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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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Effect of Re on W Grain Boundary Cohesion

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Richard Kurtz
Project type
Exploratory Research
Due to its excellent mechanical and thermal properties, W receives a considerable attention as materials for divertor applications in advanced fusion reactors. However, its usage is critically…

Actinide Interactions with Envrionmental Bacteria

Lead Institution
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Mary Neu
Project type
Exploratory Research
Bacteria can influence the speciation and resultant mobility of contaminant actinides via a range of direct and indirect mechanisms. We propose to use the electron microscopy resourses and expertise…

CFD Code Performance Testing

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Thomas Michener
Project type
Exploratory Research
The purpose of the Pilot Project request is to perform code conversion and performance testing of the COBRA-SFS and TEMPEST CFD computer codes.

Ultrastructural Properties of SIS

Lead Institution
Cook Biotech Incorporated
Principal Investigator
Abram Janis
Project type
Exploratory Research
Porcine small intestinal submucosa (SIS) is a naturally derived, collagen-based extracellular matrix that has been used extensively in humans as a biomaterial without complication. Scanning electron…

Hygrogen adsorption/release study of selected chemical hydrides

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Liyu Li
Project type
Exploratory Research
To explore new, high capacity hydrogen storage materials, hydrogen adsorption and desorption behavior of selected chemical hydrides will be studied. Temperature effect on the absorption/desorption…

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…

Surface-supported sub-nano clusters as catalysts

Lead Institution
University of California, Los Angeles
Principal Investigator
Anastassia Alexandrova
Project type
Exploratory Research
The ultimate objective of the proposed research is fundamental understanding and design of novel catalytic interfaces based on ultra-small, sub-nano surface-deposited clusters, with a particular…

Computational Study of Colicin Dynamics in Lipid Bilayers

Lead Institution
Bowling Green State University
Principal Investigator
H. Peter Lu
Project type
Exploratory Research
We plan to study the colicin ion channel open-close dynamics involving in protein domains diffuse across the biological membrane under an external electric field. Our work will serve as an adequate…

Interface-Specific Radiation Induced Segregation in Nanocrystalline Alloys

Lead Institution
Drexel University
Principal Investigator
Mitra Taheri
Project type
Exploratory Research
The aim of the proposed project is to provide a fundamental understanding of how metallic nanocrystalline alloys can be utilized as radiation tolerant materials in future nuclear reactors. This aim…