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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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Chemical State Image Analysis of Biologically Relevant Patterned Surfaces

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Bronwyn Wickes
Project type
Exploratory Research
Static ToF-SIMS imaging enables the spatial analysis of multiple surface species. ToF-SIMS images can be challenging to analyze because of their size, complexity and signal to noise. Images of…

Magnetics Nanoparticles Characterization

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Yuping Bao
Project type
Exploratory Research
Using TEM to chracterize the magnetic nanoparticles shape size , orientation.

XPS characterization of hydroquinone-treated hematite

Lead Institution
University of Wyoming
Principal Investigator
Carrick Eggleston
Project type
Exploratory Research
We are studying the adsorption and reaction of hydroquinone with hematite mineral surfaces in connection with questions regarding biological electron transport for iron reducing bacteria. Our…

Identification of proteins differentially expressed in response IR.

Lead Institution
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Matthew Coleman
Project type
Exploratory Research
Our laboratory has used cDNA microarray studies to identify ionizing radiation (IR) modulation transcripts for genes such as transcription factors, oncogenes, intercellular signaling factors and…

Plastic film near-infrared signatures

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Richard Ozanich
Project type
Exploratory Research
Measure an assortment of plastic film samples having different polymer thin-layer coatings to determine if their near-infrared spectrum can be used to identify the particular samples. Objectives are…

SEM image acquisition, X-ray elemental analysis

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Richard Ozanich
Project type
Exploratory Research
Acquire images and determine elemental composition of 200-300 nm nanoparticles.

Long Term Monitoring of Permeable Reactive Barriers

Lead Institution
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Wiwat Kamolpornwijit
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objectives are to evaluate the long-termperformance of PRBs (Fe0) and develope a proper monitoring plan. The reseacrh work include the investigation on numbers of existing PRBs (Fe0) and…

Study of Nd3+ Surface Adsorption on Calcite

Lead Institution
University of Central Florida
Principal Investigator
Sandra Withers-Kirby
Project type
Exploratory Research
The adsorption of Nd3+ on the calcite (CaCO3) surface will be studied. The impurity sorption properties of calcite have particular importance to waste remediation efforts at the Hanford Nuclear…

Epitaxial Growth and Properties of Nanoscale Oxides for Spintronics

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Diedrich Schmidt
Project type
Exploratory Research
As part of JIN Award 2002, will be working with PNNL LDRD team. Author will work on the growth and characterization of cobalt doped anatase (TiO2) on silicon, with the goals to understand and solve…

Nondestructive Carbon Nanotube Modification of Tailored Functionality

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Leonard Fifield
Project type
Exploratory Research
As part of JIN Award 2002, wll be working with Chris Aardahl to develop new materials that harness the qualities of carbon nanotubes. Actuator devices based on these materials will be constructed as…

Nondestructive Carbon Nanotube Modification of Tailored Functionality

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Leonard Fifield
Project type
Exploratory Research
As part of JIN Award 2002, wll be working with Chris Aardahl to develop new materials that harness the qualities of carbon nanotubes. Actuator devices based on these materials will be constructed as…

White Layer Characterization

Lead Institution
Portland State University
Principal Investigator
William Wood
Project type
Exploratory Research
Metallurgists have widely reported a thin, featureless layer on the surface of sliding components in many industrires. It has been called white layer due to its resistance to chemical etching. The…

Dilute magnetic semiconducting oxide thin films and nanostructures

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Kannan Krishnan
Project type
Exploratory Research
As JIN Award 2002, we propose to investigate the growth, magnetic properties and spin-dependent transport in the recently discovered Co-doped anatase ferromagnetic semiconductor thin films. Emphasis…

Characterization of Sn Whiskers

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
M. Norton
Project type
Exploratory Research
Sn whiskers have for long been known as a failure mechanism in electronic components. This study seeks to determine the origin of Sn whiskers and their growth mechanism. In this collaboration with…