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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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Low Energy Sputtering Experiments using RBS

Lead Institution
NASA Glenn Research Center
Principal Investigator
Michael Nakles
Project type
Exploratory Research
The recent successful demonstration of the NASA Solar electric propulsion Technology Application Readiness (NSTAR) ion thruster on the Deep Space 1 mission has paved the way for future electrostatic…

Proteomics of Morphology Determination in a Fungus

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Linda Lasure
Project type
Exploratory Research
The white rot fungus, Phanerochaete crysosporium, is a saprophytic organism isolated from decaying wood chips. It is one of few organisms that produce ligninase enzymes. These enzymes are required…

Iron mineral and chromium reduction by Cellulomonas spp.

Lead Institution
Montana State University
Principal Investigator
Robin Gerlach
Project type
Exploratory Research
The Center for Biofilm Engineering (CBE) at Montana State University (MSU) in collaboration with the Center for Multiphase Environmental Research (CMER) at Washington State University (WSU) and the…

Developing an Initial Framework for a Regional Earth System Model

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Lai-Yung Ruby Leung
Project type
Exploratory Research
Predicting climate change at the regional scale is critically important for assessing climate change impacts and developing strategies for mitigation and adaptation. Regional climate models (RCMs)…

Regulated proteolysis and bystander effects in radiation

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
David Springer
Project type
Exploratory Research
Growing evidence suggests that the number of cells adversely influenced by radiation exposure is greater that those receiving a direct radiation hit. We hypothesize that radiation-induced bystander…

Computational study of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their derivatives

Lead Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Principal Investigator
So Hirata
Project type
Exploratory Research
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) constitute a large class of conjugated pi-electron systems that are key molecular species in many branches of chemistry, such as, interstellar, combustion,…

Hydrogen Adsorption Characterization of Carbon Supported Catalyst

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Feng Zheng
Project type
Exploratory Research
A carbon-supported catalyst was developed at PNNL for processing biobased feedstock by hydrothermal reactions. The dispersion of catalyst metal on the support needs to be measured using the hydrogen…

Characterization Polymer Thin Films and Arrays

Lead Institution
Portland State University
Principal Investigator
Mingdi Yan
Project type
Exploratory Research
Our research at Portland State University focuses on surface chemistry and molecular imprinting. One particular area of interest is the fabrication of polymer thin film arrays that possess molecular…

Fabricate Nanoscale Thin Film Cathode with Sputter Deposition

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Yunxiang Lu
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective of this project is 1) to fabricate nanoscale thin film cathode with sputtering and pulsed laser deposition techniques with well defined electrode geometry, 2) study transient electrode…

Computer Simulation of Radiation Effects in Zircon

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Ram Devanathan
Project type
Exploratory Research
Zircon is an extremely durable mineral proposed as a crystalline host for the disposal of high actinide waste forms. In order to minimize the release of actinides to the environment, it is essential…

Computer Simulation of Radiation Effects in Zircon

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Ram Devanathan
Project type
Exploratory Research
Zircon is an extremely durable mineral proposed as a crystalline host for the disposal of high actinide waste forms. In order to minimize the release of actinides to the environment, it is essential…

Steam Reforming of Methanol over Highly Active and Selective Pd/ZnO Catalyst

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Robert Dagle
Project type
Exploratory Research
Pd/ZnO catalysts are currently being investigated for steam reforming of methanol. Unlike precious metal-based catalysts, Pd/ZnO catalysts not only exhibited high activity, but more importantly very…

Measure fluorescence spectra from LiF film

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Mark Murphy
Project type
Exploratory Research
Fluorescence spectra from a LiF film developed at PNNL was measured and found to exhibit peaks in the green, red and infrared. These color centers have been found to perform well in uses for high…

Integrate the so-called CRENBL spin-orbit operator into NWChem

Lead Institution
Self (Ermler)
Principal Investigator
Walter Ermler
Project type
Exploratory Research
The main objective is to integrate the so-called CRENBL spin-orbit operator potential parameters that I have developed, and will continue to develop during my visit, into the NWChem software suite…

TeO2 detector surfaces

Lead Institution
University of South Carolina
Principal Investigator
Frank Avignone
Project type
Exploratory Research
Examine composition of detector surfaces, and determine optimum cleaning method.