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As a scientific user facility, 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 user projects, visit EMSL's Science Central.

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Photochemical Investigation of Adsorbed Biomolecules

Lead Institution
Private Industry (Roop)
Principal Investigator
Bobbi Roop
Project type
Exploratory Research
The research effort will focus on biomaterial adsorption, structural morphology, and growth processes on surfaces. A biomolecule which is involved in naturally occurring photosynthetic processes…

Freeze Drying of Iron Oxide Phases

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Edward Thornton
Project type
Exploratory Research
Iron oxide phases in aqueous media will be freeze dried using equipment available in EMSL Room 1541-45. This is a necessary step in the synthesis of iron oxide phases for experimental activities…

Vibration-Rotation Spectroscopy of Sulfur Trioxide

Lead Institution
Oregon State University
Principal Investigator
Joseph Nibler
Project type
Exploratory Research
This is a project to use the EMSL high-resolution Fourier transform to measure the rotationally resolved infared spectrum of sulfur trioxide and its oxygen-18 and sulfur-34 isotopometric data to…

Vibration-Rotation Spectroscopy of Sulfur Trioxide

Lead Institution
Oregon State University
Principal Investigator
Joseph Nibler
Project type
Exploratory Research
This is a project to use the EMSL high-resolution Fourier transform to measure the rotationally resolved infared spectrum of sulfur trioxide and its oxygen-18 and sulfur-34 isotopometric data to…

Growth and Characterization of Anatase Films

Lead Institution
Vienna University of Technology
Principal Investigator
Ulrike Diebold
Project type
Exploratory Research
We propose the epitaxial growth of anatase TiO2 films, and a thorough characterization of their surface properties. Titanium dioxide is an important oxide that is used in many technical fields. For…

Nickel Phosphorus Plating Analysis

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
James Davis
Project type
Exploratory Research
Use Scanning Electron Microscope to determin plating thickness and X-ray analysis to determin composition.

Evaluation of Ion Funnel for Drug Discovery

Lead Institution
Isis Pharmaceuticals
Principal Investigator
Steven Hofstadler
Project type
Exploratory Research
Our goal is to collaborate with PNNL scientists to evaluate the ion funnel technology as an improvement to our mass spectrometry based drug discovery efforts. We will discuss the theory and…

Electrochemical studies of fluorinated polymers

Lead Institution
International Isotopes Inc.
Principal Investigator
Bamidele Omotowa
Project type
Exploratory Research
The compounds I hope we can look at aredendrimers terminating in multiple units of either of CF2CF2OCF2CF2SO2Fof CF2CF2OCF2CF2SO2NPyrr (NPyrr = pyrrole). The sulfonylfluoride and sulfonamide…

TEM Investigation of Anorthite Used in Weathering Experiments

Lead Institution
Rice University
Principal Investigator
Andreas Luttge
Project type
Exploratory Research
We haveperformed weathering experiments on anorthite (An98) from Miyake-jima, Tokyo, Japan. Samples [(010) and (001) surfaces] were treated up to 168 hours in 0.001 N perchloric acid. The pristine…

Lithium Aluminate Characterization

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Larry Bagaasen
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective of this project is to support the development of a production process for lithium aluminate pellets. EMSL has SEM capabilities that generally are not available in the commercial arena…

STORAGE PERFORMANCE OF CARBON NANOTUBES

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Xiaoyi Gong
Project type
Exploratory Research
TO EXPLORE THE CARBON NANOTUBE'S POTENTIAL IN STORAGE CAPABILITIES OF HYDROGEN, METHANE AND OTHER FUELS. NEED TO USE THE ADSORPTION TESTING INSTRUMENT OF MARI LOU BALMER.

materials for automotive sensor developement

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Greg Coffey
Project type
Exploratory Research
investigation of electrodes, ionic conduction, protective mechanisms, posining mechanisms, morphological concideratios

materials for automotive sensor developement

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Greg Coffey
Project type
Exploratory Research
investigation of electrodes, ionic conduction, protective mechanisms, posining mechanisms, morphological concideratios

Characterize fruit samples

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Timothy Stewart
Project type
Exploratory Research
Characterize fruit samples using SPEX fluorometer.

Determination of Fluorescence Lifetime of Natural Oganic Matter

Lead Institution
University of Maine
Principal Investigator
Tsutomu Ohno
Project type
Exploratory Research
Our current work is utilizing excitation-emission matrix fluorescence spectroscopy combined with the multi-way Parallel Factor Analysis (PARAFAC) to decompose the fluorescence landscape of natural…

Scientist-Student-Teacher Research Program

Lead Institution
Hanford High School
Principal Investigator
Brian Palmer
Project type
Exploratory Research
Establish remote access to Axis 165 Multiprobe from Hanford High School. Conduct research for the Laboratory from the Scientific Research Class at Hanford High School.

DeNOx reactions on ceria and zirconia-modified ceria

Lead Institution
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Jose Rodriguez
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective is to study the adsorption of nitrogen oxides (NO, N2O and NO2) on ceria and zirconia-modified ceria films. The films will be grown at PNNL and then adsorption experiments will be carry…

Undergraduate Research in Characterization of Advanced Materials

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
David Bahr
Project type
Exploratory Research
During the summer of 1999 the group of students, as part of an NSF REU summer program and a 1 credit course, visited PNNL to see first hand some equipment which is not available (or is significantly…

Micro-Mineralogical Analysis of Strontium in Biogenic Carbonate Minerals

Lead Institution
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Principal Investigator
Eric Roden
Project type
Exploratory Research
In recent EMSP-funded research (96-10 program), we have documented the potential for solid-phase capture of strontium (Sr) during carbonate mineral formation coupled to bacterial reduction of…