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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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Environmental Photochemical Fate of Manufactured Carbon Nanomaterials

Lead Institution
Purdue University
Principal Investigator
Inez Hua
Project type
Exploratory Research
The overall objective of the proposed research is to investigate photochemical transformation of buckminsterfullerene (C60) and single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) under conditions of environmental…

Infrared Absortion Cross Sections of Acetone and Acetic Acid

Lead Institution
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Principal Investigator
Alfons Weber
Project type
Exploratory Research
Using the Bruker high resolution Fourier transform infrared spectrometer faclity of EMSL, the infrared absorption cross sections of acetone and acetic acid vapors are to be determined as functions of…

High Surface Area Nanocrystalline SiC Material Analysis

Lead Institution
Idaho National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Daniel Ginosar
Project type
Exploratory Research
Nanocrytalline SiC materials with high surface areas have a wide range of applications in catalysts, high temperature gas separation, semiconductors, high temperature sensors and electrodes,…

Theoretical Investigations of Chiral Self-Assembly at Solid Surfaces

Lead Institution
Northwestern University
Principal Investigator
Mark Ratner
Project type
Exploratory Research
Chiral symmetry breaking is the process by which an achiral phase is resolved into two enantiomeric domains. This refers to the separation of a racemic mixture, and also to induced chiral separations…

Theoretical Investigations of Chiral Self-Assembly at Solid Surfaces

Lead Institution
Northwestern University
Principal Investigator
Mark Ratner
Project type
Exploratory Research
Chiral symmetry breaking is the process by which an achiral phase is resolved into two enantiomeric domains. This refers to the separation of a racemic mixture, and also to induced chiral separations…

Mobilities of Ions at High Temperature

Lead Institution
University of Maine
Principal Investigator
Jay Rasaiah
Project type
Exploratory Research
Molecular dynamics simulation is used to study the ion mobilities.

Eignesolver

Lead Institution
IBM
Principal Investigator
Fred Gustavson
Project type
Exploratory Research
Information Exchange

Glass Simulation

Lead Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator
Michael Brenner
Project type
Exploratory Research

Separation Science Project

Lead Institution
Indiana State University
Principal Investigator
Eric Glendening
Project type
Exploratory Research
To examine chemical systems of interest to the separations science project

Interface Chemistry and electronics of ZnSe and ZnS upon Culn2Se3

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
Peter Eschbach
Project type
Exploratory Research
We plan to examine the interface chemistry and electronics of ZnSe and ZnS upon Culn2Se3. Copper indium selenide films have become one of the most promising materials for low cost, high efficeincy …