Projects

Interactions between Functionalized Graphene and Electrochemically Active Materials in Advanced Energy Storage System

Lead Institution

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Principal Investigator

Jie Xiao

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The overall goal of this project is to understand the roles of functionalized graphene in energy storage systems spanning from Li-ion, Li-S to Li-air batteries. Specifically, the morphology of…

Towards a complete structure of the intact bacterial cytokinesis machine

Lead Institution

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Principal Investigator

William Margolin

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

All bacteria need to grow and divide in order to proliferate in the environment. This involves duplication of their genetic material, partitioning the copies to daughter cells, and finally…

Electronic and Optical Properties of Doped Complex Oxide Epitaxial Films and Interfaces

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Scott Chambers

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The effect of A-cation site and anion-site doping, as well as heteroepitaxial interface formation, on the electronic and optical properties of La-based perovskites will be investigated. Specimens…

Experimental Capabilities and Fundamental Science for Geologic Carbon Sequestration: The PNNL In Situ Supercritical Suite (IS3)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

John Loring

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This Science Theme proposal requests EMSL access for investigators in the In Situ Supercritical Suite (IS3) component of PNNL's Carbon Sequestration Initiative (CSI). The CSI is a multi-million…

Coupled Surface and Solid-State Charge and Ion Transport Dynamics at Mineral/Water Interfaces: Redox Transformation of the Iron Oxides

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Kevin Rosso

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This EMSL user proposal requests a continuation of EMSL access for a BES Geosciences supported project led by Dr. Rosso at PNNL. The past three years of research under this BES project we have been…

Determining the Conformational Changes within an Active Enzyme-Substrate System on both Sides of the Reaction.

Lead Institution

University of Colorado at Denver

Principal Investigator

Elan Eisenmesser

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Our objective is to develop solution-based strategies that directly monitor the physical conformational changes that occur within enzymes, both free and during enzyme catalysis. These strategies are…

Genome-enabled studies of key light-dependent metabolic and regulatory switches governing reductant and carbon partitioning in cyanobacteria

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Alex Beliaev

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The main goal of this proposal is develop and apply an integrated omics approach for systems-level analysis of photosynthetic metabolism in cyanobacteria that will lead to the identification of key…

Computational Chemical Dynamics of Complex Systems

Lead Institution

University of Minnesota

Principal Investigator

Donald Truhlar

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The ultimate goal of this project is to develop and apply innovative user-friendly high-performance computing techniques and simulation methods for computational chemical dynamics of complex systems…

Understanding structure-function relationships for developing catalysts for energy storage and production reactions.

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Wendy Shaw

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The DOE Basic Energy Sciences Energy Frontier Research Center entitled “Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis” (Bullock), the DOE Basic Energy Sciences “Modular Energy-Based Approach to Molecular…

Developing More Efficient Fuel Cells Using Computational Methods

Lead Institution

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Neil Henson

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This project proposes to use a number of state-of-the-art, highly parallelised computational chemistry tools in order to rationalise the fundamental chemical processes occurring at the atomic level…

Cooperative Interactions of Marine Macromolecules at the Air-Water Interface

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Philip Rasch

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Sea spray aerosol (SSA) particles formed from bubbles bursting at the ocean surface contain a large fraction of organic matter. The presence of this organic matter is driven by the adsorption of…

Comprehensive chemical composition of Arctic aerosols and formation mechanisms of organosulfates investigated by highly advanced techniques

Lead Institution

Aarhus University

Principal Investigator

Marianne Glasius

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The fundamental insufficiency of scientific knowledge on the sources, formation and properties of aerosols, especially the organic aerosol fraction, hampers our knowledge of the climate system of the…

Understanding Water Splitting on Model Mixed Metal Oxide Photocatalysts

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Michael Henderson

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

There is a need for new fundamental insights into photocatalytic water splitting particularly how to design catalyst systems that extend the catalytic and photocatalytic functionalities of simple…

Multi-scale investigation of the nitrogen fixation mechanism of Mo-dependent nitrogenase

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Simone Raugei

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

We propose to use EMSL NMR and supercomputing resources to gain a molecular level understanding of how substrate binding, electron, and proton delivery is controlled by the nitrogenase metalloenzyme…

Insights into peatland carbon cycling derived from integration of Omics with biogeochemical profiling

Lead Institution

Michigan Technological University

Principal Investigator

Evan Kane

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Peatlands are one of the most important ecosystems providing feedbacks to the climate system because they store a large component (>30%) of the world's soil C stocks. Peatlands also are found…

Characterization of the Local Structure and Chemistry of 99Tc in Simulated Nuclear Waste Glasses and its Effect on Chemical Leaching

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

John McCloy

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

A priority goal of the United States Department of Energy is to dispose of nuclear wastes accumulated in underground tanks at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Richland, WA. Incorporation and…

Designing Fuel Cell Catalysts at the Molecular Scale with Ion Soft Landing and Spray Ionization

Lead Institution

Purdue University

Principal Investigator

Robert Cooks

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Structure-reactivity relationships that are derived from molecular-level investigation of the properties of well-defined supported nanoparticles (NPs) are critical to the rational development of…

Understanding the Synthesis of Alumina Supported Metal Catalysts at an Atomic Level

Lead Institution

Georgia Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Carsten Sievers

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Despite the important role of supported metal catalysts in industrial processes there are significant gaps in our understanding of the atomic level transformations during their synthesis, in…

Soybean Proteomics

Lead Institution

University of Missouri - Columbia

Principal Investigator

Gary Stacey

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The USA is one of the world's largest producers of soybean (Glycine max), which is important as a source of animal feed, oil and, more recently, for biodiesel production. In recognition of this…

Elucidating the role of fine roots in transferring reduced C into soil using a combination of transcriptomics and 13C analyses of tissue from the Duke FACE experiment

Lead Institution

College of Charleston

Principal Investigator

Seth Pritchard

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Fine root turnover has been estimated to consume from 5 to >50% of forest productivity. The large range of uncertainty in these measurements is a consequence of a lack of understanding of what…