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As a scientific user facility, EMSL provides expertise, instrumentation, and resources to 250 projects each year. Projects displayed below reflect information and abstracts that were published before April 30, 2024. To review current user projects, visit EMSL's Science Central.

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(gvl3425)Intrusion Detection Video

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Michael Perkins
Project type
Exploratory Research
I will be creating animation clips for a video that deals with protecting our nations plutonium production and storage facities from unwanted intrusion. The video focuses on current weeknesses at at…

(gvl3425)Intrusion Detection Video

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Michael Perkins
Project type
Exploratory Research
I will be creating animation clips for a video that deals with protecting our nations plutonium production and storage facities from unwanted intrusion. The video focuses on current weeknesses at at…

(gvl3426)PNNL Past and Future Grounds Projects

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Michael Perkins
Project type
Exploratory Research
I will be building a 3-D model depicting past and future projects of PNNL grounds. This model will be used to render various images and interactive media to be put on a web site and kiosk. Also the…

On-Line Determination of Selected Vapor-Phase Hoffmann List Compounds by PTR-MS

Lead Institution
Washington State University Tri-Cities
Principal Investigator
Gregory Anderson
Project type
Exploratory Research
Few consumer products have undergone the scrutiny applied to tobacco cigarettes. Selected carcinogenic components found in tobacco smoke are compiled in the Hoffmann List, which presently contains…

Probing the Dynamics of a Protein Hydrophobic Core at Low Temperatures

Lead Institution
University of Alaska at Anchorage
Principal Investigator
Liliya Vugmeyster
Project type
Exploratory Research
Hydrophobic cores are found in the interior of globular proteins and are essential for the formation of the folded state. The core represents a complex dynamical medium reflecting the existence of a…

material modification by dense electronic excitations

Lead Institution
CNRS
Principal Investigator
Marcel Toulemonde
Project type
Exploratory Research
Material modifications by dense electronic excitations Proposal 34315 by M. Toulemonde from CIMAP-GANIL, Caen, France. EMSL User Proposal Motivation: When penetrating a solid, energetic ions…

Structure and reactivity of the basal and edge surfaces of gibbsite.

Lead Institution
Brigham Young University
Principal Investigator
Barry Bickmore
Project type
Exploratory Research
Density functional theory molecular orbital calculations will be used to compute the structures of various hypothetical protonated basal and edge surfaces of gibbsite. Computed bond length data will…

Single-Molecule Enzymatic Reaction Dynamics

Lead Institution
Bowling Green State University
Principal Investigator
H. Peter Lu
Project type
Exploratory Research
T4 lysozyme catalyzes the hydrolization of the bacterial cell wall and involves complex conformational changes. Although this hydrolization is one of the most important enzymatic reactions, its…

SEM on electrode surface/Electrode preparation and testing

Lead Institution
Oregon Health & Science University
Principal Investigator
Wassana Yantasee
Project type
Exploratory Research
Polyaniline was grown on the electrode (Ti and Au) surface. SEM analysis is needed to see if the polyaniline film on the surface is uniform. Electrode modified with functional materials will be…

ETD LDRD project for Uranium sensor test

Lead Institution
Oregon Health & Science University
Principal Investigator
Wassana Yantasee
Project type
Exploratory Research
The lab space in EMSL 1410 is needed for testing chemically modified electrodes as Uranium sensors.

Modification and Characterization of Radiation Behaviour of Zircon (ZrSiO4)

Lead Institution
University of Cambridge
Principal Investigator
Ming Zhang
Project type
Exploratory Research
Zircon (ZrSiO4) is of great interest in the field of materials science, mineralogy and geochemistry, and it is also widely used in ceramic, foundry, welding rod coatings, refractory industries and U…

Microscopic Mass Transfer of U and Tc in Subsurface Sediments

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Chongxuan Liu
Project type
Exploratory Research
This project will investigate microscopic mass transfer process and its influence on and coupling with geochemical and biogeochemical reactions in subsurface sediments. The research will focus on…