Projects

Illuminating emergent properties underlying complex carbon degradation within communities of soil microorganisms

Lead Institution

University of Pittsburgh

Principal Investigator

Erik Wright

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Soil microorganisms play a key role in the global carbon cycle by degrading the complex carbon molecules comprising plant litter and cell detritus. This provides a critical ecosystem service by…

Probing Atmospheric Nanoplastics: An Unrecognized Urban Source of Airborne Particles

Lead Institution

Purdue University

Principal Investigator

Alexander Laskin

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

fragments of microplastic or larger plastic debris discharged into terrestrial and aquatic environments, while atmospheric occurrence of EnvNP is solely attributed to aerosolization by wind and other…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Surface Plasmon Polariton Dependence on Metal Surface Nano-Structure

Lead Institution

University of Central Florida

Principal Investigator

Robert Peale

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The project will focus initially on films of nano-structured gold metal particles. A motivation for this is that so-called nano-structured "gold black" is currently under investigation at…

Spectroelectrochemical Sensor for Pertechnetate, TcO4-, Applicable to Hanford and Other DOE Sites

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Samuel Bryan

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The general aim of our work currently funded by DOE (formerly by EMSP) is the design and implementation of a new sensor technology that offers unprecedented levels of specificity needed for…

Activation and Dissociation of Large Molecules in Mass Spectrometry

Lead Institution

Purdue University

Principal Investigator

Julia Laskin

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This proposal is a continuation of research under EMSL User Proposal #6291. Mass spectrometry is unique among instrumental analysis techniques in terms of its extraordinary sensitivity, molecular…

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…

The proteome of prostate cancer-derived exosomes: Exosomes as biomarker treasure chests

Lead Institution

Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam

Principal Investigator

Guido Jenster

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in men. Although considerable progress in the clinical setting has been made in the past decades, early…