Projects | Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Microstructural and Microchemical analysis of chalcogenide nanowires

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Bradley Johnson

Project type

Exploratory Research

The objective is to characterize the microstructure and chemistry of nanowires made from chalcogenide glasses

Modification and decay of radiation defects in tooth enamel

Lead Institution

National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics

Principal Investigator

Georg Liidja

Project type

Exploratory Research

Stable carbonate radicals created in tooth enamel by ionizing irradiation from soil are used in dating palaeontological artefacts up to Megayears. The number of radicals as measured with electron…

Trace Measurements of Organics Due to Pyrolysis of Jet Engine Turbine Oil.

Lead Institution

Boeing

Principal Investigator

Cheryl Bick

Project type

Exploratory Research

Determine the products of decomposition of jet engine oil combustion at different temperatures using a Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometer in a specialized Boeing test facility.

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…

Size Resolved Chemical Composition of Automobile Generated Aerosol Via Single Particle Real-Time Ion-Trap Mass-Spectrometry

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Alla Zelenyuk-Imre

Project type

Exploratory Research

Single Particle Mass Spectroscopy (SPMS) and Exhaust Emissions SPMS are particularly suited to address the combustion engine industry need to characterize particulate emissions. As discussed below,…

Evaluation of Cold Cap Reaction Layer in a High-Level Waste Melter for DOE Tank Wastes

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Josef Matyas

Project type

Exploratory Research

Reacted chemical batch from a formulated tank waste (non-radioactive)combined with glass formers will be examined for crystalline changes and glass formulation at varied temperatures that will be…

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.