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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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Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials and Cluster-Assembled Materials

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 #21790. This program is focused on exploratory syntheses of anionic metal clusters based on our gas-phase studies. A long…

Cluster Model Studies of Condensed Phase Phenomena

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 #8592. This program is aimed at obtaining a microscopic understanding of solution chemistry and solvation of negatively charged…

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…

Interfacial Excited State Dynamics on TiO2

Lead Institution
Osaka University
Principal Investigator
Katsumi Tanimura
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Interfacial excited state dynamics (ESD) plays an important role in many chemical and biological processes. Specifically, interfacial ESD in TiO2-based materials, is critical to solar energy…

Composition Analysis of Surface-Bound Nanoparticle Monolayers

Lead Institution
University of Oregon
Principal Investigator
James Hutchison
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The unique size-dependent optical and electronic properties of metal nanoparticles have generated significant interest in methods to reliably assemble these materials on surfaces. We have previously…

Non-Thermal Reactions in Thin Aqueous Films

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Gregory Kimmel
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
This proposal is a continuation of research under EMSL User Proposal #21797. Energetic processes at surfaces and interfaces are important in fields such as radiation chemistry, radiation biology,…

Non-Thermal Reactions in Water Adsorbed on Anion-Doped TiO2(110)

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Gregory Kimmel
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
This proposal is a continuation of research under EMSL User Proposal #18397. Development of new energy sources and alternative fuels, such as hydrogen, are major needs for the 21st century. In the…

Functional Interfaces at the Nanoscale

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Jay Grate
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
A large number of mission areas of the US. DOE demand functional materials that will meet the operational requirements of targeted applications. Indeed, innovative solutions to pressing national…

Radiation Induced Defects in Nanostructured Polymer-Derived Ceramics

Lead Institution
University of Central Florida
Principal Investigator
Linan An
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The objective of the proposed research is to fundamentally investigate the interaction of radiation induced defects with unique nanostructures of polymer-derived ceramics (PDCs). A multifaceted…

Inelastic Electron Scattering Cross Section Measurements in Liquid Water

Lead Institution
Wadsworth Center
Principal Investigator
Craig Brown
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
This proposal is a continuation of research under EMSL User Proposal #21891. An understanding of electron-initiated processes in aqueous systems is significant not only in fundamental research but…

Understanding and Development of Novel NanoMaterials for Frequency Upconversion

Lead Institution
The University of Texas at Arlington
Principal Investigator
Wei Chen
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The use of luminescence spectroscopy to study the upconversion luminescence in various semiconductor and doped nanomaterials is proposed. By controlling key parameters such as surface modification,…

Assembly of the mRNA 3'-end processing machinery

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Gabriele Varani
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
We propose to use NMR to study the structural basis for the assembly of the protein complex responsible for the formation of mature 3'-ends of mRNAs by cleavage and polyadenylation, and the…

Study of interfacial phenomena of novel-layered thin film structure

Lead Institution
Alfred University
Principal Investigator
Xingwu Wang
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The objective of this research is to systematically study novel-layered thin film structures, which include nano-magnetic material thin film and dielectric thin film. The interfacial chemistry and…