Projects

As a scientific user facility, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) provides expertise, instrumentation, and resources to 250 projects each year.

EMSL projects displayed on the EMSL web site project page reflect project abstracts and information migrated to this page before April 30, 2024. To review current and past EMSL user projects, visit EMSL Science Central.™

Nepheline Formation in High Level Waste Glass

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

John McCloy

Fabrication, storage, and disposal of high-level nuclear waste (HLW) in borosilicate glass is a costly but necessary process to promote the safety and security of legacy nuclear waste. Since the…

Soft-landing of Peptide Ions on Surfaces

Lead Institution

Purdue University

Principal Investigator

Robert Cooks

Interaction of ions with surfaces is an area of active fundamental research in surface science relevant to a broad range of other scientific disciplines such as materials science, mass spectrometry,…

Determination of the Mo...OX bond strengths in oxomolybdenum model complexes.

Lead Institution

Duquesne University

Principal Investigator

Partha Basu

Based on the available data Holm proposed a thermodynamic scale for the propensity of oxygen atom transfer reaction. Under this scheme the feasibility of a substrate to act as an acceptor is judged…

Fe Oxide Waste Form for Tc Immobilization

Lead Institution

Pohang University of Science & Technology

Principal Investigator

Wooyong Um

The objective of this work is to develop a waste form that will sequester Tc in a Goethite matrix that will be resistant to Tc-leaching. Goethite (?-FeOOH) is a low-temperature secondary weathering…

Designing a Sensor for Pertechnetate

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Samuel Bryan

In situ detection of radioactive components of the nuclear waste is important but difficult task. The overall aim of our research currently funded by DOE is to design a new sensor methodology that…

Characterization of Effector and Host Proteins Involved in Host-Pathogen Interactions

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Joshua Adkins

The multiple mechanisms by which pathogenic enterobacteria of the genus Salmonella infect their host indicate a complex host-pathogen relationship. The pathogen secretes dozens of proteins, termed &…

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…

Directed Mesoscale Synthesis of Tunnel Structured Materials for Energy Applications

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Eugene Ilton

Many materials for energy applications function by reversibly absorbing and releasing charge carriers. Conventional synthesis of these materials typically results in complex aggregates of nano-scale…

Cluster Model Studies of Condensed Phase Phenomena

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Xuebin Wang

This is a request for continuing a previous program (proposal ID 44676) which was closed on September 30, 2012. This program is focused on obtaining a microscopic understanding of solution chemistry…

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…

Photoresponse, electronic transport and magnetic properties of Ti-doped alpha-(CrxFe1-x)2O3

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Scott Chambers

The nucleation, growth and properties Ti-doped alpha-(CrxFe1-x)2O3 epitaxial films, prepared by oxygen assisted molecular beam epitaxy, will be explored in detail. Our goal is to understand the…

Microstructure characterization of Mg Castings for Ductility Prediction

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Kyoo Sil Choi

Mg castings have found increasing applications in lightweight vehicles because magnesium and its alloys are the lightest metallic structure materials. However, a critical technical hurdle hindering…

Substrate Oxidation and Protein Synthesis Integration in a Complex Biological System

Lead Institution

Seattle Children's Research Institute

Principal Investigator

Michael Portman

These investigations will explore the complex interactions involved in cellular metabolism and protein synthesis in accordance with the EMSL Science Theme: Biological Interactions and Dynamics. We…

Enamel biomineralization: Solution- and solid-state NMR studies of a natural protein-mineral interface

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Garry Buchko

The protein amelogenin is the central protein that controls the formation of dental enamel, the hardest tissue in the human body. The protein orchestrates the nucleation, growth, and organization of…

Fracking Optimization and In-Situ Characterization of Rock Permeability and Fracture Distributions

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Carlos Fernandez

Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) are the future of geothermal energy, and geothermal is the future of energy production within the US and worldwide. However, to our knowledge, no prior EGS project…

Genetically-Engineered, Nanoscale, Biosilica-Immobilized Functional Materials

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Guri Roesijadi

The next generation materials for the deployment of antibodies and receptors with the enhanced stability needed for real-world applications will be three dimensional nanosystems with multiscale…

High resolution and Mass Accuracy Capability (HRMAC) Development Project

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

David Koppenaal

Fourier transform ion cyclotron mass spectrometry (FTICR-MS), the highest performance mass spectrometry technique, is uniquely valued as a research tool for analytical applications requiring the…

Fe Speciation of FutureGen Rock before and after Reaction in Rock-Brine-CO2/O2 with Mössbauer Spectroscopy

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Kirk Cantrell

Geologic carbon sequestration (GCS) by injecting CO2 into deep geological formations such as saline aquifers is considered to be one of the viable options for reducing anthropogenic emissions of…

Metabolomics of Mixed Microbial Communities: Understanding the Influence of Gut Microbiota on Host Energy Regulation.

Lead Institution

Arizona State University

Principal Investigator

Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown

Understanding the complex relationships in mixed microbial communities and host-microbiome interactions directly addresses the EMSL Science Theme of Biological Interactions and Dynamics: “Developing…

Fundamental Studies of Vehicle Emission Control Catalysts

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Charles Peden

The abatement of environmentally harmful NOx compounds (NO, NO2, and N2O) emitted from mobile or stationary power sources remains a challenging task for the catalysis community. In particular,…

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