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As a scientific user facility, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) provides expertise, instrumentation, and resources to 250 projects each year. 

EMSL projects displayed on the EMSL web site project page reflect project abstracts and information migrated to this page before April 30, 2024. To review current and past EMSL user projects, visit EMSL Science Central.™ 

 

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Mineral Reactivity and Transformations in Adsorbed Water Films

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
John Loring
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Transformations of minerals covered in thin films of adsorbed H2O are ubiquitous in nature and occur under unique chemical and physical constraints. But in contrast to bulk aqueous systems,…

Radionuclide Immobilization in Reducing Cementitious Materials

Lead Institution
Savannah River National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Daniel Kaplan
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Reducing cementitious materials are used as waste forms and engineered barriers for low-level radioactive waste disposal in the vadose zone. These materials are specifically formulated to contain…

Study of Depolymerization and Valorization of Lignin

Lead Institution
Joint BioEnergy Institute
Principal Investigator
Seema Singh
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The primary goal of the proposed work is to study and understand using both experimental and computational approaches, the depolymerization of lignin generated during the ionic liquid (IL)…

Uranium Biomineralization by Caulobacter crescentus

Lead Institution
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Yongqin Jiao
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The research goal of this proposal is to understand and evaluate the potential of using the aerobic bacterium Caulobacter crescentus for the application of uranium bioremediation. Previous work by…

In Situ TEM Studies on Na-Ion Storage in Hard Carbon

Lead Institution
Oregon State University
Principal Investigator
Xiulei Ji
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
We would like to petition to use the EMSL’s advanced in-situ experimental systems to study charge and mass transport phenomena, as well as solvent-interface interaction in amorphous carbon used as Na…

Probing the Vibrational Coherences of Organic Atmospheric Aerosol Systems

Lead Institution
Northwestern University
Principal Investigator
Franz Geiger
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
This proposal focuses on applying EMSL’s sub-1cm-1-resolution vibrational spectroscopy (hr-SFG) capabilities (Hongfei Wang), solid state NMR spectroscopy (Nancy Washton), nano-DESI high-resolution…

Catalysis from Metalated Zr6- and Hf6-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks

Lead Institution
University of Minnesota
Principal Investigator
Laura Gagliardi
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
We would like to use the Cascade supercomputer to compute the structures, spectroscopic properties, and reactive capabilities of Zr6 based Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) functionalized with metal…

GOAmazon: Atmospheric Aerosol Phase, Composition, and Water Vapor Uptake

Lead Institution
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Mary Gilles
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Atmopsheric particle phase, viscosity, and mixing state are inherently intertwined with one another. How particles change and evolve, particularly as a function of relative humidity is crucial for…

High-capacity cathode and anode materials for sodium batteries

Lead Institution
Qatar Foundation
Principal Investigator
Hamdi Yahia
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Since the sodium reserves are easily accessible, we decided to investigate sodium ion batteries (NaIBs), as new energy storage systems, for large-scale battery applications. This proposal seeks to…