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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™.

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Examine the Compositions of the Black Sands in Northern Oregon

Lead Institution
David Heil Associates Corporation
Principal Investigator
James Young
Project type
Exploratory Research
Beaches on the Oregon Coast have several kinds of sand, white quartz and feldspar sands, and two types of black sands rich in iron and titanium. Black sands in southern Oregon come from the Klamath…

Identification of Metal Reductases (NABIR)

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Mary Lipton
Project type
Exploratory Research
Central to the NABIR goal to develop the scientific basis for in situ remediation of radioactive contaminants is the fundamental understanding of microorganisms with dissmilatory metal reducing…

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…

Exploratory Synthesis of Novel Cluster-Based Nanomaterials

Lead Institution
University of Missouri - Rolla
Principal Investigator
Massimo Bertino
Project type
Exploratory Research
When materials are reduced in size to the nanometer scale, their physical and chemical properties undergo major changes and become size-dependent, forming the foundation of nanoscience and…

Radionuclide Reduction by Anaeromyxabacter dehalogenans

Lead Institution
University of Tennessee
Principal Investigator
Frank Loeffler
Project type
Exploratory Research
The genus Anaeromyxobacter was described only recently, and members of this group appear to be major contributors to the biogeochemical cycling of metals. We demonstrated that Anaeromyxobacter…

Microscopic analysis of carbon-based nanomaterials

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Yongsoon Shin
Project type
Exploratory Research
We are synthesizing nanostructured carbon-based materials from different carbohydrate precursors, such as glucose, fructose, and their derivatives. Functional carbon spheres with core-shell…

High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy of the 360 cm-1 Band of Acetonitrile

Lead Institution
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Linda Brown
Project type
Exploratory Research
We will record and analyze the high resolution infrared spectrum of the 360 cm-1 band of acetonitrile. The purpose of this work is to determine the line shapes and positions of the rovibrational…

Computational Study of Oxygen Reduction on SOFC Cathode Surfaces

Lead Institution
Georgia Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator
Meilin Liu
Project type
Exploratory Research
This project is to examine the detailed reaction mechanisms of oxygen reduction process in the cathode of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) employed with first-principle calculations of gas-surface…