Jingshan Du | Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Elucidating the Ice Formation and Transformation Pathways in Aerosols at Atomic Resolution

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Jingshan Du

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Ice formation and transformation in aerosols are critical in defining atmospheric processes and human activities. Despite efforts to study ice formation using macro- and micro-scale approaches,…

Studying the Local Structure of Hydrogen Bond Networks via Low-Temperature Atomic-Resolution Electron Microscopy

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Jingshan Du

Molecular crystals such as ice and various frozen alcohols are connected by hydrogen bonds and often form at low temperatures away from ambient conditions. As such, these crystals are typically very…

Programmable Synthesis of Structurally Diverse and Functional Biomimetic Materials from Sequence-defined Polymers

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Chunlong Chen

Programmable synthesis of functional nanomaterials with diverse morphologies and functionalities is challenging in terms of both the limited chemical systems accessible and a lack of understanding of…

Biomimetic controls over the formation of organic-inorganic hybrid materials through the design of bio- and biomimetic macromolecules

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Chunlong Chen

The aim of this proposal is to utilize the capabilities of EMSL to investigate the self-assembly of bio- and biomimetic macromolecules, such as proteins and peptoids, into hierarchical materials and…

Revealing the Interfacial Structures and Formation Dynamics of Nanocrystalline Ice Using in situ Electron Microscopy

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Jingshan Du

Despite being one of the most important processes in atmospheric precipitation and therapeutic treatment, nanoscale ice formation remains poorly understood. We propose to develop real-space…

Projects

Elucidating the Ice Formation and Transformation Pathways in Aerosols at Atomic Resolution

Studying the Local Structure of Hydrogen Bond Networks via Low-Temperature Atomic-Resolution Electron Microscopy

Programmable Synthesis of Structurally Diverse and Functional Biomimetic Materials from Sequence-defined Polymers

Biomimetic controls over the formation of organic-inorganic hybrid materials through the design of bio- and biomimetic macromolecules

Revealing the Interfacial Structures and Formation Dynamics of Nanocrystalline Ice Using in situ Electron Microscopy