Projects

Functional Materials for Separation and Sensing

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…

Visualization of a Pt-Co(111) catalyst: a scanning tunneling microscopy study

Lead Institution

Texas A&M University

Principal Investigator

Fan Yang

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The goal of this project is to investigate the surface structures of Pt3Co(111) in order to achieve an atomic understanding of the Pt-based alloy catalysts and facilitate a rational design of cathode…

Determination of Cr and O diffusion coefficients in (Co,Mn)3O4 coatings for IT-SOFC Steel Interconnects

Lead Institution

Montana State University

Principal Investigator

Richard Smith

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The long term performance and performance stability of the intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells (IT-SOFC) are closely connected to the corrosion resistance and thermal stability of the…

DNA methylation-dependent patterns of histone post-translational modification

Lead Institution

Indiana University - Bloomington

Principal Investigator

Craig Pikaard

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

In eukaryotes, chromosomal DNA does not exist as a naked molecule, but is complexed with proteins to form chromatin. As a first step in chromatin formation, 167 bp of DNA is wrapped around a histone…

Advanced Diagnostic Studies of Lithium Ion Batteries Using In Situ and Ex Situ NMR Spectroscopies

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Jian-zhi Hu

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Energy shortage is a critical problem in the 21th century. Developing highly efficient and high capacity energy storage device such as lithium iron battery is of considerable interest to the nation…

Nano- and Atomic-Level Engineered Adsorbent, Catalyst, and Membrane Materials for Energy and Environmental Application

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Wei Liu

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This proposal is to gain access to EMSL resources for processing and characterization of highly-engineered solid adsorbent, catalyst and membrane materials, and to develop correlation of their…

High-Performance Computing to Evaluate Hierarchical Heterogeneity Paradigms in Sedimentary Aquifer Systems

Lead Institution

Wright State University

Principal Investigator

Robert Ritzi

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

We propose computational research that leads to a better understanding of processes governing ground-water flow and reactive mass transport in the subsurface. The goal is to produce simulations…

Variable-Temperature Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Aluminum-Substituted Maghemites

Lead Institution

The Ohio State University

Principal Investigator

Jerry Bigham

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Maghemite (&#947;-Fe2O3) is a ferrimagnetic iron oxide that is isostructural with magnetite (FeII FeIII2O4). It differs from magnetite in that most of the Fe is trivalent, and cation vacancies…

Use of biofluids and a unique inducible/reversible mouse model of aggressive neoplasia to test for cancer biomarkers.

Lead Institution

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Principal Investigator

Fionnuala Morrish

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The early diagnosis of cancers is central to successful treatment as current therapies work most effectively with early stages of the disease. As a result there has been much recent emphasis on…

Spectroelectrochemical and Computational Studies on Interfacial Electron Transfer in Dye-sensitized Solar Cells

Lead Institution

University of South Dakota

Principal Investigator

Haoran Sun

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This proposal is responding to the Science Theme Call: Science of Interfacial Phenomena; and it is a non-proprietary standard access proposal. Interfacial electron transfer (ET) processes…

Metabolomics and Proteomics of Bacterial Signaling

Lead Institution

Boise State University

Principal Investigator

Owen Mcdougal

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The purpose of this work is to understand the role of the microbial methionine salvage pathway specific enzyme Methylthioadenosine/S-adenosylhomocysteine (MTA/SAH) nucleosidase (MTN) in bacterial…

Ultrastructure of aerial interface in apple

Lead Institution

United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service Tree Fruit Research Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Eric Curry

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The cuticle is the interface of all aerial plant surfaces. In apples, the interface between intercellular water and the atmosphere is dynamic, complex and, for the most part, uncharacterized. …

Understanding the Structure-Catalytic Function Relationship of Cobalt Based Catalysts for Steam Reforming of Ethanol

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Su Ha

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The scientific objectives of this application are to fundamentally understand (1) the active oxidation state and crystalline phase of cobalt (Co) and (2) how the various support materials and…

Study of the initial oxide scale formation and growth on Haynes 214 alloy at 800 & 900C

Lead Institution

University of Connecticut

Principal Investigator

Prabhakar Singh

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Initial oxidation processes in terms of the oxide nucleation and growth on Haynes 214 alumina forming alloy during exposure to an oxidizing atmosphere will be studied at 800 and 900C. Structural and…

Probing atmospheric chemistry of aerosols to gain insights into cloud condensation
behavior

Lead Institution

University of California, San Diego

Principal Investigator

Kimberly Prather

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This proposal focuses on performing off-line complementary measurements of single particles in an effort to better understand single particle chemistry, morphology, metal speciation, CCN ability,…

Systems Biology of Iron, Carbon, and NitrogenMetabolism in the Marine Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum

Lead Institution

J. Craig Venter Institute

Principal Investigator

Andrew Allen

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Diatoms, which are responsible for up to 40% of the 45 to 50 billion metric tons of organic carbon production each year in the sea (Nelson et al., 1995), are particularly sensitive to Fe stress. Fe…

Microscopy Investigation on Nanostructured Electrodes

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Jiguang Zhang

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The objective of this proposal is to use EMSLs advanced electron microscopy facility to characterize the compositions and properties of the nanostructured electrode and nanostructured materials and…

Investigations of Electric Field Gradients and NMR Chemical Shifts of 87Sr in Mixed Calcium/Strontium Systems Using High Field NMR and Computational Chemistry

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Karl Mueller

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Calcium (Ca) and strontium (Sr) both form divalent ions that share rich and important chemistries. In light of the importance of Sr for the DOE mission, we are studying the substitution of Sr into…

V-51 Solid-State NMR and Density Functional Theory Studies of Vanadium Haloperoxidases

Lead Institution

University of Delaware

Principal Investigator

Tatyana Polenova

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This is an application in response to the proposal call "Science Theme: Biological Interactions and Dynamics". We request standard, general non-proprietary access to the 21.1 T (900 MHz)…

Biotemplated nanoparticles for imaging and drug delivery

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Yuehe Lin

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The objective of this project is to develop new approaches to prepare encoded bimetallic nanoparticles in protein cages for biosensing and imaging. The unique optical and electrochemical signals of…