Projects

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.

ICP Analysis of Aluminum Welds semiconductor samples

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Richard Davies

Project type

Exploratory Research

X-ray Photoelectron Difraction of MgO(111)-(1x1)

Lead Institution

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Principal Investigator

Marija Gajdardziska-josifovska

Project type

Exploratory Research

The objective of this study is to collect preliminary data to experimentally distinguish between two recently proposed mechanisms for the stabilization of the polar MgO(111)-(1x1) surface termination…

Electrochemical and TEM characterization of Metal Nanoparticles
Deposited in Carbon Nanotubes

Lead Institution

University of Idaho

Principal Investigator

Chien Wai

Project type

Exploratory Research

The nanoparticles/carbon nanotubes synthesized at the UI will be characterized with electrochemical instrument for fuel cell applications. The nanoparticles/CNTs composites will also be …

Formation of iron(II) secondary minerals after iron(III) bioreduction in humid tropical forest soils.

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Tetyana Peretyazhko

Project type

Exploratory Research

In natural environments, Fe(III) (hydr)oxide reduction is mainly biotic and commonly related to the activity of dissimilatory iron-reducing bacteria (DIRB). These bacteria can reduce Fe(III) oxides…

Surface analytical study of atmospheric aerosols

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Robert Disselkamp

Project type

Exploratory Research

Characteristics of Aluminum TWB

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Richard Davies

Project type

Exploratory Research

TEM study of mesoporous Titania and Zirconia

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Scott Elder

Project type

Exploratory Research

Initial catalyst analysis

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Douglas Elliott

Project type

Exploratory Research

Characterization of the tumor cell lamellipodia phosphoproteome

Lead Institution

University of California, San Diego

Principal Investigator

Richard Klemke

Project type

Exploratory Research

This new collaborative project under PNNL’s NCRR Biomedical Technology Resource Center is to initiate the characterization of the tumor cell lamellipodia phosphoproteome leading to publication and…

Chemical characterization of sub-micrometer mineral phases in extraterrestrial materials that have previously been characterized by NanoSIMS isotope imaging

Lead Institution

Washington University in St. Louis

Principal Investigator

Frank Stadermann

Project type

Exploratory Research

see attached proposal PDF file

Mossbauer analysis for goethite reacted with Fe(II) and membrane fraction of Shewanella oneidensis

Lead Institution

Pennsylvania State University

Principal Investigator

Je-hun Jang

Project type

Exploratory Research

Based on literatures, we expect that goethite will transform, to some extent, into other iron minerals in the presence of Fe(II). We prepared goethite samples that were incubated with either Fe(II)…

Oxidation state of technetium electrodeposited on platinum

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Mark Engelmann

Project type

Exploratory Research

The method of thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS) is being developed for the highly sensitive determination of technetium. The technetium is deposited on the platinum mass spectrometer…

AR coatings

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Wendy Bennett

Project type

Exploratory Research

Custom anti-reflection coatings, which also perform as barrier layers, need to be deposited on chalcogenide glass substrates. LWIR (long wavelength infrared)AR coatings require materials that need…

Characterization of oxide nanoparticles

Lead Institution

Brown University

Principal Investigator

Li-Qiong Wang

Project type

Exploratory Research

In this preliminary studies, we will explore the novel methods to synthesize oxide nanocrystals with well-controlled shapes and sizes and correlate them with their physical and chemical properties. …