative effort between the PNNL Scientific Focus Area (SFA) and EMSL. The research proposed will resolve critical Hanford and basic subsurface science…

Advancing Materials for Quantum Information Science: CVD Growth and Functionalization of Graphene with Ordered Arrays of Nanodiamonds

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Marvin Warner

Quantum information science is an up and coming area of research aimed to transform computing capabilities in the future. The use of quantum bits, or qubits, in place of traditional bits is predicted…

Novel biosensor based on nanomaterials (Scope # 45409)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Guodong Liu

Project type

Exploratory Research

Carbon nanotube and polypyrrole will be used to prepare novel enzyme and immunosensor. The structure of electrode surface will be studied using SEM, TEM.

Hydrogen Production-(Steam Reforming of hydrocarbons including methane, propane, gasoline, jet fuel and biomass derived products)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Robert Dagle

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Hydrogen Production-(Steam Reforming of hydrocarbons including methane, propane, gasoline, jet fuel and biomass derived products)

DC-1 Molecular & Bio imprinting

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Xiaohong Li

Project type

Exploratory Research

Employ whole cells (bacterial) as templates to create complementary polymer surface. Prepare polymer beads with spatially-defined, highly functional patches of size and shape corresponding exactly…

The Role of Interfacial Water on Mineral Transformations in Wet Supercritical CO2

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Andrew Felmy

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

We propose a comprehensive experimental and theoretical investigation of the molecular mechanisms governing the role of interfacial water in the reactivity of mineral phases in supercritical carbon…

Carbon Sequestration Beneath the Active Zone of the Rhizosphere: Insights from Extremophile Ecosystems

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Sherry Cady

To better understand the ultimate fate of carbon sequestered in the subsurface, we are studying carbon sequestration mechanisms in mineralizing extremophile environments. Such ecosystems provide an…

Molecularly Organized Nanostructural Materials (Greg Exarhos's BES Project - 12152)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Yongsoon Shin

Project type

Exploratory Research

Molecularly Organized Nanostructural Materials - Materials synthesis approaches are designed to achieve targeted nanoarchitectures through control of chemical reactivity at interfaces. Molecular…

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…

Role of Microenvironments and Transition Zones in Subsurface Reactive Contaminant Transport

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

James McKinley

Project type

Exploratory Research

The PNNL Scientific Focus Area (SFA) will resolve critical Hanford and basic subsurface science issues through integrated, multi-disciplinary, science-theme focused research on the role of…

Biomineralization and Biosequestration Mechanisms at Life's Upper Temperatures: A Reappraisal using Novel CryoEM Techniques

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Sherry Cady

Though microbes can indirectly and metabolically transform, sequester, and transport (i) ions, (ii) organic and inorganic complexes, and (iii) precipitates via a wide range of mechanisms,…

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…

Site-Specific Sample Preparation of Surfaces and Buried Interfaces
for TEM and Atom Probe Analysis

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Matthew Olszta

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Technique development of methods for preparing cross-sectional TEM samples and atom-probe needle samples with the new dual-beam FIB instrument is proposed. Prior experience in FIB sample preparation…

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…

Investigation of Arsenic and Lead Migration at Former Phosphate Fertilizer Plants

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Kirk Cantrell

Project type

Exploratory Research

Battelle is conducting ongoing geochemical investigations of arsenic and lead migration at a number of former phosphate fertilizer plant sites located in the Southeastern U.S. Field and laboratory…

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…

Atomic Level Investigation of the Phase Stability of Transition Metal Surfaces Under Reactive Environment

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Libor Kovarik

Atomic level understanding of transition metal surfaces (in particular the surfaces of metal nano-particles) is critical for developing a structure-property relationship in a range of scientific…

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…

Reductive Transformation of Iron Oxides: Coupled Solution and Solid-State Pathways

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Kevin Rosso

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Reductive transformation of Fe(III)-oxides such as &#61537; Fe2O3 (hematite) by aqueous dissolution / re precipitation is a central part of the natural biogeochemical iron cycle in the…

The Role of Interfacial Processes on Mineral Transformations in Wet Supercritical CO2

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Andrew Felmy

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

We propose a comprehensive experimental and theoretical investigation of the role of interfacial water and CO2 on the energies, mechanisms, and rates of reactivity of a series of orthosilicate and…

Role of Microenvironments and Transition Zones in Subsurface Reactive Contaminant Transport

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

James McKinley

This is a renewal proposal for a previous collaborative effort between the PNNL Scientific Focus Area (SFA) and EMSL. The research proposed will resolve critical Hanford and basic subsurface science…

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. …

Microscale and spectroscopic investigations in geochemical and microbiological systems

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

John Zachara

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Apply experimental manipulation and field investigations to understanding the behavior of selected chemical and microbial components in natural systems. The research is targeted towards compounds…

57Fe-Mossbauer studies of sediment cores from Integrated Field-Scale Subsurface Research Challenge Site at Rifle, Colorado

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Ravi Kukkadapu

The U.S. DOE faces the challenge of cleaning up and/or monitoring large, dilute plumes contaminated by metals, such as U, Tc, Pu, Hg, Cr, etc, whose mobility and solubility change with aquifer redox…

Understanding Thermal Aluminum Grain Deposition using the Helium Ion Microscopy

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Bruce Arey

Collaboration work with Sandia National Laboratory using the Helium Ion Microscopy. Group from Sandia will visit EMSL in May and June to explore the capabilities that the Helium Ion scope (HeIM) can…

Characterization of Coupled Hydrologic-Biogeochemical Processes Using Geophysical Data

Lead Institution

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Kenneth Williams

Project type

Exploratory Research

This is a DOE EMSP-funded project looking at metals sequestration in dynamic flow sediment columns using stimulated sulfate reducing microorganisms. One critical aspect of the project involves…

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…

Site-Specific Sample Preparation of Surfaces and Buried Interfaces
for TEM and Atom Probe Analysis

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Larry Thomas

Project type

Capability Research

Technique development of methods for preparing cross-sectional TEM samples and atom-probe needle samples with the new dual-beam FIB instrument is proposed. Prior experience in FIB sample preparation…

Role of Microenvironments and Transition Zones in Field scale microbial ecology and biogeochemistry

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

James McKinley

Project type

Exploratory Research

This is a renewal proposal for a previous collaborative effort between the PNNL Scientific Focus Area (SFA) and EMSL. The research proposed will resolve critical Hanford and basic subsurface science…

Biomineralization and Biosequestration Mechanisms at Life's Upper Temperatures: A Reappraisal using Novel CryoEM Techniques

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Sherry Cady

Though microbes can indirectly and metabolically transform, sequester, and transport (i) ions, (ii) organic and inorganic complexes, and (iii) precipitates via a wide range of mechanisms,…

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…

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