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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.™ 

 

Characterization of sputtered ZnO films

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Larry Olsen
Project type
Exploratory Research
We are sputtering films of ZnO with a RF magnetron system, and wish to characterize the thickness uniformity and grain size. Mr. Dunham has suggested the use of an optical profilometer to…

Measurement of specific surface areas

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Paul Gassman
Project type
Exploratory Research
Would like to measure the specific surface areas of two alumina powders (non-hazardous).

Research Experience for Undergraduates: Materials Characterization

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
David Bahr
Project type
Exploratory Research
WSU has created a summer program for undergraduates from the Pacific Northwest to gain exposure to materials characterization methods. This interdisciplinary group of 10 students range from…

The Schizophyllum commune proteome

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Scott Baker
Project type
Exploratory Research
Background The authors, have in parallel with this proposal, submitted a genome sequencing proposal to the DOE Microbial Genome Program (MGP) for Schizophyllum commune (see attached pdf). This…

Norovirus TEM proposal, Straub

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Timothy Straub
Project type
Exploratory Research
Human noroviruses are thought to be the leading cause of non-bacterial gastroenteritis throughout the world. Recent data suggests that the viruse is undergoing mutation leading to increased virulence…

Rhenium and Technetium Uptake by Iron-Based Materials

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Kenneth Krupka
Project type
Exploratory Research
PNNL is studying uptake of contaminants in corrosion products that will occur after breach of nuclear waste packages for conditions associated with DOE’s Yucca Mountain geologic repository program. …

Near Infrared Laser Spectroscopy of Water Vapor

Lead Institution
NASA Ames Research Center
Principal Investigator
Charles Chackerian
Project type
Exploratory Research
We will use the EMSL near-infrared (NIR) laser system to record absorption spectra of water vapor in a long-pass White cell that is located at the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. The…

Profilometry Studies of Printed Electrode Films for Fuel Cell Applications

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Charles Windisch
Project type
Exploratory Research
This study will use profilometry to determine thicknesses of films being deposited on various substrates to be used as electrodes for fuel cell applications. The films are primarily carbon based and…

Proteomics of in stiu Biostimulated Sediments

Lead Institution
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Philip Long
Project type
Exploratory Research
The proteomics facility will be used for the detection of peptides/proteins belonging to metal-reducing bacteria in sediment samples from naturally-occurring microbial communities. The bacteria…

Special Projects in Electron Microscopy

Lead Institution
David Heil Associates Corporation
Principal Investigator
James Young
Project type
Exploratory Research
WSU-TriCities course offering for practical training in one or more areas of electron microscopy: TEM, SEM, ultramicrotomy, specimen processing, darkroom procedures and light microscopy. Involves…

Compare thermal signature of air-cooled RX2600 node with SprayCool FX2600 node

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Kevin Regimbal
Project type
Exploratory Research
As part of the DOE NNSA Energy Smart Data Center (ESDC) project, a full rack of HP RX2600 nodes has been retrofitted to replace the Itanium Heat Sync with Evaporative Spray Cooling caps to evaluate…

nickel coating of polmer microbeads

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Richard Ozanich
Project type
Exploratory Research
I would like to coat pure nickel on 20-30 micron diameter spherical polymer beads (polystyrene/divinylbenzene). Layer thickness and uniformity are not critical, but desire thin (< few microns)…

Nanostructured Catalysts for Fuel Cells

Lead Institution
University of Alabama
Principal Investigator
Christoffer Turner
Project type
Exploratory Research
Our goal is to understand, at a fundamental level, the interactions in a platinum/graphite catalyst used as an anode of a PEM fuel cell and its influence on CO and H2 oxidation reactions. The metal…

Electron energy loss in radiation detection

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Bret Cannon
Project type
Exploratory Research
This project will develop the capability at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to measure processes by which high energy electrons lose energy in solids and how that lost energy is…