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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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Common Architecture Chemistry Components for Terascale Simulations

Lead Institution
Sandia National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Joseph Kenny
Project type
Exploratory Research
We plan to utilize the HP cluster for porting and testing of our Common Component Architecture infrastructure and components on the IA64 architecture. In addition, we will utilize this platform in…

Rosetta ab initio protein folding

Lead Institution
Institute for Systems Biology
Principal Investigator
Richard Bonneau
Project type
Exploratory Research
We propose developing tools and scheduling techniques to make use of the unutilized compute cycles on the HP supercomputer in the Molecular Science Computing Facility to predict the structure of…

Magnetic and transport studies of Co doped TiO2 thin films

Lead Institution
Boise State University
Principal Investigator
Alex Punnoose
Project type
Exploratory Research
Thin films of Co doped TiO2 will be prepared using the MBE and sputter deposition facilities available at PNNL. The magnetic and transport properties of the samples will then be investigated using a…

Field emission SEM of anode supported YSZ fuel cells poisoned by Cr

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Steven Simner
Project type
Exploratory Research
Cr voltatilization from SOFC alloy interconnects causes rapid degradation of SOFC catrhodes. We have purposefully doped cathodes with different Cr-containing compounds (relevant to SOFCs) to…

Iron Oxide Films

Lead Institution
Argonne National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Paul Fenter
Project type
Exploratory Research

Mossbauer Spectroscopic Study of Iron Redox in Silicate Glasses

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Hong Li
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective of this study is to determine iron redox (Fe2+/Fe3+) in silicate based glasses prepared under reducing conditions. Recent reviews which have dealt with critical issues regarding the…

NTP Nox Catalyst

Lead Institution
General Motors Corp./Delphi-E
Principal Investigator
Thomas Silvis
Project type
Exploratory Research

Gas Phase Reactions of Fe-S Clusters

Lead Institution
Washington State University Tri-Cities
Principal Investigator
You-jun Fu
Project type
Exploratory Research
FTICR mass spectrometer will be used to study the gas phase reaction of Fe-S clusters with small molecular compounds, O2, NO, CO, NH3. The results will contribute to the understanding of the O2…

Surface and interface study of contacts to carbon-based films

Lead Institution
Carnegie Mellon University
Principal Investigator
Lisa Porter
Project type
Exploratory Research
The proposed research consists of two projects, each of which pertains to different materials for electronic applications. The first project is part of a Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team …

Proteomic Analysis of the HMEC Mitogenic Response

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Brian Thrall
Project type
Exploratory Research
This EMSL User Proposal is for a collaborative effort with the PNNL Proteomic National Center for Research Resources. Recent studies from our and others’ laboratories have demonstrated that the…

Oxide Surfaces

Lead Institution
Fort Lewis College
Principal Investigator
Ashley Shultz
Project type
Exploratory Research

Determination of the Catalytic Properties of Metal Coated Nanowires

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
Aaron Lalonde
Project type
Exploratory Research
Coating of nanowires is being investigated to broaden potential uses for future applications. Coatings of Ni and Pt nanoparticles have been synthesized on silicon carbide nanowires by plasma enhanced…