Projects

The Surface Chemistry of Iron Metal in Environmental Remediation Applications

Lead Institution

Oregon Health & Science University

Principal Investigator

Paul Tratnyek

Project type

Exploratory Research

This collaboration began during my sabbatical at EMSL during the period of 10/00-06/01. The overall goal was to determine how the surface morphology of iron metal affects its reactivity with aqueous…

Mossbauer and XPS Characterization of Fe-Based Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts

Lead Institution

Research Triangle Institute

Principal Investigator

Velu Subramani

Project type

Exploratory Research

This proposal seeks to characterize fresh and used Fe-based Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) catalysts prepared at the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) using combined Mossbauer and X-ray…

Biqing Liang's Proposal

Lead Institution

Cornell University

Principal Investigator

Biqing Liang

Project type

Exploratory Research

Black carbon (BC) can play a key role in a wide range of biogeochemical processes. Enrichment of stable forms of BC was found leading to higher soil cation exchange capacity and nutrient retention in…

Blanca Lupiani's Proposal

Lead Institution

Texas A&M University

Principal Investigator

Blanca Lupiani

Project type

Exploratory Research

Avian influenza (AI) is a major respiratory disease of poultry that has the potential to cause catastrophic losses to the commercial poultry industry worldwide. In addition, AI viruses can be…

Application of EMSL's Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) in Climate Impact Research

Lead Institution

National Center for Atmospheric Research

Principal Investigator

Jennifer Oxelson

Project type

Exploratory Research

Collaboration is a popular buzzword, and many software packages are being developed to facilitate collaboration, but with limited functionality (I.e., online audio/video teleconferencing, remote…

Semi-Rigid Block Copolymer

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Alexander Li

Project type

Exploratory Research

In this project, we explore new concepts in nanoscience and nanotechnology: self-organization of semi-rigid block copolymers. Our hypothesis is that properly designed polymers can self-organize into…

Proteomic Analysis of the Filamentous Fungus: Aspergillus fumigatus

Lead Institution

Tulane University

Principal Investigator

Joan Bennett

Project type

Exploratory Research

Fungi, with the possible exception of yeast, are less well studied than other microbes. One objective of this proposal is to generate a unique proteome database for a filamentous fungus directly…

Conceptual Animations of Efficient Enzymes within Functionalized Mesoporous Silica

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Michael Perkins

Project type

Exploratory Research

These conceptual animations will illustrate how enzymes when held in functionalized mesoporous silica (FMS) become highly efficient catalysts. The process of using FMS for re-energizing inactive…

Single Particle Studies of Heterogeneous Atmospheric Chemistry

Lead Institution

University of Iowa

Principal Investigator

Vicki Grassian

Project type

Exploratory Research

It is becoming increasingly clear that heterogeneous processes involving particulate matter in the atmosphere can greatly perturb the chemical composition of both the troposphere and the stratosphere…

OCD_Identification of Potential Plasma Biomarkers for Insulin Resistance Using Proteomics

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Joel Pounds

Project type

Exploratory Research

Insulin resistance is a prevalent medical condition that accompanies type 2 diabetes, obesity, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, and polycystic ovary disease. The insulin-resistant state has been…

Single Particle Laboratory Studies of Heterogeneous Reactions of Trace Atmospheric Gases with Particles Present in the Troposphere

Lead Institution

University of Iowa

Principal Investigator

Vicki Grassian

Project type

Exploratory Research

It is becoming increasingly clear that heterogeneous processes involving particulate matter in the atmosphere can greatly perturb the chemical composition of both the troposphere and the…

Resonant surface excitation of Potassium salts by selective laser desorption

Lead Institution

Mary Baldwin College

Principal Investigator

Margaret Ankney

Project type

Exploratory Research

The objective of the proposed research is to lead to an understanding of some of the relaxation mechanisms of electronically excited states on ionic surfaces. This will be accomplished through…

TEM study of strontium bismuth niobate ferroelectric ceramics doped with vanadium and tungsten oxides

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Guozhong Cao

Project type

Exploratory Research

Recent we have studied the incorporation of vanadium and tungsten into layer-structured perovskite ferroelectric strontium bismuth niobate ceramics. Our study revealed significantly enhanced remanent…

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Temperature Program Desorption(TPD) studies of Amorphous Solid Water(ASW)as a function of dosing temperature

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Jason Donev

Project type

Exploratory Research

ASW is a metastable phase of water, which forms when depositing water vapor on a substrate below about 130K. ASW deposited at low temperatures (30-88K) on Au forms three-dimensional clusters at the…

Evaluation of multicomponent proous oxide films

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Xiaohong Li

Project type

Exploratory Research

The objective is to understand processing-microstructure relationships in multicomponent oxide films prepared by evaporative deposition of solution precursors

Evaluation of multicomponent proous oxide films

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Xiaohong Li

Project type

Exploratory Research

The objective is to understand processing-microstructure relationships in multicomponent oxide films prepared by evaporative deposition of solution precursors

Characterization of Aluminosilicate Phases forming under low-silica conditions.

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Shas Mattigod

Project type

Exploratory Research

The objective is to study the formation and transformation of cementitious aluminosilicate phases. SEM with EDX will be used to study the morphology and chemical composition of these solid phases.

Study of Nd3+ Surface Adsorption on Calcite

Lead Institution

University of Central Florida

Principal Investigator

Sandra Withers-Kirby

Project type

Exploratory Research

The adsorption of Nd3+ on the calcite (CaCO3) surface will be studied. The impurity sorption properties of calcite have particular importance to waste remediation efforts at the Hanford Nuclear…

Fundamental Studies of Monolayer-Protected Nanoparticles by Gas Chromatography

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Gwen Gross

Project type

Exploratory Research

As part of the JIN Award 2002, wil be working with Jay Grate and Dave Nelson to study MPN materials in more detail to understand on a fundamental level their sorptive properties, and to explore a…

Epitaxial Growth and Properties of Nanoscale Oxides for Spintronics

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Diedrich Schmidt

Project type

Exploratory Research

As part of JIN Award 2002, will be working with PNNL LDRD team. Author will work on the growth and characterization of cobalt doped anatase (TiO2) on silicon, with the goals to understand and solve…