Projects

synthesis of Cu2O under protein control

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Haixia Dai

Project type

Exploratory Research

The overall goal of this research is to develop a novel biomineralization strategy to engineer inorganic materials with controlled structure under mild processing conditions as nature does, for…

Early Transition Metal Oxides as Catalysts (Kay's BES/Chemical Physics-Catalysis WBS0502 of Peden's BES-Chemical Transformations at Complex Interfaces, PNNL Scope #47319)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

R. Smith

Project type

Exploratory Research

Propose to study the catalytic and surface chemistry of transition metal oxides. We will use molecular beam and surface science techniques to grow and study novel oxide materials. We will focus on…

Dissolution and vaporization of a mixture of DNAPLs following a spill into a partially saturated porous medium

Lead Institution

Auburn University

Principal Investigator

Jacob Dane

Project type

Exploratory Research

Spills of DNAPLs, their fate in the soil and aquifer environment, and their subsequent remediation, if considered, continue to be a problem of colossal magnitude. Although much research regarding…

Deposition of Fuel cell materials

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Vincent Sprenkle

Project type

Exploratory Research

Purpose of this program is to deposit coatings of variing thickness onto fuel cell components. Primarily interested in E-beam depositon of ceramics on metal substrates. This work is being conducted…

Deposition of Fuel cell materials

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Vincent Sprenkle

Project type

Exploratory Research

Purpose of this program is to deposit coatings of variing thickness onto fuel cell components. Primarily interested in E-beam depositon and sputtering of ceramics on metal substrates. This work is…

Yttrium phosphate/Gadolinum phosphate particles for cancer imaging and treatment

Lead Institution

Advanced Imaging Technologies

Principal Investigator

Anna Gutowska

Project type

Exploratory Research

Gadolinium/yttrium phosphate colloidal particles were synthesized by hydrothermal methods. Particle size and shape will be analyzed using FESEM. These particles have applications in cancer imaging…

U(VI) speciation and its influence on microbial reduction in presence of humic substances

Lead Institution

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Baohua Gu

Project type

Exploratory Research

This study is to investigate aqueous U(VI) speciation in presence of humic substances (HS) and its influence on microbial uranyl reduction. Our experimental results indicated that HS enhances the…

High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy of BF2OH

Lead Institution

University of Paris-7

Principal Investigator

Jean-Marie Flaud

Project type

Exploratory Research

We will record rotationally resolved infrared spectra of isotopically enriched 10BF2OH and 11BF2OH. The experimental work will be done using the hi-resolution Fourier transform infrared spectrometer…

High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy of Peroxynitric Acid

Lead Institution

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Principal Investigator

Walter Lafferty

Project type

Exploratory Research

We will take the high resolution infrared spectrum of peroxynitric acid using the hi-res FTIR spectrometer located in EMSL.

Proteomic Analysis of Shewanella oneidensis Biofilms

Lead Institution

Stanford University

Principal Investigator

Alfred Spormann

Project type

Exploratory Research

Our research is directed to elucidate the molecular mechanism of biofilm formation in Shewanella oneidensis. This microbe is a geochemically important Fe(III)- and Mn(IV)-reducing microorganism,…

Microstructural Investigations of Novel Magnetic Oxide Semiconductors

Lead Institution

Boise State University

Principal Investigator

Alex Punnoose

Project type

Exploratory Research

Our group at Boise State University is preparing powder and thin film samples of oxide semiconductors SnO2, TiO2 and ZnO doped with magnetic impurities to produce magnetism. In collaboration with Dr…

Photophysics of organophosphorous compounds (PNNL LDRD Project: Synchrontron X-ray Spectroscopy of Novel Organic Diphosphine, WP# F47177)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Linda Sapochak

Project type

Exploratory Research

The current project involves the development of organophosphorus compounds for solid-state lighting applications. Since both photoluminescence and electroluminescence occurs from the same state,…

Membrane proteins of placental parasites

Lead Institution

Seattle Biomedical Research Institute

Principal Investigator

Michal Fried

Project type

Exploratory Research

Plasmodium falciparum parasites differ from other malaria parasite species that infect human by its ability to sequester in deep vascular beds and adhere to molecules expressed on the endothelium. It…

Computational chemical and materials science to study nanoscale surface reactivity and radiation resistance of metal oxides

Lead Institution

University of Minnesota

Principal Investigator

Joern Siepmann

Project type

Exploratory Research

This particular research in the Molecular Interactions and Transformations group is aimed at achieving a fundamental molecular level understanding of the generation, transport and fate of excited…

Image polystyrene microparticles

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Richard Ozanich

Project type

Exploratory Research

obtain SEM images of 1-10 micron polystyrene microspheres to examine surface features

Influence of Flow on Abiotic and Biotic Reactivity of CL--20 (hexaanitrohexaazaiso-wurtzitane) (PNNL Scope # 42095)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

James Szecsody

Project type

Exploratory Research

Mechanistic studies of surface bound natural FeII , or surface bound biogenically or chemically reduced Fe on the degradation kinetics of CL-20 (hexaanitrohexaazaiso-wurtzitane) are being conducted…

Direct Numerical Simulations of Turbulent Combustion- Temperature Inhomogeneity Effects on the Autoignition of H2/Air Mixtures in the Sponteneous Ignition Regime

Lead Institution

Sandia National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Jacqueline Chen

Project type

Exploratory Research

Recent DNS of lean hydrogen-air ignition at high pressure at constant volume with temperature inhomogeneities showed the dual significance of scalar dissipation- first, limiting the minimum…

CONTROLLED DEFECT GENERATION IN POROUS SILICON

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

Project type

Exploratory Research

Nanoporous silicon surface has been subject to considerable study because of its photoemmsion properties and possible opto-chemical, gas and bio sensing applications. The ability to get controlled…

ATM, ISO and other standard and metrology measurements for surface analysis

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

Project type

Exploratory Research

This activity involves extended that state of the art in surface analysis by expanding the understanding of equipment capability, testing new approaches to instrument calibration and operation, and…

Ion Channeling Studies of Epitaxial Oxide Films and Gas-Solid interfaces.

Lead Institution

Wayne State University

Principal Investigator

Karur Padmanabhan

Project type

Exploratory Research

The proposal addresses two important research areas using the on RBS, ion channeling and nuclear reaction analysis. EMSL ion accelerator facility will be used for both projects. The first involves…