Projects

Reaction Specificity of Nanoparticles in Solution (PNNL Scope # 42184/44076, Baer/Amonette Nano-Fe BES/EMSP project)

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

Project type

Exploratory Research

This User Proposal is being submitted as part of an approved NSET proposal under PIs Don Baer and Paul Tratnyek to perform fundamental basic science studies that will benefit a whole range of…

Cooperation on Nanocomposite Materials Using PNNL/EMSL User Facilities

Lead Institution

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Principal Investigator

Kuiyang Jiang

Project type

Exploratory Research

Nanotechnology is leading to unprecedented understanding and control over the basic building blocks and properties of natural and man-made materials. We propose here to establish a cooperation with…

Measurement of Ambient Concentrations of Aerosols to Support the Analysis of MIRAGE Urban Plume Transport and Chemistry

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Brian Lamb

Project type

Exploratory Research

As part of the MIRAGE/MILAGRO field campaign, we propose to collect VOC flux measurements and aerosol ambient concentration and flux measurements at a site near the center of Mexico City. We will…

Spectroscopi Infrared Properties of Hydrogen Cyanide

Lead Institution

College of William and Mary

Principal Investigator

Malathy Venkataraman

Project type

Exploratory Research

Using the EMSL high resolution Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, study the self, nitrogen and air broadeing of hydrogen cyanide. This will involve taking high resolution FTS spectra of HCN…

Hematite Thin Film Preparation for X-ray Spectroscopic Studies of the Reactivity and Distribution of Pb(II) and As(V) at Natural Organic Matter/Iron Oxide Interfaces

Lead Institution

Stanford University

Principal Investigator

Tae Hyun Yoon

Project type

Exploratory Research

We are conducting research on the effect(s) of organic coatings on the reactivity of mineral surfaces using synchrotron-based X-ray standing wave (XSW), soft x-ray spectroscopy and microscopy, and…

Evaluation of Municipal Incinerator Contribution to Spokane PM

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Dennis Finn

Project type

Exploratory Research

The proposed project is designed to evaluate the what, if any contributions are made to particulate matter loading in Spokane, Washington due to emissions from the municipal waster incinerator west…

Innovative Aerosol Collector (Alexander's SBIR, PNNL Scope #48595)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Rahul Zaveri

Project type

Exploratory Research

This proposal is a continuation of research under EMSL User Proposal #18198. Develop an innovative aerosol collector for on-line analysis of individual particulate species using Proton Transfer…

Solid Phase Characterization/Speciation of U in 300 Area Sediments-Hanford

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

R. Serne

Project type

Exploratory Research

A new EMSL-refined, fluorescence line-narrowing technique performed in cryostat at liquid He-temperature will be used to determine U(VI) speciation in contaminated sediments. The technique provides…

Identification of covalent modification of SecA

Lead Institution

University of Missouri - Columbia

Principal Investigator

Linda Randall

Project type

Exploratory Research

SecA is the peripherally membrane-bound ATPase that is part of the translocon that mediates the export of proteins from the bacterial cytoplasm and outer membrane. In vivo 50% of the SecA is found…

Contaminant-Organic Complexes: Their Structure and Energetics in Surface Decontamination Processes

Lead Institution

University of California, Merced

Principal Investigator

Samuel Traina

Project type

Exploratory Research

The objective of this project is to measure the decay rate constants for the europium species in solid samples.The solid samples to be analyzed contain gibbsite, europium and siderophore (DFB).The…

Single Particle Laboratory Studies of Heterogeneous Reactions of Trace Atmospheric Gases with Particles Present in the Troposphere

Lead Institution

University of Iowa

Principal Investigator

Brenda Krueger

Project type

Exploratory Research

It is becoming increasingly clear that heterogeneous processes involving particulate matter in the atmosphere can greatly perturb the chemical composition of both the troposphere and the stratosphere…

Mixed Alkali Effect on Oxidation of Si3N4 - A Compositional Study Using RBS

Lead Institution

Stevens Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Henry Du

Project type

Exploratory Research

Silicon nitride ceramics have a significant temperature capability advantage relative to single crystal super-alloys for jet and industrial turbine applications. Vanes and blades made of this…

Preparing specimens for the scanning electron microscope with Jim Young

Lead Institution

Columbia Basin College

Principal Investigator

Jennifer Von Reis

Project type

Exploratory Research

Thanks to Battelle, Columbia Basin College has a scanning electron microscope (SEM). However, we do not have the equipment to prepare biological specimens. I hope that, working with Jim Young,…

Reactivity of primary soil minerals and secondary precipitates beneath leaking Hanford waste tanks

Lead Institution

Pohang University of Science & Technology

Principal Investigator

Wooyong Um

Project type

Exploratory Research

Objectives The primary goals of this project are to (1) quantify reaction kinetics for the dominant mineral dissolution and precipitation reactions that will occur when tank fluids mix with the…

Use of EMSL Scanning Microscopy Capabilities to Study Soil Mineral Weathering

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

J. Dickinson

Project type

Exploratory Research

Our research concerns the effect of rooted plants on chemical weathering of minerals, focusing on the associated export or loss of base cations in drainage and runoff (chemical denudation). Our work…

Use of EMSL Scanning Microscopy Capabilities to Study Soil Mineral Weathering

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

J. Dickinson

Project type

Exploratory Research

Our research concerns the effect of rooted plants on chemical weathering of minerals, focusing on the associated export or loss of base cations in drainage and runoff (chemical denudation). Our work…

SEM of Life Stages of Gall Wasps of the Family Cynipidae

Lead Institution

Humboldt State University

Principal Investigator

John DeMartini

Project type

Exploratory Research

For the partifcipant to learn scanning microscopy. For the participant to produce SEM photos of life stages of a variety of gall wasps found in California oak trees.

Investigation of Arsenic and Lead Migration at Former Phosphate Fertilizer Plants

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Kirk Cantrell

Project type

Exploratory Research

Battelle is conducting ongoing geochemical investigations of arsenic and lead migration at a number of former phosphate fertilizer plant sites located in the Southeastern U.S. Field and laboratory…

Identification of heat shock proteins in the radioresistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans

Lead Institution

Duke University

Principal Investigator

Amy Schmid

Project type

Exploratory Research

This project aims (1) to identify the proteins present in the proteome of Deinococcus radiodurans R1 under heat shock conditions and (2) to identify proteins under the control of heat shock…

AFM and XPS Corrosion Research on Rock Bolt for Yucca Mountain Repository

Lead Institution

University of Nevada, Reno

Principal Investigator

Dhanesh Chandra

Project type

Exploratory Research

Conventional electrochemical studies performed to understand corrosion behavior of metals do not give dynamic structural feedback due to presence of causing hydrogen embrittlement. We propose to…