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As a scientific user facility, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (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 EMSL user projects, visit Science Central™.

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Magnetics Nanoparticles Characterization

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Yuping Bao
Project type
Exploratory Research
Using TEM to chracterize the magnetic nanoparticles shape size , orientation.

XPS characterization of hydroquinone-treated hematite

Lead Institution
University of Wyoming
Principal Investigator
Carrick Eggleston
Project type
Exploratory Research
We are studying the adsorption and reaction of hydroquinone with hematite mineral surfaces in connection with questions regarding biological electron transport for iron reducing bacteria. Our…

Identification of proteins differentially expressed in response IR.

Lead Institution
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Matthew Coleman
Project type
Exploratory Research
Our laboratory has used cDNA microarray studies to identify ionizing radiation (IR) modulation transcripts for genes such as transcription factors, oncogenes, intercellular signaling factors and…

Plastic film near-infrared signatures

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Richard Ozanich
Project type
Exploratory Research
Measure an assortment of plastic film samples having different polymer thin-layer coatings to determine if their near-infrared spectrum can be used to identify the particular samples. Objectives are…

SEM image acquisition, X-ray elemental analysis

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Richard Ozanich
Project type
Exploratory Research
Acquire images and determine elemental composition of 200-300 nm nanoparticles.

Long Term Monitoring of Permeable Reactive Barriers

Lead Institution
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Wiwat Kamolpornwijit
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objectives are to evaluate the long-termperformance of PRBs (Fe0) and develope a proper monitoring plan. The reseacrh work include the investigation on numbers of existing PRBs (Fe0) and…

Benchmark non-Born--Oppenheimer calculations on small molecules

Lead Institution
University of Arizona
Principal Investigator
Ludwik Adamowicz
Project type
Exploratory Research
The proposed research addresses the development and tests theoretical methods that allow very accurate variational calculations of atomic and molecular systems without using the Born--Oppenheimer…

TEM study of interfacial layers in Nb-clad stainless steel

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Jung-pyung Choi
Project type
Exploratory Research
Nb-clad 304L stainless steel manufactured by cold rolling is currently under consideration for use as a bipolar plate material in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell stacks. To make the…

High Resolution TEM of Doped Ceria System

Lead Institution
University of Florida
Principal Investigator
Juan Nino
Project type
Exploratory Research
Higher ionic conductive solid oxide electrolyte is critical for the realization of portable device based on solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). Doped ceria materials show promise owing to their higher…

Epoxy-Zirconate Sol-Gel Studies

Lead Institution
University of Dayton
Principal Investigator
Michael Donley
Project type
Exploratory Research
Epoxy-zirconate sol-gel based surface treatments are being investigated as a potential replacement for the current chromate-based approach for aerospace aluminum alloys. These sol-gel surface…

Fuel Cell Concept Animation (GVL3030)

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Michael Perkins
Project type
Exploratory Research
Project will model a fuel cell and the animation will show the basic concept of a working system.

Study of the electronic properties of graphene-based materials

Lead Institution
CySilicoTech
Principal Investigator
Constantinos Zeinalipour
Project type
Exploratory Research
The aim of this proposal is to study the electronic structure of graphite, graphene and graphite intercalation compounds (GICs), in order to elucidate the origin of contrast in Scanning Tunneling…

Growth-phase regulation of the proteome of Rhodobacter capsulatus.

Lead Institution
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Principal Investigator
Andrew Lang
Project type
Exploratory Research
The alpha-proteobacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus uses a histidyl-aspartyl signaling system for growth-phase-dependent regulation of expression of some genes. The response regulator protein CtrA is…

Growth of Single Crystal La2CuO(4+delta) films

Lead Institution
Argonne National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Steve Heald
Project type
Exploratory Research
Recently La2CuO(4+delta) was found to undergo an interesting light-induced transient phase transition. We propose to use XAFS to look at the local structural changes occurring about the Cu and La…

Single Molecule Studies of Multi-Chromophoric Foldamers

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
Alexander Li
Project type
Exploratory Research
Folding is a strategy ubiquitously used by nature to accomplish remarkable functions such as molecular recognition and enzymatic chemical catalysis. Since we are unable to design synthetic polymers…