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.™

Development of the Novel Hybrid Nanowire-based Solar Cell on a Flexible Substrate

Lead Institution

University of Idaho

Principal Investigator

Daniel Choi

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Since the worlds oil and other fuel resources are finite and depleting, great interests have been focused towards finding alternative energy sources. Among the contenders competing to replace fossil…

Kinetic study of heterogeneous reaction of palladium nanoparticles with O2 and OH

Lead Institution

Stanford University

Principal Investigator

Hai Wang

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The proposed research will examine the reaction kinetics and mechanism of palladium nanoparticle oxidation in molecular oxygen and by the hydroxyl radical. We will use the substrate deposited…

Physicochemical determinants of distribution and fate of nanoparticles following in vivo exposure

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Justin Teeguarden

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The risks associated with the use of nanomaterials have been recently under investigation (1) as increasingly more nanosized products are developed and commercialized. The advent of nanotoxicology as…

Experimental investigation and theoretical validation of growth, morphology, and chemistry of cuprous oxide nanoclusters on STO (100) substrate

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Charles Henager

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Growth of electronic materials as single crystals for a variety of uses can be limited by the lack of fundamental understanding of the nucleation, growth, and coalescence regime at the initial stages…

Studies of Nanomaterials for Removal of Perchlorate in Water

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Jun Wang

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

this proposal is to study the conducting polymer/carbon nanotube nanocomposite for removal of perchlorate in water.

Understanding the influence of radiation exposure on ceria nanoparticle surface chemistry

Lead Institution

University of Central Florida

Principal Investigator

Sudipta Seal

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Primary focus of this work is to study the effect of radiation exposure on the surface chemistry of cerium oxide. High quality, single and polycrystalline thin films of ceria will be synthesized…

Analysis of trout sperm nuclear proteins

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Irvin Schultz

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

We are using a fish model, the rainbow trout, as a human surrogate to investigate the reproductive consequences of xenoestrogen exposure on male reproduction. In previous studies, we documented…

Impurity Segregation and Precipitation in Semiconductor Nanostructures

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Scott Dunham

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The goal of this work is to apply advanced characterization and modeling techniques to gain a fundamental understanding of segregation and precipitation processes in semiconductors. These issues are…

Imaging of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathode

Lead Institution

Carnegie Mellon University

Principal Investigator

Cristina Amon

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Microstructure imaging of a solid oxide fuel cell cathode is a necessary component of a computational modeling effort investigating the reactive transport of chromium species in the porous cathode of…

NMR for Catalyst Studies

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Charles Peden

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

A detailed understanding of the mechanisms involved in a catalytic reaction requires that we identify the nature of the active sites and of reaction intermediates, and that we probe dynamic processes…

Wildfire impacts on organic matter bioavailability and river corridor biogeochemistry

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Allison Myers-Pigg

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Disturbances can modify landscape hydrologic flows and alter the quantity and quality of organic matter delivered to rivers, thereby affecting the hydro-biogeochemistry of freshwater terrestrial…

Functional genomics of the root vascular system.

Lead Institution

University of Missouri - Columbia

Principal Investigator

Gary Stacey

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Nitrogen (N) management will be a critical feature for the production of bioenergy crops, which are likely to be grown on sub-optimal soils low in N content. One solution to these issues is to employ…

Identification and Validation of Protein Profiles Associated with Therapy-Resistance in Breast Cancer

Lead Institution

Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam

Principal Investigator

Arzu Umar

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Successful treatment of breast cancer is hampered by the occurrence of drug resistance in approximately 50% of patients with advanced recurrent disease. The ultimate goal of proposed work is to…

Multifunctional Nanostructures for Nano-Biotechnology Applications

Lead Institution

Boise State University

Principal Investigator

Alex Punnoose

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Our group at Boise State University is preparing powder and thin film samples of metla and metal oxide nanoparticles in pure and transition - metal - doped forms. We are also interested in preparing…

Biomarkers of malaria infection

Lead Institution

Seattle Biomedical Research Institute

Principal Investigator

Michal Fried

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This application is for the continuation and expansion of proposal 8211 "Membrane proteins of placental parasites". P. falciparum causes severe syndromes by adhering to endothelium and…

Test Measurements and Approaches for Enhancing Information Available from Surface Analysis of Oxides, nanoparticles and organic materials analysis

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This activity involves extending the state of the art in surface analysis by expanding the understanding of equipment capability, testing new approaches to instrument calibration, operation and data…

Ion Channeling Studies of Epitaxial Oxide Films and Gas-Solid interfaces.

Lead Institution

Wayne State University

Principal Investigator

Karur Padmanabhan

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The proposal addresses two important research areas using the on RBS, ion channeling and nuclear reaction analysis. EMSL ion accelerator facility will be used for both projects. The first involves…

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