Projects

Multi-Region Reactive Transport Due To Strong Anisotropy In Unsaturated Soils With Evolving Scales of Heterogeneity

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Anderson Ward

Project type

Exploratory Research

Standard practices for predicting reactive transport under unsaturated conditions do not account for the random heterogeneity and strong anisotropy that can be expected under the extremes of…

Deposition of Metal-Doped Oxides for Spintronic Applications

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Tiffany Kaspar

Project type

Exploratory Research

For spintronic devices such as spin-FETs, efficient injection of spin-polarized electrons into a semiconductor material is necessary. For devices compatible with current semiconductor technology,…

Study of compositional variations in combinatorially-sputtered transparent conductive oxides

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Paul Burrows

Project type

Exploratory Research

Evaluate compositional variations in combinatorially-sputtered transparent conductive oxides suitable for use as electrodes in flexible photonic devices. The primary tool required to perform this…

The Kinetics of Direct Enzymatic Reduction of Uranium (VI): Effects of Ligand Complexation and U(VI) Speciation (Ainsworth NABIR, PNNL Scope # 42335)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Calvin Ainsworth

Project type

Exploratory Research

Experimental studies of U(VI) reduction by AH2DS have shown that the aqueous uranyl ion and its hydrolysis products are reduced at significantly slower rates compared with Fe(III). While reduction…

Probing cation disordering in Gd2Ti2O7 pyrochlore by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Lead Institution

University of Michigan

Principal Investigator

Jie Lian

Project type

Exploratory Research

An order-disordered structural transition occurs in the pyrochlore structure type as a result of disordering at cation sublattices as well as anion disorder, which mainly leads to the dramatic…

Routine manipulation of transition metal salts in an inert atmosphere glovebox (located in 1430 EMSL)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Marvin Warner

Project type

Exploratory Research

The purpose of this proposal is to gain access to the inert atmosphere glovebox in room 1430. I will use this glovebox for the routine manipulation cadmium salts used in a variety of synthetic…

Deploy Lustre as a global Filesystem on the HPCS2 Supercomputer

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Evan Felix

Project type

Exploratory Research

Inorder to support the need of the HPCS2 Computer system, the Lustre filesystem will be used. To Deploy this system research will need to be done to fully balance the IO throughput rates and system…

Deploy Lustre as a global Filesystem on the HPCS2 Supercomputer

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Evan Felix

Project type

Exploratory Research

Inorder to support the need of the HPCS2 Computer system, the Lustre filesystem will be used. To Deploy this system research will need to be done to fully balance the IO throughput rates and system…

In situ XPS measurements of Reforming Catalysts

Lead Institution

Research Triangle Institute

Principal Investigator

Velu Subramani

Project type

Exploratory Research

This proposal is to perform in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) characterization of some reforming (powder) catalysts. We, at Penn State University, under the supervision of Prof.Chunshan…

Enhance Plutonium Mobility During Long-Term Transport Through an Unsaturated Subsurface Environment: Iron and Manganese Oxide Characterization

Lead Institution

Savannah River National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Daniel Kaplan

Project type

Exploratory Research

Plutonium mobility in the subsurface environment is significantly influenced by its oxidation state: Pu(V/VI) is 500 times more mobile than Pu(III/IV). Plutonium (IV) and Pu(VI) were placed in…

Plan for validating and improving identification results in the Human Plasma Proteome Project (HPPP)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Karin Rodland

Project type

Exploratory Research

We would like to propose a special project in the category ?Comparison of results within sets of technologies?, and invite interested labs to participate in the pilot phase. The project…

EGFR Dimerization

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Galya Orr

Project type

Exploratory Research

We will assemble a molecular model for EGFR homodimerization and heterodimerization with HER2 to calculate the distance between two dye molecules attached to the corresponding antibodies. This…

Single Molecule Approach for Understanding EGFR Molecular Interactions (Orr LDRD-FRET, PNNL Scope #48287)

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Galya Orr

Project type

Exploratory Research

We will use cutting edge fluorescence imaging techniques to study the molecular interactions of EGFR with other molecules in the pathway to better understand its role in determining cell fate.

Electron Stimulated Reactions in Thin Water Films (Kay's BES-Surface Kinetics, PNNL Scope #16248)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Gregory Kimmel

Project type

Exploratory Research

We are investigating electron stimulated reactions in thin water films at the surfaces and interfaces of metals and oxides.

Studies of Corrosion of Materials by Lead Alloys for Advanced Reactor and Nuclear Waste Amelioration Applications

Lead Institution

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Principal Investigator

Allen Johnson

Project type

Exploratory Research

Lead alloys have application as non-moderating coolants for advanced reactors and as coolants/targets in spallation neutron sources. The resulting high energy neutron environment fissions minor…

Influence of Gd and Sm Doping on Atomic and Ionic Transport Properties of Novel Nanostructured Ceria-Zirconia Multilayers

Lead Institution

Battelle India

Principal Investigator

Satyanarayana Kuchibhatla

Project type

Exploratory Research

This project aims to develop the understanding of ionic transport processes in nanostructured materials that may enable the design of new types of electrolyte materials for electrochemical device…

Condensed Phase Chemical Physics of Low Temperature Amorphous Solids and Gas Surface Interactions (Kay's BES-Surface Kinetics, PNNL Scope #16248)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Bruce Kay

Project type

Exploratory Research

We are investigating the thermodynamic behavior of amorphous solids and amorphous solid water. In addition, we are studying the dynamics of gas surface interactions.

X-ray and TEM Characterization of Magnetic Thin Films

Lead Institution

University of Idaho

Principal Investigator

Batric Pesic

Project type

Exploratory Research

Electrochemical deposition is very efficient method for deposition of thin (and thick) metallic films. The objectives for film production can be various but if the films are magnetic the most…

catalyst characterization

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Robert Disselkamp

Project type

Exploratory Research

Determine BET specific surface area, as well as chemisorption-analyzed specific areas of catalysts.

catalyst & support characterization

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Robert Disselkamp

Project type

Exploratory Research

Determine BET specific surface area, as well as chemisorption-analyzed specific areas of catalysts. SEM imaging will also be performed. Collect infrared spectra of catalysts and support materials.