Projects

As a scientific user facility, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) provides expertise, instrumentation, and resources to 250 projects each year.

EMSL projects displayed on the EMSL web site project page reflect project abstracts and information migrated to this page before April 30, 2024. To review current and past EMSL user projects, visit EMSL Science Central.™

Multi-Frequency acoustic sensors

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Thomas Autrey

Project type

Exploratory Research

Time-resolved IR studies of Organic Free Radicals

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Thomas Autrey

Project type

Exploratory Research

Ion Implantation of Kr in Metal/Other Targets

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Nathan Ballou

Project type

Exploratory Research

Infrared Transmission of Fused Silica Capillary Tubing

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

John Bays

Project type

Exploratory Research

Characterization of mesoporous SiO2 particles for the characterization of non-ideal sorption behavior

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

David Yonge

Project type

Exploratory Research

Contamination of soils with volatile organic compounds (VOC) is a common problem on Department of Energy Reservations. As these solvents are transported through the subsurface to groundwater, they…

Proteomic Characterization of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by high resolution LC-MS/MS

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Jon Jacobs

Project type

Exploratory Research

This NCRR collaborative project will focus on the proteomic characterization of human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). CSF is routinely sampled in clinical medicine to help determine and monitor the…

Fast-OS PetaScale Linux

Lead Institution

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

R Studham

Project type

Exploratory Research

Peta-scale computers with thousands of times more computational power will be available to scientists by the end of this decade. The research and development of these next generation computing…

Electrochemical sensors and biosensors for Environmental and Health Monitoring

Lead Institution

Nanjing University

Principal Investigator

Jing-juan Xu

Project type

Exploratory Research

Develop and fabricate electrochemical sensors and biosensors based on functional nanomaterials such as metal colloids and carbon nanotubes that are linked to biological molecules or electrochemical…

Electrochemical detection of lead in saliva

Lead Institution

Oregon Health & Science University

Principal Investigator

Wassana Yantasee

Project type

Exploratory Research

Saliva samples containing trace amount of lead will be subjected into an electrochemical flow cell to determine the concentration of lead

Molecular Beam Epitaxy Growth of Strontium Cobaltite

Lead Institution

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Principal Investigator

Alan Anderson

Project type

Exploratory Research

There has been increasing interest in oxygen-deficient perovskite structures for use in solid oxide fuel cells and oxygen separation membranes. Strontium Cobaltite (SrCoO3) typically exists in the…

Trace metal composition of Cobalt

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

John Cliff

Project type

Exploratory Research

I would just like to ust the TOF-SIMS to identify trace metal constituents in Cobalt samples

A combinatorial sputtering approach to magnetic properties modification of FeCoB

Lead Institution

Applied Materials

Principal Investigator

Robert Owings

Project type

Exploratory Research

Recent improvements in magnetic devices using amorphous soft magnetic FeCoB have shown the highest tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) to date with a resistivity change of 70.4%. Further investigation…

Study of Martensitic Transformations in Shape Memory Alloys by Real-time Measurement of Surface Work Function Change

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Mingdong Cai

Project type

Exploratory Research

Shape memory alloys (SMA) belong to the advanced intelligent materials, the properties of which can be programmed to carry out a required action. The alloys exhibit reversible shape changes (i.e…

Single Enzyme Nanoparticle Crosslinking Polymerzation

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Michael Perkins

Project type

Exploratory Research

Based on research done by Jungbae Kim and Jay Grate I will create an animation describing the sequence of SEN Synthesis.

Proteomic analysis of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Lead Institution

Washington University in St. Louis

Principal Investigator

Himadri Pakrasi

Project type

Exploratory Research

Cyanobacteria are oxygenic photo-autotrophic prokaryotes that are responsible for roughly 50% of the primary productivity in oceans and lakes. Among the oxygenic photosynthetic organisms…

Controlling the Thermal and Non-Thermal Reactivities of Metal Oxide Structures Through Nanoscaling - Controlling Reactivities of Metal Oxide Strcutures(Mike Henderson's BES Project - 43626)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Michael Henderson

Project type

Exploratory Research

The constrained dimensions in nanoscaled materials produces unique chemical properties that will form the basis for important new technologies. A key scientific challenge is to understand how to…