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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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Mechanistic understanding of zeolite deactivation pathways

Lead Institution
Caterpillar, Inc.
Principal Investigator
Joshua Ratts
Project type
Exploratory Research
Three zeolite powders (Fe-MFI, Cu-MFI, and Fe-BEA) commonly used in SCR NOx reduction will be hydrothermally aged in air using a variety of temperatures, aging times and water concentrations in a…

The Measurements for Nano-tip'ID

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Rui Zhao
Project type
Exploratory Research
To find the best way for pull the nano-tip using P-2000 Micropipette Puller Capillary ID: 30um and 50um Conditions: With water and Without water.

Ab initio calculations of GTP hydrolysis by using NWChem and TAO components

Lead Institution
Iowa State University
Principal Investigator
Theresa Windus
Project type
Exploratory Research
As part of the Common Component Architecture (CCA) project funded by the U. S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) under the Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) program, we are developing…

Image iron oxide nanoparticles

Lead Institution
Harvard University
Principal Investigator
Gary Holtom
Project type
Exploratory Research
Small particles (50-300 nm) particles of various iron oxides have been synthesized. These tend to aggregate and we would like to learn the size distribution of the particles and, if possible, if…

DC-1 Molecular & Bio imprinting

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Xiaohong Li
Project type
Exploratory Research
Employ whole cells (bacterial) as templates to create complementary polymer surface. Prepare polymer beads with spatially-defined, highly functional patches of size and shape corresponding exactly…

Local motions in protein structures

Lead Institution
Technische Universität München
Principal Investigator
Edward Schlag
Project type
Exploratory Research
For some years we have been involved in the question of a model for charge transport in peptides. We obtained unusual results for which we have proposed a new theory in 1995 which assigns special…

Hi-resolution infrared spectroscopy of nitrogen dioxide and water.

Lead Institution
NASA Langley Research Center
Principal Investigator
Mary Smith
Project type
Exploratory Research
Perform hi-resolution infrared spectroscopy of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) using a short path cell (1, 10, or 20 cm) and the Bruker IFS 120HR Fourier transform spectrometer located in EMSL 1130. …

High resolution infrared spectroscopy of methane.

Lead Institution
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Linda Brown
Project type
Exploratory Research
Conduct hi-resolution infrared spectroscopy of methane using the 200 meter White cell and the Bruker IFS 120HR Fourier transform spectrometer located in EMSL 1130. Rotationally resolved spectra of…

Mechanisms of sulfur poisoning of NOx adsorber materials

Lead Institution
University of Toronto
Principal Investigator
Ya-huei (Cathy) Chin
Project type
Exploratory Research
The program is in support of DOE?s FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies program. One of the most promising approaches to reduce NO in the presence of excess oxygen is based on the concept of NO…

Ion-Solid Interactions in Ceramics

Lead Institution
University of Tennessee
Principal Investigator
William Weber
Project type
Exploratory Research
Experimental project to investigate defects, defect properties, defect processes, and the evolution of nanostructures and phase transformations in ceramics under ion irradiation. The work primarily…