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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. 

EMSL projects displayed on the EMSL web site project page reflect project abstracts and information migrated to this page before April 30, 2024. To review current and past EMSL user projects, visit EMSL Science Central.™ 

 

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Mixed Hamiltoniam Methods

Lead Institution
The University of Tokyo
Principal Investigator
Kimihiko Hirao
Project type
Exploratory Research

Developing a Parallel Blochl Code

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Marat Valiev
Project type
Exploratory Research
This project will develop a massively parallel version of Bloch's PAW method. PAW is an all-electron method that combines the adaptability of linear augmented plane wave methods with the…

Developing a Parallel Blochl Code

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Marat Valiev
Project type
Exploratory Research
This project will develop a massively parallel version of Bloch's PAW method. PAW is an all-electron method that combines the adaptability of linear augmented plane wave methods with the…

Post Growth Analysis of GaN Grown with Low Temperature MOCVD

Lead Institution
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Michael Johnson
Project type
Exploratory Research
GaN thin films (1-2 microns) have been grown using MOCVD at low temperatures (415-460 C). During growth, disturbances in processing conditions have been purposely introduced to induce changes in…

Post Growth Analysis of GaN and InGaN Grown with MOCVD

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Tai-Chang Chen
Project type
Exploratory Research
InGaN alloy system is appropriate for light detection due to its direct bandgap and high absorption coefficient. The bandgap energies of wurtzite GaN and InGaN are 3.39 and 1.89 eV, respectively. …

Characterization of PZT/PLZT Multilayers

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
David Bahr
Project type
Exploratory Research
Thin ferroelctric films have been grown using solution deposition methods. Films of alternating layers of lead - zironcate - titanate and lead - lanthanum - zironcate - titanate have been grown,…

X-ray Photoemission Study of Graphite

Lead Institution
UCAR Carbon Company Inc.
Principal Investigator
Samina Azad
Project type
Exploratory Research
The energy requirement of many industrial processes is met through utilization of reactions of carbon and carbonaceous materials with oxygen, steam, carbon dioxide and hydrogen. The mechanisms of the…

Molecular Recognition at the Electronic Level

Lead Institution
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Principal Investigator
John Stezowski
Project type
Exploratory Research
The goal of the proposed research is to develop a new approach to understanding biochemical macromolecular recognition of cofactors and substrate molecules through a graphical display of HOMOs and…