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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. 

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.™ 

 

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Ion Beam Characterization of Nanocomposite Tribological Coatings

Lead Institution
Montana State University
Principal Investigator
Richard Smith
Project type
Exploratory Research
The demand for low-friction and wear resistant components capable of operation in severe environments has directed attention to advanced surface engineering technologies. The Large Area Filtered Arc…

Fluorescent labeling of proteins based on known crystal structures.

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Luis Rodriguez
Project type
Exploratory Research
Protein interactions within living cells are poorly understood, particularly the spatial and temporal associations of ubiqutious proteins like calmodulin (CaM). Here, we propose to utilize computer…

First-Principles Catalyst Design for Environmentally Benign Energy Production

Lead Institution
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Principal Investigator
Emmanouil Mavrikakis
Project type
Exploratory Research
We are developing a first-principles approach to the design of novel catalytic materials. A fully parallelized planewave total energy Density Functional Theory (DFT)-based code is used for modeling…

Microcalorimetric Sensors

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Michael Free
Project type
Exploratory Research

Theoretical Studies of Kinetic Processes in Nanoscale Ice Films

Lead Institution
University of Iceland
Principal Investigator
Hannes Jonsson
Project type
Exploratory Research
We will study the sticking probability of a water molecule on the basal plane of hexagonal ice using experiments and theory. The molecular sticking will be studied over a wide range in energy (0.5…

FTIR Characterization of Fe-films formed on ephemeral pool

Lead Institution
University of Greifswald
Principal Investigator
Georg Grathoff
Project type
Exploratory Research
This investigation is a part of a large nationally funded investigation of determining the origin, hydrology and engineering properties of the large Pleistocene and Holocene dune sheets on the West…

A proteome for specific cell types in Caenorhabditis elegans

Lead Institution
University of British Columbia
Principal Investigator
Donald Moerman
Project type
Exploratory Research
Our group is part of an effort to describe the complete transcriptome and eventually proteome for individual cell types during development in the free-living nematode C. elegans. At this point we and…