Donald Baer

Surface Structure and Chemistry of Carbonate Minerals (PNNL scope #19165)

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

Project type

Exploratory Research

To gain a fundamental molecular level understanding of carbonate mineral surfaces and their sorption behavior under complex geochemical conditions by executing an integrated experimental and…

Nanoparticle design, synthesis and characterization for NIH Center Integrating Structure, Activity, Biokinetics and Response for Engineered Nanoparticle (ENP) Risk Assessment

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This work provides the essential materials science base for designing, synthesizing and delivering three types of nanoparticles for three mechanistic nanotoxicology related biological studies being…

Materials Science Core for NIH Center -Integrating Structure, Activity, Biokinetics and Response for Engineered Nanoparticle (ENP) Risk Assessment

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

This reseach uses EMSL capabilities to synthesize, characterize and deliver well defined nanoparticles for toxicological studies in support of a National Institute of Health Center on the Toxicology…

Stability of Ceria and Other NanoParticles

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

Project type

Exploratory Research

This project examines the stability of Ceria, Titania and other nanoparticles. The particles to be examined will be prepared at the University of Central Florida and those obtained commercially. …

Materials Science Core for NIH Center -Integrating Structure, Activity, Biokinetics and Response for Engineered Nanoparticle (ENP) Risk Assessment

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

This reseach uses EMSL capabilities to synthesize, characterize and deliver well defined nanoparticles for toxicological studies in support of a National Institute of Health Center on the Toxicology…

Directed Self-Assembly of Metal Oxide Island Nanostructures

Lead Institution

University of Virginia

Principal Investigator

James Groves

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Nanocrystalline Oxide Film Structures Proposal focuses on oxide Quantum Dots (QDs). Interface controlled, self-assembled oxide quantum dots (QDs) are…

Mesoscale Quantum Chemistry - Benchmarking, Parameterization and Application to Biomass Pyrolysis

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

A critical problem in computational chemistry is how to extend rigorous quantum and molecular calculations to the large time and spatial scales needed for relevant applications. For example, solvent…

Course in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This activity involves use of selected EMSL capabilities as one component in a course on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. The course is to be held in EMSL where 50% of the time is devoted to lectures…

Combining isotopic measurements using in situ Liquid SIMS and in situ TEM to determine the mechanism and kinetics of Li ion mobility in SEI layers

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Zihua Zhu

Li ion batteries are now indispensably used as energy storage devices for portable electronics, electric vehicles, and are starting to enter the market of the renewable energies. The rechargeable…

Reaction Specificity of Nanoparticles in Solution (PNNL Scope # 42184/44076)

Lead Institution

University of Minnesota

Principal Investigator

R. Penn

Project type

Exploratory Research

This User Proposal is being submitted as part of an approved NSET proposal under PIs Don Baer and Paul Tratnyek to perform fundamental basic science studies that will benefit a whole range of…

Combining isotopic measurements using in situ Liquid SIMS and in situ TEM to determine the mechanism and kinetics of Li ion mobility in SEI layers

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Zihua Zhu

Li ion batteries are now indispensably used as energy storage devices for portable electronics, electric vehicles, and are starting to enter the market of the renewable energies. The rechargeable…

Reaction Specificity of Nanoparticles in Solution (PNNL Scope # 42184/44076, Baer/Amonette Nano-Fe BES/EMSP project)

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

Project type

Exploratory Research

This User Proposal is being submitted as part of an approved NSET proposal under PIs Don Baer and Paul Tratnyek to perform fundamental basic science studies that will benefit a whole range of…

Combining surface analysis and mass spectrometry methods to expand the information available from biologically and environmentally relevant interfaces

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

EMSL and the NESAC/BIO (National Electron Spectroscopy Analysis Center for Biology) at the University of Washington are world leaders in the application of surface analysis and mass spectrometry to a…

Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Reaction Pathways for the Breakdown of Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Molecules by Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles(including PNNL Scope # 42184/44076, Baer/Amonette/Tratnyek Nano-Fe BES/EMSP project)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

James Amonette

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Metal and metal-oxide nanoparticles have been shown to have high reactivity towards a variety of chemical species, including chlorinated hydrocarbons and reducible oxyanions that frequently…

Passive Film Stability in Alloy 22

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

Project type

Exploratory Research

This program activity will involve the testing of Haynes Alloy 22 to determine if a build up of S will lead to the breakdown of a possive film. This is among the most stable alloys known and it is…

Nanoclusters, Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology - University of Washington/National Science Foundation (Don Baer's UW/NSF's Project - 43598)

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

Project type

Exploratory Research

PNNL/UW's Joint Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology is offering a 2-week intensive course on nanotechnology. The course will be taught by PNNL staff and will utilize the equipment in…

CONTROLLED DEFECT GENERATION IN POROUS SILICON

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

Project type

Exploratory Research

Nanoporous silicon surface has been subject to considerable study because of its photoemmsion properties and possible opto-chemical, gas and bio sensing applications. The ability to get controlled…

Nanoclusters, Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology - University of Washington/National Science Foundation (Don Baer's UW/NSF's Project - 43598)

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

Project type

Exploratory Research

PNNL/UW's Joint Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology is offering a 2-week intensive course on nanotechnology. The course will be taught by PNNL staff and will utilize the equipment in…

ATM, ISO and other standard and metrology measurements for surface analysis

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

Project type

Exploratory Research

This activity involves extended that state of the art in surface analysis by expanding the understanding of equipment capability, testing new approaches to instrument calibration and operation, and…

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…

Test Measurements and Approaches for Enhancing Information Available from Surface Analysis of Oxides, nanoparticles and organic materials analysis

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This activity involves extending the state of the art in surface analysis by expanding the understanding of equipment capability, testing new approaches to instrument calibration, operation and data…

Developing in-spectrometer photochemistry and integration of molecular imaging techniques: Probing photoinduced electronic structure variations in dye-sensitized TiO2 model system

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Ponnusamy Nachimuthu

The aim of this project is to develop capabilities that will advance the fundamental understanding of charge transfer and photochemical behavior of organic molecular layers on surfaces as applicable…

Test Measurements and Approaches for Enhancing Information Available from Surface Analysis of Oxides, nanoparticles and organic materials

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

This activity involves extending the state of the art in surface analysis by expanding the understanding of equipment capability, testing new approaches to instrument calibration, operation and data…

Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Nanocrystalline Oxide Film Structures:
Interface Controlled, Self-Assembled Oxide Quantum

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

Project type

Exploratory Research

This Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Nanocrystalline Oxide Film Structures Proposal focuses on Oxide Quantum Dots (OQDs). Interface controlled, self-assembled oxide quantum dots (QDs) are…

Nanomaterial toxicology

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

Project type

Exploratory Research

The immense excitement created by the developing ability to manipulate many physical and chemical properties of nanoscale objects also raises question of nanomaterial toxicity. In contrast to well…

The Reaction Specificity of Nanoparticles in Solution: Interactions between Iron Nanoparticles, their Coatings, and the Environment

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The objective of our research is to obtain fundamental information about the physical and chemical transformations that occur on and within mineral oxide nanoparticulates due to electron transfer…

Exploring the crick-tip mechanisms driving environmental degradation of alloys through controlled oxidation study of alloyed nanoparticles

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Chongmin Wang

Project type

Exploratory Research

Nanoparticles offer a unique way to observe the formation of small voids produced by vacancy injection during early stages of oxidation without sample cutting or polishing. Recent work at PNNL on…

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