Projects

Investigation of PbGe thin films

Lead Institution

Sharp Microelectronics Technology, Inc.

Principal Investigator

Tingkai Li

Project type

Exploratory Research

Develop a Procedure for the Determination of the Calibration Parameters on the Host Side and Integrate Them into the Hardware to Facilitate Real Time Multiband Analysis

Lead Institution

NASA Ames Research Center

Principal Investigator

Marianne Sowa

Project type

Exploratory Research

Ongoing research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratories aims at elucidating the complexities behind intercellular communication using the confocal microscope. The additional Z-plane observation…

Aerosol sampling

Lead Institution

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Perry Gray

Project type

Exploratory Research

Background aerosols are to be measured using a variety of methods, including PNNL aerosol mass spectrometer.

Composition characterization of ZnO:Cr & ZnO:Co

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Bradley Roberts

Project type

Exploratory Research

Thin film samples of ZnO:Cr and ZnO:Co have been grown via the co-sputtering method. Our initial magnetic measurements indicate that ZnO:Cr is ferromagnetic up to and above room temperature which is…

Model Development on Using Clay Membranes for Arsenic Removal from Drinking Water

Lead Institution

University of Missouri - Columbia

Principal Investigator

Baolin Deng

Project type

Exploratory Research

The ability of fine-grained clay minerals to act as semi-permeable membranes and restrict the passage of dissolved solutes is well documented. This unique property of clay, often referred to more…

Model Development on Using Clay Membranes for Arsenic Removal from Drinking Water

Lead Institution

University of Missouri - Columbia

Principal Investigator

Baolin Deng

Project type

Exploratory Research

Use of clay membranes for arsenic removal from drinking water has been explored at the University of Missouri-Columbia, supported by a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation. Arsenic is a…

MBE growth of epitaxial anatase TiO2 (001) on STO(001) on Si(001) and characterization of TiO2 films

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Kelli Griffin

Project type

Exploratory Research

The proposed visit to the EMSL facilities at PNNL is for the observation of the oxygen plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy (OPA-MBE) deposition process of epitaxially grown anatase TiO2 on SrTiO3…

Fabrication and Characterization of Functional Nanostructured Materials

Lead Institution

University of California, San Diego

Principal Investigator

Sungho Jin

Project type

Exploratory Research

Recent years have witnessed the rapid progress in the fabrication of functional nanostructured materials. We have succeeded in making a variety of nanomaterials including nanoparticles, multiwalled…

Fabrication and Characterization of Carbon Nanotube-based Composites

Lead Institution

University of California, San Diego

Principal Investigator

Sungho Jin

Project type

Exploratory Research

Recent years have witnessed the rapid progress in the fabrication of functional nanostructured materials. We have succeeded in making a variety of nanomaterials including nanoparticles, multiwalled…

Second Harmonic Generation from Organic Water/Air Interfaces

Lead Institution

University of Colorado

Principal Investigator

Alan Maccarone

Project type

Exploratory Research

Investigate the formation of organic radicals following ozonation of long chain hydrocarbons.

Auger electron microscopy for use in classifying the oxide content in an electrospark deposition coating of Zirconium.

Lead Institution

Portland State University

Principal Investigator

Graham Tewksbury

Project type

Exploratory Research

The electrospark deposition process can deposit a variety of metal or cermets on virtually any electrically conductive substrate. This process can produce metallurgical bonding with a very small…

Investigation of Ba-based NOx storage-reduction catalyst by Raman spectrometer (PNNL Title: Mechanisms of sulfur poisoning of NOx adsorber materials, Scope # 43315).

Lead Institution

Seoul National University

Principal Investigator

Do Heui Kim

Project type

Exploratory Research

NOx storage-reduction (NSR) catalysts are used in engines operating alternatively under lean and rich conditions to reduce the fuel consumption of vehicles. Typical NSR catalysts consists of a NOx…

Structural characterization of Nanoporous Thin Films

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Zdenek Dohnalek

Project type

Exploratory Research

The adsorptive/reactive properties of nanoporous thin films of metals and oxides grown via ballistic deposition technique are being studied in our laboratory. We propose to utilize a variety of ex…

Cellular Response to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection: Global Quantitative Proteome AMT Tag Measurements of Cellular Protein Expression

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Eric Chan

Project type

Exploratory Research

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Chemical Characterization of Heterogeneous Inclusions in Soot Particles

Lead Institution

Stanford University

Principal Investigator

Hai Wang

Project type

Exploratory Research

The objective of the work proposed herein is to characterize the heterogeneous inclusions and their influence on the hydroscopic properties of Diesel and laboratory-generated soot. Laboratory soot…

Surface Studies of Electroctalysts in Methanol Fuel Cells

Lead Institution

Neah Power Systems

Principal Investigator

Kwang Kim

Project type

Exploratory Research

Neah Power Systems is developing small methanol fuel cells based upon a silicon architecture for mobile electronics such as laptop computers and PDAs. Neah's silicon architecture is expected to…

Temperature-Dependent Yield of Frenkel Pairs Generated by Valence Excitation in NaCl

Lead Institution

Osaka University

Principal Investigator

Katsumi Tanimura

Project type

Exploratory Research

The dynamics of formation of self-trapped excitons (STEs) and Frenkel pairs upon band-gap excitation have been studied in NaCl by femtosecond time-resolved spectroscopy at temperatures ranging from 6…

Passive Film Stability in Alloy 22

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

Project type

Exploratory Research

This program activity will involve the testing of Haynes Alloy 22 to determine if a build up of S will lead to the breakdown of a possive film. This is among the most stable alloys known and it is…

Selective immobilization of biological molecules on single walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) surfaces

Lead Institution

Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology

Principal Investigator

Yung Suh

Project type

Exploratory Research

Selective immobilization of biological molecules on single walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) surface is very interesting and important topic for various nanoscale biosensor applications. Confirmative…

Measurements of Aerosol and Aerosol Precursors during the Summer 2004 Northeast Aerosol Experiment (NEAX)

Lead Institution

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Peter Daum

Project type

Exploratory Research

The Atmospheric Sciences Division of Brookhaven National Laboratory requests the use of the Proton Transfer Mass spectrometer and the Aerodyne Aerosol Mass spectrometer for measurements on the DOE G…