Projects

Integrated analysis of air pollution in central West Antarctica Brazilian standalone module - Criosfera 1

Lead Institution

Federal University of Parana

Principal Investigator

Ricardo Godoi

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Bromwich et al. 2012 recently revealed, by meteorological observation, a linear increase in annual temperature between 1958 and 2010 by 2.4+/-1.2 degrees C, establishing central West Antarctica as…

FIB/TEM Study of Uranium-Phosphate Mineralization in Subsurface Sediments

Lead Institution

Washington University in St. Louis

Principal Investigator

Jeffrey Catalano

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Uranium contamination of the subsurface at DOE sites has resulted from past mining, milling, and waste disposal processes. Phosphate addition has been proposed as a potential remediation strategy for…

Reactivity and dynamics of complex systems

Lead Institution

University of Minnesota

Principal Investigator

Donald Truhlar

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The project involves an ongoing collaboration of 20+ researchers from University of Minnesota, University of South Carolina, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Pacific Northwest National…

Chemical Characterization of Atmospheric Aerosols and Cloud Water using High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry and Single-Particle Microscopy

Lead Institution

University of Michigan

Principal Investigator

Kerri Pratt

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

High-resolution tandem mass spectrometry and single particle microscopy analysis will be utilized to determine the organic molecular composition and size-dependent mixing state of atmospheric…

An Integrated Experimental and Theoretical Study of Actinide Clusters

Lead Institution

Brown University

Principal Investigator

Lai-Sheng Wang

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Understanding the chemistry of the actinide elements, in particular uranium, is of critical importance to the mission of the U.S. Department of Energy. With the challenges to develop renewable…

Molecular Surface Spectroscopy of Secondary Organic Aerosol Particles

Lead Institution

Northwestern University

Principal Investigator

Franz Geiger

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This proposal focuses on applying EMSL's high-resolution vibrational spectroscopy (hr-SFG) capabilities (Hongfei Wang), nano-DESI high-resolution mass spectrometry analysis techniques (Julia and…

Inorganic controls on the incorporation of Np(V) and U(VI) in carbonate, sulfate and borate minerals

Lead Institution

University of Notre Dame

Principal Investigator

Peter Burns

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The co-precipitation of actinides in low-temperature mineral phases may exert a significant control on mobility in the subsurface. According to the Department of Energy, Neptunium (Np) is an…

Towards a Predictive Thermodynamic Model for Oxidation States of Uranium Incorporated in Fe (hydr)oxides

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Eugene Ilton

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Bacterially facilitated and abiotic heterogeneous reduction of UVI to UIV has been intensively studied due to the vastly different solubility of hexavalent and tetravalent uranium, with ramifications…

Influence of Rhizosphere Iron on Carbon Cycling in a Wetland Environment

Lead Institution

Savannah River National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Daniel Kaplan

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

About 20% of the earth's carbon resides in wetlands and another 20% of the organic carbon in sediment is associated to reactive iron phases, either existing in wetlands or elsewhere. This…

Fundamental of High Entropy Alloy: computationally guided material design

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Jun Cui

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

We propose a comprehensive effort aimed at understanding the fundamentals of high entropy (HE) alloys, in particular, thermodynamics of alloy formation, stability, and deformation mechanism at high…

Atmospheric System Research Studies

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Jerome Fast

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

A major PNNL's research effort funded through DOE's Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Program focuses on current knowledge gaps in aerosol effects on climate. The overall goal of this…

Soybean Proteomics

Lead Institution

University of Missouri - Columbia

Principal Investigator

Gary Stacey

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The USA is the world's largest producer of soybean (Glycine max) according to the UN food and agriculture organization with a production of 83.9 million metric tons per year. Soybean is an…

Molecular simulation of microbial membrane proteins and protein-DNA complexes

Lead Institution

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

T. Straatsma

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Two biochemical systems that are crucial for the integrity of microbial cells in complex environments are studied using molecular dynamics simulations. The first system is the homologous…

Microstructures and Their Stability of Ion-implanted Energy and Storage Materials

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Weilin Jiang

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Two parallel studies, respectively funded by Office of Basic Energy Sciences and Office of Nuclear Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, will be performed under this user proposal. The objectives of the…

Dynamics of Mineral Precipitation Reaction Fronts In Porous Media

Lead Institution

Idaho National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

George Redden

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Two projects at INL will be significantly enhanced through access to EMSL facilities. Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Scientific Focus Area (SFA), sponsored by DOE's Subsurface Biogeochemistry…

Development of Ion-Bombardment Surface Treatments for Suppression of Secondary Electron Emission in Accelerator Vacuum Chambers and Other Structures

Lead Institution

Cornell University

Principal Investigator

Mark Palmer

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Particle accelerators have become an increasingly essential tool for basic and applied research. Charged particle beams in accelerators can be adversely affected by the build-up of clouds of…

Dirigent Protein Structure and Mechanism

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Norman Lewis

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The biochemistry of vascular plants has evolved in such a way as to rely extensively upon unique phenoxy radical coupling reactions thereby generating substances for structural support, for formation…

Understanding microbial dynamics in a biostimulated aquifer using combined Omics approaches

Lead Institution

University of California, Berkeley

Principal Investigator

Jillian Banfield

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

At the Rifle Integrated Field Research Challenge (IFRC) site in Colorado, carbon amendments to the subsurface are used to stimulate growth of the indigenous microbial community. The microbial…

Combined Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of Nanoscale Structure-Activity Relationships for Fuel Cell Applications

Lead Institution

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Principal Investigator

Thomas Allison

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The proposed work will advance the understanding of metallic nanoparticle catalysts through direct comparison of experimental data and the results of quantum chemistry calculations. This will be…

Nanolayered, self-healing radiation resistant materials

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Charles Henager

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Recent discovery and research indicate that materials can be hardened against radiation damage by building nanolayered structures with an optimized layer thickness to increase point defect…