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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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Nanoscale Enzyme Reactors (NERs) for Biofuel Cells

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
Su Ha
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Enzyme-based biofuel cells use immobilized enzymes on electrodes for the conversion of chemical energy of biofuels (such as glucose, ethanol, or oil) to the electrical energy (Figure 1a). One of the…

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…

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…

FRET-Based Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Membrane-Receptor Activation

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 Proposals #6494 and #6493. Membrane receptors are activated upon the binding of small ligand molecules to specific sites in their…