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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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SEM image acquisition, X-ray elemental analysis

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Richard Ozanich
Project type
Exploratory Research
Acquire images and determine elemental composition of 200-300 nm nanoparticles.

Long Term Monitoring of Permeable Reactive Barriers

Lead Institution
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Wiwat Kamolpornwijit
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objectives are to evaluate the long-termperformance of PRBs (Fe0) and develope a proper monitoring plan. The reseacrh work include the investigation on numbers of existing PRBs (Fe0) and…

How Desert Varnish Forms

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Randall Perry
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective is to see if desert varnish is microbially mediated or an organic process. Desert varnish has not been investigated on a micro scale. Careful characterization of varnish structure,…

MeV Ion Irradiation of Non-ice Solar System Analogue Materials

Lead Institution
Johns Hopkins University
Principal Investigator
Charles Hibbitts
Project type
Exploratory Research
This project will irradiate select non-ice materials with MeV ions of oxyen, sulfur, and carbon. This experiment is to simulate the irradiation of non-ice materials on the surfaces of of the…

Processing of the cysteine protease aleurain

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
John Rogers
Project type
Exploratory Research
This is a project funded by my DOE grant (DE-FG03-97ER20277) from the Office of Energy Biosciences. We are purifying a protease that is localized in a specific prevacuolar compartment in plant cells…

Characterization of nanocomposites using electrochemistry, XPS, TEM and SEM

Lead Institution
University of California, San Diego
Principal Investigator
Xiang-Rong Ye
Project type
Exploratory Research
To investigate the structures and electrochemical properties of carbon nanotubes/catalysts nanocomposites. Nanocomposites will be synthesized at the University of Idaho and characterization will be…

Exchange bias in Fe/MnPd bilayers

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Goran Blomqvist
Project type
Exploratory Research
We are investigating the magnetic exchange bias in Fe/MnPd bilayers. The Fe layers are ferromagnetic whereas the MnPd layers are antiferromagnetic. SQUID, VSM, XMCD and neutron scattering will be…

DEVELOPMENT OF A CAPABILITY TO QUANTIFY ARSENIC IN AN ADSORBENT

Lead Institution
University of Western Sydney, Nepean Australia
Principal Investigator
Saravanamuthu Maheswaran
Project type
Exploratory Research
Arsenic in ground water and surface water is one of the major issues associated with drinking water since arsenic is a toxic metal that has serious effects on human health and the environment. USEPA…

Automated suspension microarray for microbial community profiling

Lead Institution
Argonne National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Darrell Chandler
Project type
Exploratory Research
Compare the performance of automated nucleic acid capture using sequential injection microfluidic system compared to identical procedures accomplished in batch reactions. PCR products from metal…

Growth and Characterization of Fe doped TiO2 Films

Lead Institution
Hanbat National University
Principal Investigator
Yong Joo Kim
Project type
Exploratory Research
The ability to efficiently inject spins into multi-layer semiconductor device structures creates new and exciting possibilities for utilizing spin-polarized transport in computing and signal…

Sensitivity Evaluation of PTR-MS

Lead Institution
Battelle Columbus
Principal Investigator
Chester Spicer
Project type
Exploratory Research
Preliminary testing of PTR-MS to assess sensitivity to selected Toxic Release Inventory chemicals

Cellular responses to ionizing radiation as examined by FTIR.

Lead Institution
Middle East Technical University
Principal Investigator
Feride Severcan
Project type
Exploratory Research
Currently, the standards for human exposure to ionizing radiation are set by extrapolating data obtained in the high-dose regime to the low-dose regime where the biological responses are below…

Surface Analysis of Polyurethanes

Lead Institution
University of Central Florida
Principal Investigator
Jeffrey Ramsdell
Project type
Exploratory Research
This is continuing study of the surface domains of segmented polyurethane materials. The surface chemical structure, morphology, and mechanical response of these materials is being investigated…