Projects

Molecular Dynamics Study of an Actin Septamer: Testing the Holmes Model and the Hydrophobic Plug Loop Hypothesis

Lead Institution

Northwestern University

Principal Investigator

George Schatz

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This proposal is in response to the Science Theme Call. We are requesting standard access with non-proprietary status. Actin is a cellular protein which polymerizes into helical filaments. These…

Substrate-specific binding of Staphylococcus adhesins to solid surfaces

Lead Institution

The Ohio State University

Principal Investigator

Steven Lower

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

A nearly universal trait of bacteria is their ability to attach to solid surfaces. Attached cells often form biofilms that are implicated in a significant amount of human infections and have been…

Design of micro-cantilever actuators for measuring surface tension of sub microliter volumes applied towards monitoring interfacial processes

Lead Institution

Utah State University

Principal Investigator

David Britt

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

It is well known that ambient moisture results in a capillary effect between AFM probes and surfaces when scanning in air. This phenomenon has been largely overlooked with respect to cantilever…

Microfabrication of Electrospray Emitter Arrays for Improved Sensitivity in Electrospray Ionization-Mass Spectrometry

Lead Institution

Brigham Young University

Principal Investigator

Ryan Kelly

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Liquid chromatography (LC), combined with mass spectrometry (MS), is an extremely powerful platform for protein analysis, allowing complex mixtures first separated by LC to be further resolved and…

Surface and Interface Studies of Photochemically Initiated Immobilization

Lead Institution

Portland State University

Principal Investigator

Mingdi Yan

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The ability to precisely control surface and interface properties is of paramount importance in applications ranging from catalysis, adhesion, sensing, to nanoscale devices. Critical to these…

Refroming of Hydrocarbons on Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Anodes

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

James Strohm

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The work to be performed is to characterize materials used during reforming of methane and other hydrocarbons. Nickel-based anodes (of powder and plate form) used in solid oxide fuel cells and/or…

Dynamic characterization of the enzyme phosphomannomutase/phosphoglucomutase from P. aeruginosa

Lead Institution

University of Missouri - Columbia

Principal Investigator

Lesa Beamer

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The enzyme phosphomannomutase/phosphoglucomutase (PMM/PGM) is a member of the a-D-phosphohexomutase superfamily. These proteins have varied roles in carbohydrate metabolism and other biosynthetic…

Toward preparation and operando characterization of nanostructured heterogeneous photocatalysts

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Glen Fryxell

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This proposal involves the use of EMSL facilities to characterize nanostructured TiO2 and its dopants. Standard structural tools will be used to characterize the TiO2 nanophases before and after…

Near Real-time Alkene Sensor for Atmospheric Aerosol Chemistry Monitoring

Lead Institution

MicroEnergy Technologies, Inc.

Principal Investigator

Reza Shekarriz

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The goal for the proposed project is to be able to take advantage of the current investments made at EMSL for the development of TDS to evaluate the potential for combining the TDS with the current…

Characterization of high surface area tungsten carbide synthesized by templated synthesis methods electrocalytic applications

Lead Institution

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

Principal Investigator

Ja Hun Kwak

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Transition metal carbides have long been sought as alternatives to precious metals for catalysis and electrochemical applications since Levy and Boudart (1973) first reported that WC displayed…

Post Growth Analysis of compositionally graded InGaN Grown with MOCVD

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Fumio Ohuchi

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Under the seed funding recently obtained from Semiconductor Research Corporation (Research Triangle, NC), we are investigating nitride-based quantum well structures for the development of direct…

Compositionally Graded V2O5 for Improved Thermoelectric Power

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Fumio Ohuchi

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Conversion of waste heat into useful energy in many applications including automobile exhausts has received considerable attention, recently. As such, there is a growing interest in synthesizing…

Novel Catalytic Materials for the Hydrodesulfurization and Water-Gas Shift Processes

Lead Institution

Western Washington University

Principal Investigator

Mark Bussell

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This proposal for the use of instrumentation at the EMSL User Facility addresses two critical processes in the production of clean fuels: hydrodesulfurization (HDS) and water-gas shift (WGS)…

Amorphous Semiconductor Analysis using Ion Beam Tools

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Charles Henager

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The goal of this proposal is to develop new materials for high resolution, room temperature gamma radiation detection. We propose to develop high Z, high resistivity, amorphous, semiconductors to be…

Fundamental Studies of Nitrogen Oxide Surface chemistry: A Model System approach

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Janos Szanyi

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

In our proposed research we will employ a model system approach to elucidate the structure-reactivity relationships of base-metal oxide nanostructures supported on planar oxide substrates. The major…

Environmental proteomic analysis of anaerobic methane oxidizing systems

Lead Institution

University of British Columbia

Principal Investigator

Steven Hallam

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Prokaryotic microorganisms represent the majority of living things on Earth. In many cases, interdependent constituents of this vast microbial biota play decisive roles in defining biogeochemical…

Hydrogen Materials Compatibility Studies

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Charles Henager

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The hydrogen internal combustion engine (H2ICE), based on direct injection (DI) technology has the best potential to provide very high power density with diesel-like efficiency and very low emissions…

The Study of Atomic Gold Clusters in Polyaniline

Lead Institution

Georgia Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Miraslawa Josowicz

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Previous reserch done in our Group in collaboration with the PNNL scientists, Don Baer and Mark Engelhard, has shown that polyaniline (PANI) can be used as a matrix for formation of Au clusters. By a…

TEM Study on SOFC Interconnects and Interfaces

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Z. Gary Yang

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

In recent years, progress in materials and fabrication techniques have allowed for a reduction in solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) operating temperatures to a range (e.g., 650-800ºC) where oxidation…

Transparent Circuits

Lead Institution

Clarkson University

Principal Investigator

Feng Hua

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

We propose to apply nanomaterials and nanofabrication to the production of transparent circuits in large area on both rigid and flexible substrates. The project starts from the fabrication of an N…