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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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Routine SEM analysis of lysed Bacillus spores

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Cindy Bruckner-Lea
Project type
Exploratory Research
The research included in this proposal involves the routine SEM analysis of Bacillus thuringiensis and Bacillus atrophaeus spores. SEM analysis will allow us to determine the extent of physical…

Microscopy of Hanford Tank Sludge

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Edgar Buck
Project type
Exploratory Research
Investigate nature of Hanford tank wastes with transmission electron microscopy to determine particle compositions and structure, as well as oxidation states of elements.

Electron Microscopy investigation of bacterial outer membrane vesicles

Lead Institution
Duke University
Principal Investigator
Meta Kuehn
Project type
Exploratory Research
As per conversation with Alice Dohnalkova, we wish to investigate the morphology of bacterial outer membrane vesicles and wildtype and mutant bacteria that produce various quantities of them. The…

Low-coordinated oxygen sites on MgO surfaces

Lead Institution
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Principal Investigator
Oliver Diwald
Project type
Exploratory Research
Recently, we have measured the pphotoluminescnece of MgO particles as a function of the excitation wavelength (4.6 eV and 5.1 eV) and observed two emission bands at 3.3 and 3.4 eV. According to…

Surface area and porosity analyses of mesoporous thin films and powders

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Richard Champion
Project type
Exploratory Research
The goal of the use of the BET instrument in EMSL 1413 is for characterization of mesoporous thin films and powders. The BET is a crucial instrument in analyzing the quality and material…

SEM investigation of Thermal Barrier Coatings and ODS alloys

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Glenn Grant
Project type
Exploratory Research
We are interested in compositional and microstructural information on approximately 10 samples of Zirconia coated steel and a ferritic ODS alloy. We are also interested in high resolution SEM images…

TEM Study on SOFC Interconnects

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Z. Gary Yang
Project type
Exploratory Research
In recent years, progress in materials and fabrication techniques have allowed for a reduction in solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) operating temperatures to a range (e.g., 650-800ºC) where oxidation…

Identifying Targets for Therapeutic Interventions using Proteomic Technology

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Joshua Adkins
Project type
Exploratory Research
This proposal will utilize new comprehensive and quantitative proteomic technologies and related capabilities developed at PNNL to identify targets for therapeutic intervention for Salmonella…

Physical Characterization of Defects in ZnO Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Kevin Kittilstved
Project type
Exploratory Research
We have recently reported above-room-temperature ferromagnetism in Mn2+-, Co2+, and Ni2+-doped ZnO nanocrystalline aggregates and thin films using high-quality colloids as solution precursors. The…

Coupled Quantum Simulation Techniques for Studying Nanostructured Materials

Lead Institution
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Andrew Williamson
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective of this project is to develop first principles computational techniques for the simulation of nanostructured materials. In particular we are developing a coupled electronic structure…