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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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SEM/EDS of Thin FIlms

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Charles Windisch
Project type
Exploratory Research
This work supports the DOE-BES funded program on Thin FIlms managed by Greg Exarhos at PNNL. The objective of the work is to develop thin films with tailored optical and electrical properties. …

Biogenic Iron Materials

Lead Institution
J. Craig Venter Institute
Principal Investigator
Yuri Gorby
Project type
Exploratory Research
We will image iron minerals produced by the reduction of solid phase ferric oxides. The research will require the use of field emission SEM and TEM.

Oxide Fracture by Indentation to Measure Repassivation Kinetics

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
David Bahr
Project type
Exploratory Research
Many corrosion resistant materials, such as titanium and stainless steels, owe much of their corrosion resistance to the presence of a very thin passive film which isolates the metal from the…

Computational and Experimental Nanoparticle Dosimetry for nanomaterial Safety

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Justin Teeguarden
Project type
Exploratory Research
Development and deployment of nanomaterial based technologies improving energy and environmental security are high priority research activities for the Department of Energy. Nanomaterial development…

Electronic Properties of the Metal and Thin Film Oxide Insulator Junction

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Kenneth Beck
Project type
Exploratory Research
Modern solid state devices are based on conjoining prefentially doped seimconductor materials. One species may be doped as an electron donor ("N"), while a complementary species in an…

Innovative Aerosol Collector (Alexander's SBIR, PNNL Scope #48595)

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Rahul Zaveri
Project type
Exploratory Research
Develop an innovative aerosol collector for on-line analysis of individual particulate species using Proton Transfer Reaction Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (PTR-ITMS).

Infrared Spectra of HCN at Low Temperatures

Lead Institution
NASA Langley Research Center
Principal Investigator
Mary Smith
Project type
Exploratory Research
The scientific return from Cassini and other missions to the outer planets will be enhanced by improving fundamental knowledge of the spectroscopic parameters in the 14-μm bands of hydrogen…

Mesh Generation

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Harold Trease
Project type
Exploratory Research