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As a scientific user facility, 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 user projects, visit EMSL's Science Central.

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Characterization of ion movement in organic electronic devices via ToF-SIMS

Lead Institution
Western Washington University
Principal Investigator
Janelle Leger
Project type
Exploratory Research
An emerging advantage of organic semiconductors is their ability to conduct ions in applications such as light-emitting electrochemical cells, photovoltaic devices, actuators, and electrochromic…

Field effect studies of CoxTi1-xO2 thin films

Lead Institution
Yale University
Principal Investigator
Jeng-Bang Yau
Project type
Exploratory Research
Co doped TiO2 is a dilute magnetic oxide semiconductor that is potentially promising for spintronics device applications. The ferromagnetism of CoxTi1-xO2 is believed to be mediated by the doped…

Optimization of peptide identification from tandem mass spectral data

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
William Cannon
Project type
Exploratory Research
Determining the correct sequence of amino acids for a peptide starting with MS/MS spectral data can be stated as an optimization problem where the objective is to match an experimental spectrum with…

Benchmarking Localized Coupled Cluster methods in the NWchem package

Lead Institution
University of Waterloo
Principal Investigator
Martinus Nooijen
Project type
Exploratory Research
Using the Tensor Contraction Engine developed by Dr. So Hirata we have implemented a localized coupled cluster approach in NWchem. The present and near-future capabilities of this implementation …

Global measurments of phosphopeptides in human mammary epithelial cells.

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Richard Zangar
Project type
Exploratory Research
There is a need to understand fundamental regulatory mechanisms that regulate cell growth and differentiation in breast cells. This information can lead to new routes of treating or preventing…

Single Molecule Dymanics of Protein DNA Interactions

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
Alexander Li
Project type
Exploratory Research
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and protein interactions are ubiquitous biological systems and their interactions play critical roles in controlling functional cellular systems and abnormal cell…

Fluorescence Imaging of Cellular Protein Dynamics

Lead Institution
Brigham Young University
Principal Investigator
Gretchen Carr
Project type
Exploratory Research
Advance fluorescence advanced technology will be used to study the interactions of proteins at the cell membrane and within the cytoplasm to better understand the molecular cascades underlying…

electron induced low-dose hypersensetivity

Lead Institution
Wayne State University
Principal Investigator
Michael Joiner
Project type
Exploratory Research
Following very low acute radiation exposures, an increase in radiosensitivity has been detected at doses below 1 Gy in a number of cell lines in vitro. This phenomenon is termed ?low-dose hyper…

Electron Induced Genomic Instability

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
William Morgan
Project type
Exploratory Research
Electron induced genomic instability will be investigated using the PNNL microbeam and cho transfected gfp reporter constructs.

Regional Scale Atmospheric Modeling

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Jerome Fast
Project type
Exploratory Research
To study metrological and atmospheric chemistry modeling for DOE-BER atmospheric science projects including DOE atmospheric chemistry program and vertical transport and mixing program. Test and…

Triplet Decay Pathways of the Electrically Conducting Polymer Poly[2-methoxy-5-(2'-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] Poly[2-methoxy-5-(2'-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] Poly[2-methoxy-5-(2'-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene]

Lead Institution
Central Washington University
Principal Investigator
David Laman
Project type
Exploratory Research
Poly[2-methoxy-5-(2'-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (MEH-PPV) is an electrically conductive polymer that is under active investigation for use as a photoinduced electron transfer donor in…

The chemistry and mineralogy of variable charge soils

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Nikolla Qafoku
Project type
Exploratory Research
I received an invitation to write a review paper (chapter) for the Journal: Advances in Agronomy, which is a well established and highly regarded serial publication (ranked #1 in Agriculture). In…

Rapidly Deployable Sensor Network

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Elizabeth Jurrus
Project type
Exploratory Research
Project Background Emerging networking technology provides unique opportunities for the rapid deployment and operation of clusters of sensor systems. The Rapidly Deployable Sensor Network (RDSN)…