Projects

Pore-Scale Investigation of the Impacts of Transverse Mixing and Solution Chemistry on Mineral Precipitation Relevant to CO2 Sequestration

Lead Institution

ExxonMobil Research and Engineering

Principal Investigator

Changyong Zhang

Project type

Exploratory Research

Transverse mixing limited reactive transport resulting in mineral precipitation impact groundwater remediation and geological sequestration of CO2, due to reductions in effective porosity and…

Characterization of ion movement in organic electronic devices

Lead Institution

Western Washington University

Principal Investigator

Janelle Leger

Project type

Exploratory Research

An emerging advantage of organic semiconductors is their ability to conduct ions in applications such as light-emitting electrochemical cells, photovoltaics, actuators, and electrochromic devices,…

Investigation into the Mechanism of Soot Formation from Biomass Combustion

Lead Institution

University of Leeds

Principal Investigator

Maria Romero

Project type

Exploratory Research

With climate change and national security as driving forces the search for alternative fuel sources is leading many nations to explore the use of bio-fuels. Changing fuels is undoubtedly going to…

Understanding Interparticle Aggregative Coalescence and Growth for the Control of Size, Shape, Composition and Surface Properties of Nanoparticles

Lead Institution

State University of New York at Binghamton

Principal Investigator

Chuan-Jian Zhong

Project type

Exploratory Research

This Science Theme proposal seeks the use of instrumentation at the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory user-facility to investigate the role of interparticle aggregative coalescence and…

In-Situ/Liquid Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) for Environmental Interfaces

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

James Cowin

Project type

Exploratory Research

This is a continuation of EMSL project number 36601. A versatile and self-contained interface for high-vapor pressure liquid surfaces, including aqueous interfaces has been built that permits the…

Photoelectron Spectroscopy Studies of Structure-Property Relationships in Perfluoroalkylfullerene-Based Electron- Acceptor Materials for Organic Photovoltaic Active Layers

Lead Institution

Colorado State University

Principal Investigator

Steven Strauss

Project type

Exploratory Research

This project will focus on understanding of the fundamental relationships between molecular structures of perfluoroalkylated fullerenes (PFAFs) and their electronic properties in the gas-phase, in…

A Novel Experimental Method to Obtain Apparent Viscosity of Shear-Thinning Fluids in Saturated Porous Media

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Mart Oostrom

Project type

Exploratory Research

The Department of Energy (DOE) has recently funded a project to strengthen the science behind the injection of shear-thinning fluids in unconfined subsurface systems. Shear-thinning fluids, usually…

Experimental Determination of Carbon Tetrachloride Mass Fluxes into Groundwater from Vadose Zone Sources

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Mart Oostrom

Project type

Exploratory Research

The Department of Energy (DOE) has recently funded a numerical and experimental project in their Environmental Management (EM) Science and Technology Roadmap program with the goal to improve…

Subsurface Behavior of Ethanol-Blended Gasoline: Intermediate-Scale Flow Cell Experimentation to Develop a Data Base for Numerical Model Testing and Verification

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Mart Oostrom

Project type

Exploratory Research

The main objective of the proposed experimental effort is to develop an initial data set for subsurface blended-gasoline flow and transport that can be used to test and verify the multifluid flow…

Interfacial Investigations of Nuclear Waste Forms

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Joseph Ryan

Project type

Exploratory Research

EMSL resources are requested to enable an international team of collaborators to solve fundamental problems in interfacial glass corrosion chemistry. With the recent dismissal of Yucca Mountain as…

Mechanisms of Laser Desorption of Metal Oxide Nanocrystals

Lead Institution

University College London

Principal Investigator

Alexander Shlyuger

Project type

Exploratory Research

Laser-induced ablation, desorption and chemical activation techniques form the basis of unique methods for producing novel materials, inducing new chemical functionalities, performing sophisticated…

Micro-Mechanical Characterization of Magnesium Alloys

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Aashish Rohatgi

Project type

Exploratory Research

The goal of this proposal is to understand the effects of various microstructural features on the deformation and strengthening mechanisms in magnesium alloys. It being the lightest structural metal,…

First Principles Modeling Of Oxygen Reduction at Complex Perovskite Surfaces for Fuel Cell and Gas Separation Applications

Lead Institution

Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Latvia

Principal Investigator

Jevgenijs Kotomins

Project type

Exploratory Research

Using DFT first principles method implemented in VASP 5.0 computer code for large scale parallel calculations, we will study the atomic, electronic structure and physico-chemical properties of oxygen…

Hydrogen Bond Networks

Lead Institution

University of Minnesota

Principal Investigator

Steven Kass

Project type

Exploratory Research

Nature employs hydrogen bonds to organize biomolecular structures and optimize the catalytic ability of enzymes. The effects of hydrogen bond networks are relatively unknown and will be explored by…

Magnesium NMR of DNA Repair Proteins

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Andrew Lipton

Project type

Exploratory Research

The chemistry central to the function of the DNA repair proteins apurinic/apyrimidic endonuclease 1 (APE1) and polymerase beta (pol beta) is the chemistry of water activated by a magnesium ion. …

Characterization of Effector and Host Proteins Involved in Host-Pathogen Interactions

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Joshua Adkins

Project type

Exploratory Research

The multiple mechanisms by which pathogenic enterobacteria of the genus Salmonella infect their host indicate a complex host-pathogen relationship. The pathogen secretes dozens of proteins, termed &…

Intermediate-scale Experiments to Test a Novel Vapor-phase Tomography Method

Lead Institution

University of Arizona

Principal Investigator

Jon Mainhagu

Project type

Exploratory Research

The objective of this experimental study, funded by the DOE Office of Groundwater and Soil Remediation (EM-32), is to evaluate a new vapor-phase tomography method by conducting a series of…

Determination of Water Saturation in Relatively Dry and Desiccated Porous Media using Gas-phase Partitioning Tracer Tests

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Michael Truex

Project type

Exploratory Research

Soil desiccation (drying), involving water evaporation induced by dry air injection and extraction, is a potentially robust remediation process to slow migration of inorganic or radionuclide…

Ion-Beam and X-ray Chemical Analysis of MOxNy (M=Zr,Ti) Thin Films

Lead Institution

University of Texas at El Paso

Principal Investigator

Chintalapalle Ramana

Project type

Exploratory Research

The development of new/novel functional materials, which can exhibit superior structural and electronic properties at the reduced dimensions, for application in energy technologies is a challenging…

Computer-aided Design of a Catalytic Proton Channel

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Wendy Shaw

Project type

Exploratory Research

The objective of the proposed research is to incorporate a rationally designed proton channel into homogeneous catalysts using advanced enzyme design methodology combined with superior molecular…