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Projects

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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How Aluminum Substitution in Goethite affects Iron Release

Lead Institution
University of California, Berkeley
Principal Investigator
Javiera Cervini-silva
Project type
Exploratory Research
Goethite formed in terrestrial weathering environments often exhibit Al substitution for Fe, [Fe1-xAlxOOH] and can vary in Al content from x < 0.15 in hydromorphic environments to a maximum of x…

Develop Stable Bipolar Membranes

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Jagannadha Bontha
Project type
Exploratory Research
The specific aim of this research is to develop a nano-templating approach to convert a host cation exchange membrane into bipolar membranes.

Studies of Detector Surfaces

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Charles Barinaga
Project type
Exploratory Research
We plan to study new designs and materials for mass spectrometer detector parts using surface analysis methods. One goal is to understand the relationship between detector anode design, materials and…

OptoMagnetic Flowcell

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Glen Dunham
Project type
Exploratory Research
Microfabricate flowcell by EpoMEMS process.

Characterization of sputter deposited Co doped TiO2 films

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Kelli Griffin
Project type
Exploratory Research
Sputter deposited Co:TiO2 films are of interest as part of the joint NSF Oxide Spintronics project between UW and PNNL. The films were sputtered onto LaAlO3 substrates, and have shown enhanced…

Atomically Resolved Studies of Transition Metal Oxides

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Zdenek Dohnalek
Project type
Exploratory Research
STM and AFM studies will be conducted on surfaces of small crystalline domains and epitaxially grown thin TMO films such as γ-WO3(001), TiO2(110), and V2O5/TiO2(110). Such studies give…

Hydrogen storage of chemical hydrides

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Liyu Li
Project type
Exploratory Research
Study the hydrogen storage capability of some chemical hydrides, including NH3-BH3 doped materials, and NaLiH4 doped materials. The study will be carried out using the RXM-100 system, to measure…

Crystallization Behavior of Bulk Amorphous Alloy

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
Amit Bandyopadhyay
Project type
Exploratory Research
We are working with Zr-based bulk amorphous alloy composition. The glass transition temperature for these alloys are ~400 C and the melting point is ~900 C. We have heat treated these alloys at…

Kiln Phosphoric Acid

Lead Institution
JDC, Inc
Principal Investigator
Joseph Megy
Project type
Exploratory Research
Determing the reaction temperature and melting temperature of phosphate ore mexture. TGA-DTA measurements will allow proof of concept for chemistry supporting SBIR program in phosphoric acid…

Charcaterization of the Au nano-cluster materials

Lead Institution
Washington State University Tri-Cities
Principal Investigator
Hai-Feng Zhang
Project type
Exploratory Research
These are some attached information for the EMSL proposal No. 5401 titled "the synthesis of Au nanocluster materials". Once we obtain the nanoclusters materials, we have to use…

Hydrogenation of pyrolysis oils to create gasoline.

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Douglas Elliott
Project type
Exploratory Research
Pyrolysis Oil to Gasoline Introduction In the DOE report "Opportunities for Biorenewables in Oil Refineries," refined pyrolysis oils were shown to have the potential to replace a…

Characterization of Lithium Aluminate Powders

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Bradley Johnson
Project type
Exploratory Research
Enriched lithium aluminate powders have been commercially produced for high-yield, high-through-put, dry press preparation of low temperature sintered pellets. These pellets are used for the tritium…

Proteomic Analysis of Deinococcus radiodurans Under Oxidative StressIrradiation

Lead Institution
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Principal Investigator
Michael Daly
Project type
Exploratory Research
The bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans is able to survive extremely high doses of gamma-radiation and we have recently shown that high intracellular concentrations of Mn(II) facilitate resistance by…

Neuro-Linguistic Progranning History

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Michael Perkins
Project type
Exploratory Research
In this project, I will be providing 3-D animation in support of a video production, that deals with the topic of behavioral linguistic programming.