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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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Amino acid sequence of reaction center variants

Lead Institution
University of British Columbia
Principal Investigator
J. Beatty
Project type
Exploratory Research
We wish to determine the amino acid sequence of a region of the reaction center H protein from two putative mutants

Zinc oxide: a material for efficient light emission

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
Matthew Mccluskey
Project type
Exploratory Research
Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a semiconductor that has attracted resurgent interest as an electronic material for a range of applications. A wide-bandgap semiconductor, ZnO emits light in the blue-to-UV region…

Deep Desulphurization of Hot Coal Gas for Production of Liquid Fuels

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Liyu Li
Project type
Exploratory Research
The production of liquid fuel from coal via gasification and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis is one of the few feasible strategies for improving the nation's energy security. The energy efficiency of…

Laser Induced Fluorescence detection of C2 and C3 Vapor

Lead Institution
Whitworth College
Principal Investigator
Richard Stevens
Project type
Exploratory Research
The purpose of the experiment is to try and determine the feasibility of in situ laser diagnostics for erosion in carbon-based ion thruster grids for NASA. The experiment is designed to try and…

SEM imaging of microstructures

Lead Institution
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Principal Investigator
Lawrence Bowman
Project type
Exploratory Research
Acquire images of microstructures fabricated by photolithographic techniques.

Effects of antibiotics on gene expression in D. radiodurans

Lead Institution
Pliva Pharm. Ind. Inc., Analytical Centre
Principal Investigator
Vesna Gabelica
Project type
Exploratory Research
Main objective of this proposal is the characterization of the changes in gene expression in Deinococcus radiodurans due to the presence of known antibiotics with defined mode of action and…

Characterization of Nanostructured Catalysts and Nanostructured Materials

Lead Institution
Yale University
Principal Investigator
Jun Liu
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective of this proposal is to use EMSL's advanced electron microscopy facility to characterize the compositions and properties of the nanostructured catalysts and nanostructured materials…

SEM study of gold implanted gallium nitride

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Weilin Jiang
Project type
Exploratory Research
Gallium nitride (GaN) is a wide bandgap semiconductor material and has a great potential for applications in optoelectronics and power electronics. Prior to the device fabrication, a fundamental…

Growth and Investigation of Co-doped Anatase Films

Lead Institution
Vienna University of Technology
Principal Investigator
Ulrike Diebold
Project type
Exploratory Research
Spintronics [1] combines the electronic and the magnetic properties materials for designing novel devices such as MRAMs, or even a completely new type of logic [2]. Dilute magnetic semiconductors …

Series Connected Micro-Electro-Chemical Oxygen Sensor

Lead Institution
University of Utah
Principal Investigator
Rajesh Radhakrishnan
Project type
Exploratory Research
Micro fabrication and characterization of Series connected potentiometric oxygen sensor. The specific instruments required for this project will include pattern generator (5-10um resolution, mask…

Scanning Electron Microscopy of Granular Iron Metal Exposed to Carbonate

Lead Institution
Oregon Health & Science University
Principal Investigator
Paul Tratnyek
Project type
Exploratory Research
We have a data set on the kinetics of reduction of 1,1,1-trichloroethane by granular iron metal that shows dramatic effects of exposure to carbonate buffer. To complete a manuscript on these results,…

Characterization of Covalently Bound Monolayer Via XPS

Lead Institution
Portland State University
Principal Investigator
Michele Bartlett
Project type
Exploratory Research
Recently, we developed a novel technique for the covalent immobilization of polymer thin films on solid substrates using functionalized perfluorophenylazides (PFPAs). Functionalization of the PFPA…