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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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Stable isotopes to study nutrient cycling in soils.

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
John Cliff
Project type
Exploratory Research
Studying nutrient cycling in soils is important from economic and environmental perspectives. Our research has focused on the use of stable C and N isotopes to trace soil chemical processes and…

Sea Urchin Biomineralization: A Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy(SIMS) Analysis

Lead Institution
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Jong Seto
Project type
Exploratory Research
The purpose of this proposal is to obtain access to the facilities and equipment at the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL), Pacific Northwest Laboratory to further the understanding…

Kinetics in ices with complex compositions

Lead Institution
Concordia University
Principal Investigator
Patrick Ayotte
Project type
Exploratory Research
Our description of the role played by ice particles in altering the chemical composition of the Earth's atmosphere is currently undermined by our poor understanding of the interaction of…

The Surface Chemistry of Iron Metal in Environmental Remediation Applications

Lead Institution
Oregon Health & Science University
Principal Investigator
Paul Tratnyek
Project type
Exploratory Research
This collaboration began during my sabbatical at EMSL during the period of 10/00-06/01. The overall goal was to determine how the surface morphology of iron metal affects its reactivity with aqueous…

Mossbauer and XPS Characterization of Fe-Based Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts

Lead Institution
Research Triangle Institute
Principal Investigator
Velu Subramani
Project type
Exploratory 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…

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…

Biqing Liang's Proposal

Lead Institution
Cornell University
Principal Investigator
Biqing Liang
Project type
Exploratory Research
Black carbon (BC) can play a key role in a wide range of biogeochemical processes. Enrichment of stable forms of BC was found leading to higher soil cation exchange capacity and nutrient retention in…

Strengthening mechanisms in ultra high strength corrosion resistant steel

Lead Institution
Portland State University
Principal Investigator
William Wood
Project type
Exploratory Research
We are investigating the precipitation reactions that occur during high speed induction heat treatment of a ultra high strength corrosion resistant steel containing C,N,Cr, Ti V, Mo. We would like to…

Supercritical Fluid Immersion Deposition of Metal Films on Semiconductor

Lead Institution
University of California, San Diego
Principal Investigator
Xiang-Rong Ye
Project type
Exploratory Research
Objective: Currently one challenging issue in electronic industry is filling trenches and small features for interconnection. However, conventional CVD process can't accomplish this purpose…

Analysis of Silicon Nitride Thin Films

Lead Institution
Idaho State University
Principal Investigator
Rene Rodriguez
Project type
Exploratory Research
We would like to determine the atomic composition as a function of depth for thin films of silicon nitride deposited on silicon wafers. We are also interested in the cyrstallinity of the material as…

Microbial Reduction of Illite and Glauconite

Lead Institution
Miami University
Principal Investigator
Hailiang Dong
Project type
Exploratory Research
This project investigates reduction of Fe(III) in structure of sedimentary illite and glauconite by Shewanella oneidensis CN32, and possible implications for bioremediation and subsurface microbial…

Incorporation of Cellulose Nanocrystals Into PHB/PHV Copolymer

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
Michael Wolcott
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective of this research is to devise methods to produce nano-scale crystalline cellulose (NCC) with aspect ratios between 10-80 and to characterize the interphase of the crystals, specific to…

Theoretical Modelling of Defects in Oxides

Lead Institution
University College London
Principal Investigator
Alexander Shlyuger
Project type
Exploratory Research
We will model the structure and defect properties in KBr, SiO2, MgO, and possibly Al2O3 and ZrO2. The main topics will include: i) the structure and properties of oxygen vacancies and interstitial…