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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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Accuate size measurement of bacterium SAR-11

Lead Institution
Oregon State University
Principal Investigator
Stephen Giovannoni
Project type
Exploratory Research
SAR-11 appears to be the dominant microorganism in the upper ocean, and is one of the smallest bacteria. The objective is to obtain an exact measurement of its size, without producing artifacts…

Material Characterization of Fluid-loaded Lycopodium Membran

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Janet Jones-Oliveira
Project type
Exploratory Research
This work is to provide the experimental component for an applied mathematics research proposal, which is being submitted to DOE/MICS. The title of that proposal is, Fluid-Solid Interaction for…

Polymer Characterization

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Linda Sapochak
Project type
Exploratory Research
The proposed work will involve characterization of cured and/or partially cured monomer mixtures. The study will investigate the effect of using different photoinitiators to promote the…

Functional Genomics and Proteomics of Mitochondria

Lead Institution
Stanford University
Principal Investigator
Wenzhong Xiao
Project type
Exploratory Research
Despite the progress made in deciphering the genetics of the more than one hundred known mitochondrial disease, many cases remain unexplained mostly due to the fact that only 40-50% of the presumed…

Growth of MOCVD ZnO on CIGSS Solar Cells

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Sambhu Kundu
Project type
Exploratory Research
CIGSS Solar Cell struture needs a intrinsic buffer layer. That is called intrinsic ZnO layer. We want to grow MOCVD ZnO on Mo-coated CIGSS

Ab initio calculations of oxide deposition on 3,5 semiconductors

Lead Institution
University of California, San Diego
Principal Investigator
Jonathan Sexton
Project type
Exploratory Research
We propose to use pseudopotential plane wave methods as implemented in NWChem to study the properties of oxide deposition on GaAs and InAs semiconductors. NWChem calculations will be used to optimize…

Texture Studies of Aluminum Extrusion

Lead Institution
CANMET-MTL
Principal Investigator
Valery Guertsman
Project type
Exploratory Research
Examine several samples (up to 5) in an x-ray texure diffractometer and plot (111) and (311) pole figures.

ICAT labeling of P aeruginosa membrane subproteome

Lead Institution
Stanford University
Principal Investigator
Wenzhong Xiao
Project type
Exploratory Research
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the top three causes of life-threatening infections in cystic fibrosis, burn, HIV, and cancer patients. The pathogenesis of P. aeruginosa is complex. This proposed…

SIMS Analysis of Nickel-Silicon Multilayers

Lead Institution
University of Oregon
Principal Investigator
David Johnson
Project type
Exploratory Research
Nickel monosilicide (NiSi) has been identified as a key contact material for next-generation VLSI technology. NiSi is conventionally prepared through the solid state reaction of a thin Ni film with…

How Desert Varnish Forms

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Randall Perry
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective is to see if desert varnish is microbially mediated or an organic process. Desert varnish has not been investigated on a micro scale. Careful characterization of varnish structure,…

MeV Ion Irradiation of Non-ice Solar System Analogue Materials

Lead Institution
Johns Hopkins University
Principal Investigator
Charles Hibbitts
Project type
Exploratory Research
This project will irradiate select non-ice materials with MeV ions of oxyen, sulfur, and carbon. This experiment is to simulate the irradiation of non-ice materials on the surfaces of of the…

Processing of the cysteine protease aleurain

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
John Rogers
Project type
Exploratory Research
This is a project funded by my DOE grant (DE-FG03-97ER20277) from the Office of Energy Biosciences. We are purifying a protease that is localized in a specific prevacuolar compartment in plant cells…

Characterization of nanocomposites using electrochemistry, XPS, TEM and SEM

Lead Institution
University of California, San Diego
Principal Investigator
Xiang-Rong Ye
Project type
Exploratory Research
To investigate the structures and electrochemical properties of carbon nanotubes/catalysts nanocomposites. Nanocomposites will be synthesized at the University of Idaho and characterization will be…

Exchange bias in Fe/MnPd bilayers

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Goran Blomqvist
Project type
Exploratory Research
We are investigating the magnetic exchange bias in Fe/MnPd bilayers. The Fe layers are ferromagnetic whereas the MnPd layers are antiferromagnetic. SQUID, VSM, XMCD and neutron scattering will be…