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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. 

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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Determination of the proteome of drosophila lipid droplets

Lead Institution
University of California, Irvine
Principal Investigator
Steven Gross
Project type
Exploratory Research
My research goal is to understand the way molecular motors such as kinesin and dynein move cargos in vivo. To investigate this, I have developed a model system, the bi-directional transport of lipid…

Mechanisms of Fe Biomineralization Induced By Dissimilatory Iron Reduction

Lead Institution
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Principal Investigator
Colleen Hansel
Project type
Exploratory Research
Iron minerals are ubiquitous in nature and play a critical role in the geochemical cycling of trace elements. In particular, iron oxides serve as potent sorbents and repositories for nutrients and…

Mechanisms of Fe Biomineralization Induced By Dissimilatory Iron Reduction

Lead Institution
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Principal Investigator
Colleen Hansel
Project type
Exploratory Research
Iron minerals are ubiquitous in nature and play a critical role in the geochemical cycling of trace elements. In particular, iron oxides serve as potent sorbents and repositories for nutrients and…

Spectroscopy and microscopy of doped TiO2 nanocrystalline materials

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Daniel Gamelin
Project type
Exploratory Research
We propose to synthesize and characterize by XRD, TEM, and possibly EPR spectroscopy a series of nanocrystalline ferromagnetic oxide semiconductor materials of direct relevance to spintronics…

Spectroscopy and microscopy of doped TiO2 nanocrystalline materials

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Daniel Gamelin
Project type
Exploratory Research
We propose to synthesize and characterize by XRD, TEM, and possibly EPR spectroscopy a series of nanocrystalline ferromagnetic oxide semiconductor materials of direct relevance to spintronics…

Fuel Reforming Catalyst Characterization

Lead Institution
Innovatek, Inc.
Principal Investigator
Patricia Irving
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective of the proposed work is to characterize catalyst formulations under development at InnovaTek for reforming hydrocarbon fuels to generate hydrogen for fuel cells. The proprietary…

Determination of Valance Band Offset in Sr2TiO4/SrTiO3 heterostructures

Lead Institution
Pennsylvania State University
Principal Investigator
Jeff Haeni
Project type
Exploratory Research
The ultimate goal of this research is the creation of a 2D electron gas in heterostructures comprised of members of the Sr-Ti-O Ruddlesden Popper homologous series. An understanding of the…

Biomineralization peptides structure and function

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Wendy Shaw
Project type
Exploratory Research
My work includes looking at biomineralization peptides on inorganic surfaces to determine their structure and relate that to function. In order to do this, I must confirm that I have a pure peptide…

Measurement of Absolute Infrared Absorption Cross Sections of Nitric Acid

Lead Institution
NASA Ames Research Center
Principal Investigator
Charles Chackerian
Project type
Exploratory Research
We will use EMSL's Bruker IFS 120 high resolution infrared spectrometer to measure the absolute infrared absorption cross sections of nitric acid in the mid and far infrared regions.

High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy of Boron Trifluoride

Lead Institution
Private (Maki)
Principal Investigator
Arthur Maki
Project type
Exploratory Research
We will use EMSL's Bruker high resolution infrared spectrometer to measure the rotationally resolved spectrum of several isotopic species of boron trifluoride in the mid and near infrared…

High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy of Boron Trifluoride

Lead Institution
Private (Maki)
Principal Investigator
Arthur Maki
Project type
Exploratory Research
We will use EMSL's Bruker high resolution infrared spectrometer to measure the rotationally resolved spectrum of several isotopic species of boron trifluoride in the mid and near infrared…

Vegetable characterization

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Albert Mendoza
Project type
Exploratory Research
check the fluorscence of vegetables

Investigation of Oxidation State of Elements in Natural Brannerites

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Edgar Buck
Project type
Exploratory Research
Any strategy for disposing nuclear waste in a geologic repository must involve the long-term behavior of the primary containment system, the waste-form itself. One method of confirming the…

Investigation of Oxidation State of Elements in Natural Brannerites

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Edgar Buck
Project type
Exploratory Research
Any strategy for disposing nuclear waste in a geologic repository must involve the long-term behavior of the primary containment system, the waste-form itself. One method of confirming the…

computational strategies for proteomics

Lead Institution
University of Colorado
Principal Investigator
Katheryn Resing
Project type
Exploratory Research
We would like to visit for two days, to acquaint ourselves with the computational approaches that PNL is using for proteomics analyses, particularly in regards to exploiting the higher mass accuracy…

Identify Morphology of Initial LIGO Core Optics Scatter Sites:

Lead Institution
California Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator
Cheryl Vorvick
Project type
Exploratory Research
The core optics in the Initial LIGO project all show numerous scatter points when illuminated by the interferometer beam. The scatter points are a source of loss in the interferometer, and thus are a…