Projects

Nanoclusters, Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology - University of Washington/National Science Foundation (Don Baer's UW/NSF's Project - 43598)

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

Project type

Exploratory Research

PNNL/UW's Joint Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology is offering a 2-week intensive course on nanotechnology. The course will be taught by PNNL staff and will utilize the equipment in…

Nanoclusters, Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology - University of Washington/National Science Foundation (Don Baer's UW/NSF's Project - 43598)

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

Project type

Exploratory Research

PNNL/UW's Joint Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology is offering a 2-week intensive course on nanotechnology. The course will be taught by PNNL staff and will utilize the equipment in…

EM analysis of bacterial co-cultures

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Fred Brockman

Project type

Exploratory Research

A co-culture of a sulfur-reducing bacteria sp. Desulfovibrio and methanogenic bacteria sp. Methanosarcina could show synthropic existence of these species. A morphological study on electron…

(gvl3425)Intrusion Detection Video

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Michael Perkins

Project type

Exploratory Research

I will be creating animation clips for a video that deals with protecting our nations plutonium production and storage facities from unwanted intrusion. The video focuses on current weeknesses at at…

(gvl3425)Intrusion Detection Video

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Michael Perkins

Project type

Exploratory Research

I will be creating animation clips for a video that deals with protecting our nations plutonium production and storage facities from unwanted intrusion. The video focuses on current weeknesses at at…

(gvl3426)PNNL Past and Future Grounds Projects

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Michael Perkins

Project type

Exploratory Research

I will be building a 3-D model depicting past and future projects of PNNL grounds. This model will be used to render various images and interactive media to be put on a web site and kiosk. Also the…

On-Line Determination of Selected Vapor-Phase Hoffmann List Compounds by PTR-MS

Lead Institution

Washington State University Tri-Cities

Principal Investigator

Gregory Anderson

Project type

Exploratory Research

Few consumer products have undergone the scrutiny applied to tobacco cigarettes. Selected carcinogenic components found in tobacco smoke are compiled in the Hoffmann List, which presently contains…

Spin Torque Effects in Multilayer Spin Valve with Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Kannan Krishnan

Project type

Exploratory Research

The proposed research project is directed at the study of spin torque effects in multilayer spin valves with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. Such devices have a potential for higher bit density on…

Probing the Dynamics of a Protein Hydrophobic Core at Low Temperatures

Lead Institution

University of Alaska at Anchorage

Principal Investigator

Liliya Vugmeyster

Project type

Exploratory Research

Hydrophobic cores are found in the interior of globular proteins and are essential for the formation of the folded state. The core represents a complex dynamical medium reflecting the existence of a…

Transport Mechanism and Microstructural Effects on Ag and Cs Diffusion in beta-SiC

Lead Institution

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Principal Investigator

Todd Allen

Project type

Exploratory Research

The Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR) has been identified by the Generation IV initiative and by the US Department of Energy's Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) as a promising future…

Comparative study of protein profiles of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans G20 under different metabolism conditions

Lead Institution

University of Oklahoma

Principal Investigator

Lee Krumholz

Project type

Exploratory Research

Abstract: Desulfovibrio has very diversified metabolism styles. It can grow by fermentation using pyruvate, by respiration of organic substrates or hydrogen coupled to sulfate reduction or by…

material modification by dense electronic excitations

Lead Institution

CNRS

Principal Investigator

Marcel Toulemonde

Project type

Exploratory Research

Material modifications by dense electronic excitations Proposal 34315 by M. Toulemonde from CIMAP-GANIL, Caen, France. EMSL User Proposal Motivation: When penetrating a solid, energetic ions…

Oxygen isotope fractionation in phosphate during iron oxide-phosphate interaction

Lead Institution

University of Delaware

Principal Investigator

Deb Jaisi

Project type

Exploratory Research

Measurements of 18O/16O ratio of organic and inorganic PO4 in laboratory experiments have found that microbial metabolism of PO4 is accompanied by specific oxygen isotope fractionations. More…

Hydrolytic Stability and Susceptibility of Transition Metal Diolate Complexes and Applications to Green Oxidation

Lead Institution

Oregon State University

Principal Investigator

Kevin Gable

Project type

Exploratory Research

A series of LReO3 complexes will be prepared and reductively cyclized with vicinal diola. The hydrolysis of these compounds will be examined by NMR and UV spectroscopies under a variety of pH…

Epoxy-Zirconate Sol-Gel Studies

Lead Institution

University of Dayton

Principal Investigator

Michael Donley

Project type

Exploratory Research

Epoxy-zirconate sol-gel based surface treatments are being investigated as a potential replacement for the current chromate-based approach for aerospace aluminum alloys. These sol-gel surface…

Fuel Cell Concept Animation (GVL3030)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Michael Perkins

Project type

Exploratory Research

Project will model a fuel cell and the animation will show the basic concept of a working system.

Study of the electronic properties of graphene-based materials

Lead Institution

CySilicoTech

Principal Investigator

Constantinos Zeinalipour

Project type

Exploratory Research

The aim of this proposal is to study the electronic structure of graphite, graphene and graphite intercalation compounds (GICs), in order to elucidate the origin of contrast in Scanning Tunneling…

Combat Service Support Automated Information Systems Interface (CAISI)(GVL3040)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Michael Perkins

Project type

Exploratory Research

This project will provide online e-Training to Army Management Information System users. It is designed to replace most of the instructor classroom training. My task is to model and render…

Study of the electronic structure of ditechnetium heptaoxide (Tc2O7) by solid-state NMR spectroscopy and ab initio computational methods.

Lead Institution

Argonne National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Alfred Sattelberger

Project type

Exploratory Research

The electronic structure of ditechnetium heptaoxide (Tc2O7) will be studied by solid-state NMR spectroscopy in combination with ab initio computational methods. Electric field gradient and shielding…

Determination of the C-terminus of p110 sEGFR

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Richard Zangar

Project type

Exploratory Research

A 110 kDa, soluble fragment of the EGFR protein (p110 sEGFR) has been identified as a circulating marker of cancer (Maihle and coworkers, 1998, 1999). The p110 sEGFR is released into the serum as…