Projects

Ultrafast Laser Interactions with Wide Bandgap Materials

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

J. Dickinson

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Laser interactions with nominally transparent (wide bandgap) materials are playing increasingly important roles in several technologies and applications, including chemical analysis, semiconductor…

Effects of Nitrogen Additions on Soil Carbon Pools in Two Humid Tropical Forest Types

Lead Institution

Colorado State University

Principal Investigator

Daniela Cusack

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Human activity has greatly increased available nitrogen (N) on Earth, with N deposition rates in tropical regions predicted to be the highest globally in coming decades. Because plant growth is not…

FRET-Based Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Membrane-Receptor Activation

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Galya Orr

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This proposal is a continuation of research pursued under EMSL User Proposals #6494 and #6493. Membrane receptors are activated upon the binding of small ligand molecules to specific sites in their…

Combinatorial Operando Catalyst Research

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

David King

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This is the continuation of EMSL proposal 21610. The main objective of this proposal is to build and demonstrate a combinatorial operando system for accelerated catalyst research. This system will…

Electrochemical analyses of the electron transfer rates of MtrC and OmcA to hematite

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Liang Shi

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Decaheme c-type cytochromes MtrC and OmcA of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 are hypothesized as terminal reductases to the insoluble forms of iron and manganese oxides [Fe(III)/Mn(III/IV)] because they…

Single Enzyme Nanoparticles

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Jungbae Kim

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Enzymes are useful biocatalysts of nanometer scale that regulate the chemistry of cells and organisms. The specificity of enzymes promises great improvements in various applications such as chemical…

Real-Time Imaging of Lignocellulosic Biomass Degradation by Fluorescence Microscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Dehong Hu

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The degradation of lignocellulosic biomass by enzymes is a potentially important new source for our nation's energy need. However the structure of lignocellulose in plant cell walls and the…

Biogeochemistry of Oxidation-Reduction Cycling of Uranium and Iron

Lead Institution

Pennsylvania State University

Principal Investigator

William Burgos

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This 2007 EMSL User Proposal has been prepared in response to the Science Theme of Geochemistry/Biogeochemistry and Subsurface Science. This proposal covers future planned collaborative research…

Characterization of the Local Order of Organic Thin Film Material by Combined Atomic Force Microscopy and Optical Microscopy

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Dehong Hu

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This project will develop, demonstrate and publish a new method to study the local order of organic thin film materials. The nanometer scale local order and disorder of organic thin film materials…

Global Proteomic Analysis of Human Ehrlichiosis Agents

Lead Institution

The Ohio State University

Principal Investigator

Yasuko Rikihisa

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Obligatory intracellular bacteria (belonging to Rickettsia): Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum cause potentially fatal emerging zoonoses: human monocytic ehrlichiosis and human…

Ceria Nanomonitors for Trace Oxygen Monitoring in Portable Energy Systems

Lead Institution

University of Texas at Dallas

Principal Investigator

Shalini Prasad

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The overarching research objective is development of a portable electrical sensor for rapid detection of trace gases with enhanced sensitivity and specificity. This pilot project seeks to use EMSL…

Understanding field-dependent quadrupolar splitting of 131Xe for applications to surface/material studies

Lead Institution

Colorado State University

Principal Investigator

Thomas Meersmann

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

We propose to study the quadrupolar splitting of 131Xe in the gas phase where a high magnetic field will distort the large electron cloud of 131Xe, thus creating an electric field gradient that will…

Kiln Phosphoric Acid (KPA) Process

Lead Institution

JDC, Inc

Principal Investigator

Joseph Megy

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

JDC, Inc. submitted a successful US Dept. of Agriculture phase I proposal (SBIR-2003-0022) to conduct a basic chemistry and engineering program to forward the KPA process, and carried out the work…

Proteomic Analysis of Differential Growth in Desulfovibrio spp. for a Systems Biology Level Investigation.

Lead Institution

University of Missouri - Columbia

Principal Investigator

Judy Wall

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Sulfate-reducing bacteria makeup a substantial portion of subsurface microbial communities in general and at DOE contaminated sites in particular. They are capable of reducing, and thus immobilizing,…

Structural analysis of ion-beam-induced amorphous SiC by advanced electron microscopy

Lead Institution

Osaka University

Principal Investigator

Manabu Ishimaru

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Silicon carbide (SiC) and its composites have been proposed for structural components in future nuclear fusion reactors, because of their high temperature strength, pseudo-ductile fracture behavior,…

An NMR study of the complex formed by viral protein vCCI and human chemokine eotaxin

Lead Institution

University of California, Merced

Principal Investigator

Patricia LiWang

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Chemokines are essential components of the immune system, causing activation and chemotaxis of leukocytes to sites of infection and inflammation. While the structures of many chemokines are known,…

NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION OF DAMAGED ANCIENT SCROLLS USING NMR AND PIXE SCANNING TO SEPARATE TEXT FROM THE SCROLL BACKGROUND COMBINED WITH 3D VIRTUAL UNROLLING

Lead Institution

Columbia Basin Imaging

Principal Investigator

Edward Iuliano

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

In 79 A.D. Mt. Vesius in Italy erupted with the resulting pyroclastic flow destroying the nearby cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Preserved under 75 feet of ash, a seaside villa owned by Julius…

Development of Single Molecule Force Microscopy Capability to Examine the Moleuclar Mechanism of Lignocellulosic Material Degradation

Lead Institution

The Ohio State University

Principal Investigator

Brian Lower

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The objective of this proposal is to develop a novel capability based on scanning probe microscopy to examine the enzyme-catalyzed hydrolysis of insoluble lignocellulosic material at the molecular…

Heterogeneous Photochemistry of Organic-Coated Mineral Dust Aerosol

Lead Institution

University of Iowa

Principal Investigator

Vicki Grassian

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The proposed research will apply state-of-the-art mass spectrometric approaches developed for large complex molecules to interrogate chemical composition of Humic Like Substanses. Specifically, we…

First principles adaptive kinetic Monte Carlo calculations of catalytic reactions at supported nanoparticles

Lead Institution

University of Texas at Austin

Principal Investigator

Graeme Henkelman

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The goal of this project is to use density functional theory calculations to discover the mechanisms and rates of catalytic reactions on oxide supported metal surfaces and nanoparticles. The focus…