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Projects

As a scientific user facility, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) provides expertise, instrumentation, and resources to 250 projects each year. 

Projects displayed below reflect information and abstracts that were published before April 30, 2024. To review current EMSL user projects, visit Science Central™.

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Identification of Nonpeptide Antigens for gamma delta T Cells

Lead Institution
University of Iowa
Principal Investigator
Craig Morita
Project type
Exploratory Research
In this proposal, we plan to characterize nonpeptide antigens for gamma delta T cells. Human gd T cells expressing Vg2Vd2 T cell receptors recognize nonpeptide antigens. We identified one antigen…

Studies of Liquid Layers on Ice Surfaces

Lead Institution
Purdue University
Principal Investigator
Paul Shepson
Project type
Exploratory Research
Ice and snow in nature appears to have important roles in the air chemistry of the polar region, and in temperate regions in winter. Much is presumed to occur in thin (somes single molecule thick)…

Refroming of Hydrocarbons on Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Anodes

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
James Strohm
Project type
Exploratory Research
The work to be performed is to characterize materials used during reforming of methane and other hydrocarbons. Nickel-based anodes (of powder and plate form) used in solid oxide fuel cells and/or…

XRD Data Analysis and Consultation

Lead Institution
Western Washington University
Principal Investigator
Mark Bussell
Project type
Exploratory Research
Provide XRD data analysis for use in undergraduate research and grant proposal writing on the following: Co-B; Ni-B; Mo-B; Co-P; Ni-P; Mo-P

Structeral and Chemical Properties of Catalysts

Lead Institution
Western Washington University
Principal Investigator
Mark Bussell
Project type
Exploratory Research
1. Provide XRD data analysis for use in undergraduate research and grant proposal writing on the following: Co-B; Ni-B; Mo-B; Co-P; Ni-P; Mo-P. 2. XPS and TEM analysis of oxide-supported metal…

IE-911 low-temperature thermal stability

Lead Institution
Caterpillar, Inc.
Principal Investigator
Mari Balmer-Millar
Project type
Exploratory Research
An inorganic ion exchanger based on crystalline silicotitanate (CST), IE-911, is currently being considered for Cs separation at the Savannah River Site. While the performance of this ion exchanger…

The Interaction of Clays with Iron Metal

Lead Institution
Lewis and Clark College
Principal Investigator
Barbara Balko
Project type
Exploratory Research
The reduction of certain chlorinated organics can be enhanced using clay (smectite) in association with zero-valent iron relative to the reduction with clay or iron alone (Amonette, J.E. Iron Redox…

SEM of aluminum alloy sample

Lead Institution
CANMET-MTL
Principal Investigator
Valery Guertsman
Project type
Exploratory Research
Capture SE images and x-ray maps (Mg, O, Mn)

Microfabrication and CE-MS development

Lead Institution
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Principal Investigator
Sam Wang
Project type
Exploratory Research
A one day visit to the site is requested to learn the current state of the art practiced at the EMSL for capillary electrophoresis combined with mass spectrometry and microfabrication of devices for…

Molecular analysis of cancer by FTICR

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Brian Thrall
Project type
Exploratory Research
Proteomic analysis of wild-type versus cancerous tumor cells.

Investigations of Microbial Spore Lysis using Near-IR Laser Irradiation.

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
David Wunschel
Project type
Exploratory Research
The rapid detection of a microorganism in the environment requires the detection of a specific biochemical marker or markers. In characterizing a particular microbial isolate, it is desirable to…

Microelectrode array

Lead Institution
Oregon Health & Science University
Principal Investigator
Jody House
Project type
Exploratory Research
Objective 1: To fabricate an array of electrodes on a Si substrate. The process will require the deposition of oxide/nitride layers and metal deposition, etching, lithography.