Projects

Investigations into
Sulfur Poisoning Mechanisms in Solid-State Oxide Fuel Cells
Using Quantum-Chemical Computations

Lead Institution

Georgia Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Meilin Liu

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The objective of the proposed study is to gain a fundamental understanding of the sulfur poisoning processes in solid oxide fuel cells due to sulfur-containing impurities in the fuel. First, the…

Visualization of a Pd-Au{100} Catalyst: a Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study

Lead Institution

Texas A&M University

Principal Investigator

Patrick Han

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Our objective is to use a UHV variable temperature STM to investigate a fabricated Pd-Au(100) surface alloy system. We plan to exploit both the microscopic and spectroscopic capabilities of an STM at…

Directed Self-Assembly of Metal Oxide Island Nanostructures

Lead Institution

University of Virginia

Principal Investigator

James Groves

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Nanocrystalline Oxide Film Structures Proposal focuses on oxide Quantum Dots (QDs). Interface controlled, self-assembled oxide quantum dots (QDs) are…

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…

High-resolution interfacial studies of nano-scale oxide films

Lead Institution

Harvard University

Principal Investigator

Shriram Ramanathan

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Thin film transition metal-oxides are of great interest to a number of areas ranging from nano-electronic devices to alternate energy technologies. We propose to use the unique ion beam facilities at…

Molecular beam scattering measurements on anatase TiO2(001) and
rutile TiO2(110)

Lead Institution

North Dakota State University

Principal Investigator

Uwe Burghaus

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Heterogeneous catalysis is a key industry in our modern technological world. Despite the pertinent economic impact of heterogeneous catalysis, the mechanistic understanding of chemical reaction…

Characterization of Novel DNA/Semiconductor Nanoconjugates

Lead Institution

California State University, Los Angeles

Principal Investigator

Feimeng Zhou

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The proposed study is to develop a controllable methodology by which the inorganic compounds can be evenly grown along the DNA template at molecular level and investigate the impact of various…

Fundamental Investigations of Heterogeneous Catalysis Using Isotopic Transient Kinetic Analysis

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Robert Disselkamp

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This project will apply a unique capability at PNNL for heterogeneous catalysis R&D employing isotopic transient kinetic analysis (ITKA) techniques with mass spectroscopic and in-situ…

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…

Chromium diffusion kinetics in nano-ceria and doped ceria coatings: An UCF-PNNL collaboration

Lead Institution

University of Central Florida

Principal Investigator

Sudipta Seal

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Steels are used as a staple alloy (worldwide consumption over 20 million tons annually) in applications such as household appliances, cutlery, oil and gas pipelines, and the like. However, select…

Spectroscopic and Microscopic Characterization of Graphite

Lead Institution

UCAR Carbon Company Inc.

Principal Investigator

Samina Azad

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Majority of the energy requirement of many industrial processes is met through utilization of reactions of carbon and carbonaceous materials with oxygen, steam, carbon dioxide and hydrogen. The…

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…

Response of Radiation Detector Materials to Ions

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Brian Milbrath

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This project will provide a fundamental understanding of the physical processes that control the response of materials to ion energy deposition. The goal is to develop fast screening techniques to…

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…

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…