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™.

Analysis and Characterization of Adsorbed Silane Coupling Agent on Glass Fiber Substrate

Lead Institution

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Principal Investigator

Farrah Johnson

Project type

Exploratory Research

Synergistic Pivots Predicted of Environment

Lead Institution

The Evergreen State College

Principal Investigator

Marc McGary

Project type

Exploratory Research

Chih Heng Tseng's Proposal - Homogeneous precipitation of cerium dioxide nanoparticles

Lead Institution

Oregon State University

Principal Investigator

Chih Heng Tseng

Project type

Exploratory Research

Due to its many distinctive characteristics, such as unique UV absorbing ability, high stability at high temperature, high hardness and reactivity, cerium dioxide (CeO2) has been employed in various…

Nanocrystalline MoS2 catalysts

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Wendy Shaw

Project type

Exploratory Research

Characterization by SEM of nanocrystalline MoS2 solids. We have 4 samples that we would like to analyze by SEM for nanostructure.

Determination of nanoporous material oxidation states

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Dawn Wellman

Project type

Exploratory Research

This proposal is in support of projects associated with the development of novel surface-activated nanoporous materials for treatment of waste waters and as radionuclides getters in proposed…

Characterization of Pure and Doped ZnO Nanoclusters

Lead Institution

University of Idaho

Principal Investigator

JiJi Antony

Project type

Exploratory Research

ZnO is a wide-band gap semiconductor (3.3 eV) that has attracted tremendous interest as blue light emitting spintronic material. ZnO particles when doped with transition metals can develop properties…

Quantification of the Ligand effects in transition metal coordination compounds using electronic structure calculation methods

Lead Institution

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Principal Investigator

Constantinos Tsipis

Project type

Exploratory Research

The ligand bonding effects described by the &#963;-donor and &#960;-acceptor capacities of the ligands in relation to the &#960;-donor and &#963;-acceptor capacities of the molecular…

The Reduction of Uranyl and Chromate to Insoluble Species by Green Rust and Other Ferrous Hydroxides Surfaces

Lead Institution

State University of New York at Stony Brook

Principal Investigator

Martin Schoonen

Project type

Exploratory Research

Electron transfer reactions play an important role in the determination of the fate of many environmental contaminants. Of particular importance are the transitions from high-oxidation states (+5/+6)…

Study of Some Specific Inclusions in a Garnet Matrix Using High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM)

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Maxime Guinel

Project type

Exploratory Research

Proposal for use of the High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscope (HRTEM) at the EMSL, PNNL. The host will be Dr. Chongmin Wang. We propose (Dr M. Grant Norton and Maxime Guinel, from…

Growth of Magnetic Metal Oxide Thin Films

Lead Institution

Vienna University of Technology

Principal Investigator

Ulrike Diebold

Project type

Exploratory Research

Heterogeneous Chemical Processes on Metal Oxide Surfaces

Lead Institution

Vienna University of Technology

Principal Investigator

Ulrike Diebold

Project type

Exploratory Research

Correlation between Bulk and Surface Defects in Rutile TiO2

Lead Institution

Vienna University of Technology

Principal Investigator

Ulrike Diebold

Project type

Exploratory Research

Intrinsic Affinities of Metal Ion Complexants

Lead Institution

University of Utah

Principal Investigator

Peter Armentrout

Project type

Exploratory Research

Magnetic and Oxide Nanomaterials

Lead Institution

University of California, Davis

Principal Investigator

Alexandra Navrotsky

Project type

Exploratory Research

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Hydrated Silicate liquids and glasses

Lead Institution

University of California, Berkeley

Principal Investigator

Frank Spera

Project type

Exploratory Research

TOF-SIMS and Auger studies of ozone oxidation of unsaturated self assembled monolayers on silicon surfaces

Lead Institution

University of California, Irvine

Principal Investigator

Barbara Finlayson-Pitts

Project type

Exploratory Research

It has been recognized for decades that dust storms can lead to the global distribution of airborne mineral oxide particles,1 and that these can have an impact on climate as well as the chemistry of…

Preparation, characterization and application of chemical modified electrodes

Lead Institution

Fudan University

Principal Investigator

Xiaoli Cui

Project type

Exploratory Research

The objective of this proposal is to develop a novel chemical modified electrodes and apply to biosensing and other areas. The surface composition of materilas will be measured by XPS and XRD. The…

XPS analysis of Fabric Chars to determine the Phosphorous - Nitrogen synergism in Flame Retardants.

Lead Institution

University of California, Davis

Principal Investigator

Sabyasachi Gaan

Project type

Exploratory Research

Flame retardant finishing of Cellulosics fabrics are carried out using phosphorous based flame retardants. Theses flame retardants are known to act by condensed phase mechanism which accelerates…