Jean-Francois Boily

Advances in Understanding Electron Transfer Kinetics at Environmental Interfaces

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Kevin Rosso

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This EMSL user proposal requests a continuation of EMSL access for a BER funded Environmental Molecular Sciences Institute (EMSI) project led by Dr. Rosso at PNNL. This project constitutes the PNNL…

The role of U(V) during heterogeneous reduction of aqueous U(VI) to U(IV).

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Eugene Ilton

Project type

Exploratory Research

This proposal is being submitted in response to the Science theme call: Biogeochemistry and Subsurface Science, understanding the chemistry of radionuclides in the subsurface. It directly relates to…

Molecular Controls of Hematite-CO2 Interactions on Particles with Well-Defined Crystal Planes

Lead Institution

Umea University

Principal Investigator

Jean-Francois Boily

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This work was devised to contribute to a new basis of understanding of mineral surface reactivity through the used of well-defined surfaces. As it is primordially focused on the reactivity of…

Chemical Speciation of Americium, Curium, and Selected Tetravalent Actinides in High Level Waste (Felmy EMSP-tank, PNNL Scope #26753)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Herman Cho

Project type

Exploratory Research

Develop fundamental data on chemical speciation and solubility for Americium, Curium, and Selected Tetravalent Actinides in High Level Waste Work authorization text added 08/11/05: The objective…

Coupling of Fe and Tc Speciation in Subsurface Sediments: Implications to Long-Term Tc Immobilization (Zachara NABIR-Fe/Tc, PNNL Scope # 40761)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

John Zachara

Project type

Exploratory Research

Creating an in-situ bio-barrier containing sediment-bound, biogenic FE(II) to reduce and collect mobile Tc(VII)O4 - The research objective is to provide scientific insights on the rates of reductive…

Probing surface hydroxyls of sub-micron FeOOH particles by Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy

Lead Institution

Umea University

Principal Investigator

Jean-Francois Boily

Project type

Exploratory Research

This work was devised to contribute to a new basis of understanding of mineral surface reactivity using Sum Frequency Generation (SFG) spectroscopy. As it is primordially focused on FeOOH minerals in…

Probing surface hydroxyls of iron oxides by Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy

Lead Institution

Umea University

Principal Investigator

Jean-Francois Boily

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This work was devised to contribute to a new basis of understanding of mineral surface reactivity using Sum Frequency Generation (SFG) spectroscopy. As it is primordially focused on iron oxide…

Nonlinear Vibrational Spectroscopy Characterizing Model Atmospheric, Geological, Environmental, and Biological Surfaces and Interfaces

Lead Institution

Fudan University

Principal Investigator

Hongfei Wang

We propose to use SFG-VS to study the vibrational spectroscopy at aqueous and non-aqueous solution surfaces, aqueous solution/oxides surfaces and interfaces of model molecular systems that is related…

Development of Microscopically-Based Models for Prediction of the Impact of Surface Grain Coating on Mineral Dissolution and Leaching Rates

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Andrew Felmy

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Over the past two decades, molecular level information on the composition, structure, and nature of impurities in naturally occurring mineral phases and anthropogenic subsurface materials has become…

Exploring Novel Applications of Nonlinear Vibrational Spectroscopy in Characterizing Model Atmospheric, Geological, Environmental, and Biological Surfaces and Interfaces

Lead Institution

Fudan University

Principal Investigator

Hongfei Wang

We propose to investigate benchmark systems in the interface sciences to find novel applications of EMSL's unique surface spectroscopy and dynamics capability and platform, especially the newly…

Protein Adsorption at the Metal Oxide/Water Interface by Second Harmonic Generation

Lead Institution

University of Wyoming

Principal Investigator

Carrick Eggleston

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This EMSL Partner Proposal is designed to push EMSL’s current capability in Second Harmonic Generation spectroscopy to analyze protein adsorption at the mineral/water interface both on single…

Water condensation in unsaturated mineral-organic assemblages

Lead Institution

Umea University

Principal Investigator

Jean-Francois Boily

Project type

Exploratory Research

This objective of this work is to predict condensation of atmospheric water vapor in the vadose zone of organic-bearing soils. It will primarily develop knowledge on the formation of condensed forms…

The role of U(V) during heterogeneous reduction of aqueous U(VI) to U(IV).

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Eugene Ilton

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This proposal is being submitted in response to the Science theme call: Biogeochemistry and Subsurface Science, understanding the chemistry of radionuclides in the subsurface. It directly relates to…

Can Mineral Growth by Oriented Attachment Lead to Incorporation of Uranium into the Structure of Fe(oxyhydr)oxides?

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Eugene Ilton

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Previous laboratory work has shown that uranium can be incorporated into the structure of hematite and goethite during co-precipitation and redox transformation of ferrihydrite, respectively. However…

The Impact of Carbonate on Surface Protonation, Electron Transfer and Crystallization Reactions in Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and Colloids

Lead Institution

University of Alabama

Principal Investigator

David Dixon

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

In this proposal we outline a plan to address three key issues of importance in the geochemical behavior of iron oxides and in the geochemical cycling of iron, specifically the influence of…

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…

Cryogenic XPS Study of Metal Oxide/Water Interfaces

Lead Institution

Umea University

Principal Investigator

Jean-Francois Boily

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The object of this research is to investigate the generation of charge at the metal oxide/water interface using the cryogenic capabilities of the PHI Quantum 2000 XPS of the Interfacial and Nanoscale…

Capture and Reduction of Metal Ions out of the
Environment by Biomolecular Systems

Lead Institution

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Principal Investigator

Roberto Lins Neto

Project type

Grand Challenge

The use of microbes and/or microbial components has been proven to be an efficient strategy for in situ environmental remediation technologies. The requested allocation of computer time is for…

13C NMR Investigation of Occluded Carbonate in Aluminum (Oxy)Hydroxides.

Lead Institution

Umea University

Principal Investigator

Jean-Francois Boily

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

We outline a plan to monitor the occlusion of carbonate in minerals under well-controlled systems. This study builds upon ongoing work currently funded by the Office of Basic Energy Science,…

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…

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