Projects

Engineered nano-scale interfaces in scandia stabilized zirconia and samaria doped ceria multi-layer hetero-structures

Lead Institution

Western Michigan University

Principal Investigator

Asghar Kayani

Project type

Exploratory Research

Recent studies showed a colossal enhancement in the oxygen ionic conductivity of multi-layer oxide thin films compared to most commonly used solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) electrolytes. It has been…

Interfacial Properties of Ion-Irradiated SiC/C and SiC/Si Composites

Lead Institution

Northwestern Polytechnical University

Principal Investigator

Yiguang Wang

Project type

Exploratory Research

Disordering behavior of silicon carbide (SiC) ceramics under irradiation has attracted extensive studies due to its great potential for applications in nuclear industry. SiC has been considered as a…

Theoretical Studies of Enhanced Optical Properties of Molecule-Metal Clusters

Lead Institution

Pennsylvania State University

Principal Investigator

Lasse Jensen

Project type

Exploratory Research

The interactions between molecules and metal clusters often lead to new enhanced optical properties which are of great interest for chemical and biological sensing. Understanding the optical…

Cluster Model Studies of Condensed Phase Phenomena Using Temperature-Controlled Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Xuebin Wang

Project type

Exploratory Research

This program is aimed at obtaining a microscopic understanding of solution chemistry and solvation of negatively charged ions using cluster models in the gas phase. Our primary experimental technique…

Optical and structural properties of doped ZnO nanocrystals

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 energy applications. With a direct gap of 3.4 eV at room temperature, ZnO is a wide band gap…

Chemistry of Secondary Organic Aerosol (SOA) in the Ambient Atmosphere: Molecular Level Analysis of Size Resolved SOA Samples Using High Resolution Mass Spectrometry.

Lead Institution

University of California, Berkeley

Principal Investigator

Allen Goldstein

Project type

Exploratory Research

The objective of our research is to study the fundamental chemistry in the formation and aging of secondary organic aerosols (SOA) in the atmosphere. A large fraction of SOA has been shown to be…

Role of metal nanoparticles and patterned composites on enhancing electrical trace gas sensing

Lead Institution

University of Texas at Dallas

Principal Investigator

Shalini Prasad

Project type

Exploratory Research

This proposal seeks to utilize the fabrication and characterization resources at EMSL under the general proposal category for understanding the role of metal nanoparticles in patterned composites in…

Atomic and electronic structures of interfaces of complex oxides: insight from ab initio calculations

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Petr Sushko

Project type

Exploratory Research

Oxide interfaces, superlattices and solid solutions provide opportunities for generating materials with novel properties. A critical issue is to control the quality of the interfaces and atom…

Exploring the Radiation Damage Resistance of Nanoscale Interfaces

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Richard Kurtz

Project type

Exploratory Research

The objective of this research is to rigorously test the hypothesis that internal interfaces can be manipulated at the nanoscale to enhance recombination of radiation-produced defects to dramatically…

Role of Microenvironments and Transition Zones in Field scale microbial ecology and biogeochemistry

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

James McKinley

Project type

Exploratory Research

This is a renewal proposal for a previous collaborative effort between the PNNL Scientific Focus Area (SFA) and EMSL. The research proposed will resolve critical Hanford and basic subsurface science…

Title: The Aspergillus fumigatus proteome during early stages of mammalian lung infection.

Lead Institution

J. Craig Venter Institute

Principal Investigator

Rembert Pieper

Project type

Exploratory Research

Overview- The analysis of the Aspergillus fumigatus proteome is of major interest for the research community working on diseases caused by Aspergilli. This planned research will lead to benefits in…

Pore-Scale Investigation of the Impacts of Transverse Mixing and Solution Chemistry on Mineral Precipitation Relevant to CO2 Sequestration

Lead Institution

ExxonMobil Research and Engineering

Principal Investigator

Changyong Zhang

Project type

Exploratory Research

Transverse mixing limited reactive transport resulting in mineral precipitation impact groundwater remediation and geological sequestration of CO2, due to reductions in effective porosity and…

Characterization of ion movement in organic electronic devices

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, photovoltaics, actuators, and electrochromic devices,…

Investigation into the Mechanism of Soot Formation from Biomass Combustion

Lead Institution

University of Leeds

Principal Investigator

Maria Romero

Project type

Exploratory Research

With climate change and national security as driving forces the search for alternative fuel sources is leading many nations to explore the use of bio-fuels. Changing fuels is undoubtedly going to…

Understanding Interparticle Aggregative Coalescence and Growth for the Control of Size, Shape, Composition and Surface Properties of Nanoparticles

Lead Institution

State University of New York at Binghamton

Principal Investigator

Chuan-Jian Zhong

Project type

Exploratory Research

This Science Theme proposal seeks the use of instrumentation at the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory user-facility to investigate the role of interparticle aggregative coalescence and…

In-Situ/Liquid Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) for Environmental Interfaces

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

James Cowin

Project type

Exploratory Research

This is a continuation of EMSL project number 36601. A versatile and self-contained interface for high-vapor pressure liquid surfaces, including aqueous interfaces has been built that permits the…

Photoelectron Spectroscopy Studies of Structure-Property Relationships in Perfluoroalkylfullerene-Based Electron- Acceptor Materials for Organic Photovoltaic Active Layers

Lead Institution

Colorado State University

Principal Investigator

Steven Strauss

Project type

Exploratory Research

This project will focus on understanding of the fundamental relationships between molecular structures of perfluoroalkylated fullerenes (PFAFs) and their electronic properties in the gas-phase, in…

A Novel Experimental Method to Obtain Apparent Viscosity of Shear-Thinning Fluids in Saturated Porous Media

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Mart Oostrom

Project type

Exploratory Research

The Department of Energy (DOE) has recently funded a project to strengthen the science behind the injection of shear-thinning fluids in unconfined subsurface systems. Shear-thinning fluids, usually…

Experimental Determination of Carbon Tetrachloride Mass Fluxes into Groundwater from Vadose Zone Sources

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Mart Oostrom

Project type

Exploratory Research

The Department of Energy (DOE) has recently funded a numerical and experimental project in their Environmental Management (EM) Science and Technology Roadmap program with the goal to improve…

Subsurface Behavior of Ethanol-Blended Gasoline: Intermediate-Scale Flow Cell Experimentation to Develop a Data Base for Numerical Model Testing and Verification

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Mart Oostrom

Project type

Exploratory Research

The main objective of the proposed experimental effort is to develop an initial data set for subsurface blended-gasoline flow and transport that can be used to test and verify the multifluid flow…