Projects

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.™

PNNL Metabolomics Measurement and Validation Development for Renewable Energy Research

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Paul Majors

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This capability-development project will provide PNNL and DOE with a unique live / in-situ metabolomics capability for microbial bioenergy development. The technology will be applicable for the…

Host Cell Interactions with Human Infectious Diseases, Straub

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Timothy Straub

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Pathogenesis is a complex biological process between the human host and the infectious disease agent. In our previous successful collaboration with EMSL scientists (EMSL Project 16297), which lead…

Analysis of the Proteome and Transcriptome of In Vivo Brucella spp., Yersinia pestis, Francisella tularensis, Mycobacterium spp., Salmonella typhimurium Infected Ileum

Lead Institution

Texas A&M University

Principal Investigator

Leslie Adams

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The host responses to Brucella spp., Yersinia pestis, Francisella tularensis, Mycobacterium spp., Salmonella typhimurium and the pathogen responses to the host play major roles in the outcome of…

High Resolution 1H NMR Metabolomics Using Slow and Ultra Slow Magic Angle Spinning

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Jian-zhi Hu

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Recently, we developed new so-called slow-MAS (magic angle spinning) NMR techniques that significantly enhance the spectral information in biofluids, intact excised tissues, organs and live small…

The electronic structure and dynamics of photocatalytic and electronic interfaces

Lead Institution

University of Pittsburgh

Principal Investigator

Hrvoje Petek

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

IThe electronic structure of unoccupied states and defects represents one of the most experimentally and theoretically demanding challenges in the science of interfacial phenomena. Here we propose a…

Synthesis of photoactive metal oxide films for study using time-resolved x-ray techniques

Lead Institution

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

Principal Investigator

Kelly Gaffney

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

We propose to study cuprous oxide thin film growth and expand the scope of the work to other transition-metal-oxide systems. Transition-metal oxides have many interesting photophysical and…

Propane Reforming Process Development

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Robert Dagle

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The proposed project is to investigate the conversion of propane to a hydrogen-rich reformate stream for commercially-deployed portable fuel cell applications. Most of these applications occur in…

Immiscibility features between silica-rich and carbonate-rich material in breccia from the Sierra Madera impact structure.

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Michael Pope

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

he Sierra Madera impact structure located in west Texas is a 12 km diameter, well-exposed, eroded remnant of a complex impact crater hosted in carbonate and siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. Studying…

Maria Salazar-villalpando's Proposal

Lead Institution

National Energy Technology Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Maria Salazar-villalpando

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Understanding the reaction mechanism of carbon formation is required in order to find solutions to avoid catalyst deactivation during the partial oxidation methane for syngas (H2 and CO) generation,…

Structure, Composition, and Phase Behavior of Mixed Biphenylthiol Self-Assembled Monolayers

Lead Institution

Central Washington University

Principal Investigator

Eric Bullock

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Controlling nanoscale surface and interface properties is of high interest in molecular electronics, sensors, biocompatible materials, and many other fields. One route to such surface…

Investigation of Dynamics of Villin Headpiece Subdomain by Solid-State NMR with the Use of Single-Site Labeling.

Lead Institution

University of Alaska at Anchorage

Principal Investigator

Liliya Vugmeyster

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Villin headpiece protein subdomain (HP36) is extensively used as a model system for protein folding. A mutation of F58 residue was shown to rupture the native fold. Yet a double mutant involving two…

Calculation of Oxygen Surface Diffusion on Bulk Oxygen
Ion Conductors

Lead Institution

Stanford University

Principal Investigator

Fritz Prinz

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Fuel cell activation losses are directly related to the area of the Triple Phase Boundary, the electrochemically active area. In a solid oxide fuel cell, oxygen atoms adsorbed on the electrolyte…

Mossbauer and XPS Characterization of Fe-Based Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts

Lead Institution

Research Triangle Institute

Principal Investigator

Velu Subramani

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This proposal seeks to characterize fresh and used Fe-based Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) catalysts prepared at the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) using combined Mossbauer and X-ray…

Community-Based Biosignatures of Exposure and Functional Response in the Sediment-Water Interface of the Hyporheic Zone and Periphyton Community in River Systems

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Amoret Bunn

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Biomarkers that indicate change in the biotic community due to the presence of contamination in the sediment-water interface can be used as part of monitoring programs assessing remediation…

Ion Beam Methods for the Synthesis, Modification, and Characterization of Radiation Detection Materials

Lead Institution

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

John Neal

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Inorganic scintillators have been used for the detection of ionizing radiation in numerous applications for over a century, current users are, however, restricted to a handful of commercially…

Fate and transport of titanium dioxide through freshwater ecosystems

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Ann Miracle

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This project will identify and quantify titanium dioxide (titania, TiO2) nanoparticles and its subsequent mass balance in environmental media (i.e., water, sediment and benthic/sediment dwelling…

Investigating the Correlation Among Properties, Morphology and Composition of Multimetallic Alloy and Core-shell Nanoparticles and Novel Nanostructures

Lead Institution

State University of New York at Binghamton

Principal Investigator

Chuan-Jian Zhong

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This USER proposal seeks the support of the EMSL User facilities for the study of nanostructural properties and compositions of metal and alloy nanoparticles using High-Resolution Transmission…

Site-specific Surface Excitation of Calcium Oxide "Nanocubes"

Lead Institution

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Principal Investigator

Oliver Diwald

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This proposal is a continuation of research under EMSL User Proposal #21596. The interaction between light and highly dispersed oxide materials is fundamentally important in photocatalysis,…

Photochemical Processing of Organic Aerosol Particles Studied with High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry

Lead Institution

University of California, Irvine

Principal Investigator

Sergey Nizkorodov

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This research will focus on direct photochemical processing of organic aerosol particles by solar radiation. It will address the following important questions: (1) How do direct photochemical…

Time-resolved Study of Phase Transformation of In2Se3 Thin Films by PEEM

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Fumio Ohuchi

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This proposal is a continuation of research under EMSL User Proposal #22791. Beginning in June, 2007 this proposal is to apply EMSL 1221's photoemission electron microscopy (PEEM) to…

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