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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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Addressing Challenges in Nanoscale Characterization

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Daniel Gaspar
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Nanoscale materials offer the promise of significant advances in fields as diverse as the production, storage and efficient use of energy, sensing and environmental remediation. The characterization…

Chemistry and Microphysics of Small Particles

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Alla Zelenyuk-Imre
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
This proposal is a continuation of research under EMSL User Proposal #17498. Atmospheric aerosol particles impact the global climate by scattering solar radiation to space and in their role as cloud…

Gregory Szulczewski's Proposal

Lead Institution
University of Alabama
Principal Investigator
Gregory Szulczewski
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Hydrogenation of 1-nitro-1-cyclohexene on an Au/TiO2 model catalyst Titanium dioxide is a well-known material for metal-supported catalysis and photocatalysis. In particular, the use of Au…

Hygroscopic Properties of Aerosol Organics

Lead Institution
Desert Research Institute
Principal Investigator
Douglas Lowenthal
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
While organics constitute a large fraction of ambient aerosol mass, their role and effect on particle hygroscopic growth and cloud nucleation remains unclear. Organics are most often present in…

Desiccation of Porous Media to Limit Contaminant Migration

Lead Institution
Auburn University
Principal Investigator
Jacob Dane
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The primary attribute of soil desiccation is the removal of excess moisture from the subsurface, thereby reducing potential downward migration of water and contaminant solutes within the vadose zone…

Fundamental Studies on Biomolecule Ions Desorbed from Open-Air Surfaces

Lead Institution
Georgia Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator
Facundo Fernandez
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The mechanisms by which biologically-relevant molecules can be transformed into gas-phase ions is an area of active fundamental research in mass spectrometry (MS), which is relevant to a broad range…

Course in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Donald Baer
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
This activity involves use of selected EMSL capabilities as one component in a course on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. The course is to be held in EMSL where 50% of the time is devoted to lectures…

From Gas Phase Clusters to Nanomaterials

Lead Institution
Brown University
Principal Investigator
Lai-Sheng Wang
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
This proposal is a continuation of research under EMSL User Proposal #3226a. Gas phase clusters remain to be an attractive and exciting field of study for several reasons. First of all, clusters…

Phosphoproteome determination of LPA treated osteocytes

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Norman Karin
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Osteocytes arise from bone-forming osteoblasts that become surrounded by mineralized matrix and comprise greater than 90% of all bone cells. Osteocytes form a junctionally-connected sensory network…

Nanoscale Characterization of Nanomaterial - Cell Interactions

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 Proposal #17690. The extensive use of amorphous silica nanoparticles (NPs) in the industry, and the growing use of carbon nanotubes…

Heart Metabolomics during ventricular unloading

Lead Institution
Seattle Children's Research Institute
Principal Investigator
Michael Portman
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) remains the primary method of long term support after myocardial stunning after cardiac surgery in this age group. ECMO often provides a bridge to recovery…