Bruce Arey

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…

EMSL Science Overview

Bruce Arey

Projects

DC-1 Molecular & Bio imprinting

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

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

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

Biological Templates f or Synthesis of Ordered Ceramic Nanostructures

Role of Microenvironments and Transition Zones in Subsurface Reactive Contaminant Transport

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

Performance Prediction and Process Attribution for Additive Manufacturing

Low temperature Si device fabrication

Adhesion of Polymer Spheres to Modified Natural Fibers

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

RE-free Phosphors for Lighting Applications

Performance Prediction and Process Attribution for Additive Manufacturing

Norovirus TEM proposal, Straub

Investigation of Arsenic and Lead Migration at Former Phosphate Fertilizer Plants

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Technology Assistance Program

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

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).

Host Cell Interactions with Human Infectious Diseases, Straub

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

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

Role of Microenvironments and Transition Zones in Subsurface Reactive Contaminant Transport

catalyst & support characterization

Rhenium and Technetium Uptake by Iron-Based Materials

Microscale and spectroscopic investigations in geochemical and microbiological systems

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

Understanding Thermal Aluminum Grain Deposition using the Helium Ion Microscopy

Characterization of Coupled Hydrologic-Biogeochemical Processes Using Geophysical Data