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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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Lithium Aluminate Characterization

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Larry Bagaasen
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective of this project is to support the development of a production process for lithium aluminate pellets. EMSL has SEM capabilities that generally are not available in the commercial arena…

STORAGE PERFORMANCE OF CARBON NANOTUBES

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Xiaoyi Gong
Project type
Exploratory Research
TO EXPLORE THE CARBON NANOTUBE'S POTENTIAL IN STORAGE CAPABILITIES OF HYDROGEN, METHANE AND OTHER FUELS. NEED TO USE THE ADSORPTION TESTING INSTRUMENT OF MARI LOU BALMER.

materials for automotive sensor developement

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Greg Coffey
Project type
Exploratory Research
investigation of electrodes, ionic conduction, protective mechanisms, posining mechanisms, morphological concideratios

materials for automotive sensor developement

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Greg Coffey
Project type
Exploratory Research
investigation of electrodes, ionic conduction, protective mechanisms, posining mechanisms, morphological concideratios

Characterize fruit samples

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Timothy Stewart
Project type
Exploratory Research
Characterize fruit samples using SPEX fluorometer.

Determination of Fluorescence Lifetime of Natural Oganic Matter

Lead Institution
University of Maine
Principal Investigator
Tsutomu Ohno
Project type
Exploratory Research
Our current work is utilizing excitation-emission matrix fluorescence spectroscopy combined with the multi-way Parallel Factor Analysis (PARAFAC) to decompose the fluorescence landscape of natural…

Scientist-Student-Teacher Research Program

Lead Institution
Hanford High School
Principal Investigator
Brian Palmer
Project type
Exploratory Research
Establish remote access to Axis 165 Multiprobe from Hanford High School. Conduct research for the Laboratory from the Scientific Research Class at Hanford High School.

DeNOx reactions on ceria and zirconia-modified ceria

Lead Institution
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Jose Rodriguez
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective is to study the adsorption of nitrogen oxides (NO, N2O and NO2) on ceria and zirconia-modified ceria films. The films will be grown at PNNL and then adsorption experiments will be carry…

Undergraduate Research in Characterization of Advanced Materials

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
David Bahr
Project type
Exploratory Research
During the summer of 1999 the group of students, as part of an NSF REU summer program and a 1 credit course, visited PNNL to see first hand some equipment which is not available (or is significantly…

Finite Element Modeling of Bubbles in Yield Stress Materials

Lead Institution
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Benjamin Liu
Project type
Exploratory Research
This research seeks to examine the interactions of bubbles in yield stress, or visco-plastic materials. Such materials include paints, foodstuffs, waste sludges and slurries, fermentation broths, and…

Genomic dissection of copper metabolism in S. cerevisiae

Lead Institution
University of Florida
Principal Investigator
Chris Vulpe
Project type
Exploratory Research
Copper is an essential yet potentially toxic in cells and organisms because. Because copper ions readily gain and lose electrons they are cofactor of enzymes involved in the utilization of oxygen by…

Studies on drug release from biodegradable hydrogels

Lead Institution
Advanced Imaging Technologies
Principal Investigator
Anna Gutowska
Project type
Exploratory Research
HPLC analysis on released drug from the hydrogel This project is preparation of in-situ gelling polymer and applications to the drug delivery and tissue engineering. To analyze released drug from…

Surface Structural Determination of SrTiO3(100) surface using AR-MSRI

Lead Institution
Brown University
Principal Investigator
Li-Qiong Wang
Project type
Exploratory Research
This proposal involves using angle-resolved mass-spectroscopy of recoiled ions (AR-MSRI) to investigate the surface structure of SrTiO3(100). A stoichiometric SrTiO3(100) surface has two possible…

FTICR-mass spectrometry

Lead Institution
Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum
Principal Investigator
Bernd Moritz
Project type
Exploratory Research
In summer we will get a Fourier transform mass spectrometer in our lab. We want to support our analyses by the high resolving power of such an instrument. As I will be the operator of this mass…

Carbon nanotube synthesis and applicaitons

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Xiaoyi Gong
Project type
Exploratory Research
SEM is needed to identify the carbon nanotubes. James S. Young's participation in the proposed project is very important.

Measurement of specific surface areas of soot powder

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Robert Disselkamp
Project type
Exploratory Research
Anna from Lou Balmer's group measured specific surface area's of soot powders using an rxm-100 instrument.

Crystal Perfection in Cadmium Zinc Telluride Radiation Detectors

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Mary Bliss
Project type
Exploratory Research
This effort is to collect high resolution x-ray diffraction data to correlate with thermally stimulated current measurements. The samples are cadmium zinc telluride which have the potential to be…

Crystal Perfection in Cadmium Zinc Telluride Radiation Detectors

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Mary Bliss
Project type
Exploratory Research
This effort is to collect high resolution x-ray diffraction data to correlate with thermally stimulated current measurements. The samples are cadmium zinc telluride which have the potential to be…