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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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High Resolution Spectra of Phosphine in the 1370-800 Wavenumber Region

Lead Institution
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Linda Brown
Project type
Exploratory Research
The absolute cross sections of the rotational-vibrational lines of phosphine in the 1370-800 wavenumber region will be studied for identification in planetary atmospheres. The use of the PNNL high…

Lattice Boltzmann development (csei1)

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
David Rector
Project type
Exploratory Research
The lattice Boltzmann simulation method for modeling flow, energy and transport in fluid systems will be enhanced by the addition of new physical models and computational methods.

Preparation of a Langmuir-Blodgett film of lipopolysaccharide

Lead Institution
Oregon State University
Principal Investigator
Brian Wood
Project type
Exploratory Research
Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) are amphiphilic macromolecules that form part of the exterior surface of gram-negative microorganisms. These macromolecules can be important in adhesion, and can extend…

AFM Characterization of Self-assembled Heterogenite Particles

Lead Institution
University of Minnesota
Principal Investigator
R. Penn
Project type
Exploratory Research
My samples are micron-sized hexagonal plates (CoOOH) which are assembled from oriented 3-5 nm building block crystallites. I am hoping to characterize the nm-scale topography of these particles in…

Ev-Tech Testing Support

Lead Institution
Integrated Environmental Technologies, LLC
Principal Investigator
Robert Dejaiffe
Project type
Exploratory Research
A Size 10 model of the PEM melter developed at Battelle was tested by Ev-Tech while melting an industrial waste. Carbon contect tests are needed on the baghouse dust and glass samples collected…

Excitation of Surface Excitons in the Nanoscale Calcium Oxide Surface

Lead Institution
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Principal Investigator
Oliver Diwald
Project type
Exploratory Research
Optical absorption and photoluminescence emission properties of dehydroxylated MgO and CaO CVD-grown nanocrystals have recently been undertaken with respect to particle morphology and size. On MgO…

Transparent Circuits

Lead Institution
Clarkson University
Principal Investigator
Feng Hua
Project type
Exploratory 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…

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…

Combinatorial Operando Catalyst Research

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Zongchao Zhang
Project type
Exploratory Research
The main objective of this proposal is to build and demonstrate a combinatorial operando system for accelerated catalyst research. This system will be the first of its kind. It integrates FTIR and…

Surface Plasmon Polariton Dependence on Metal Surface Morphology

Lead Institution
University of Central Florida
Principal Investigator
Robert Peale
Project type
Exploratory Research
Surface Plasmon Polaritons (SPP) are inhomogeneous electromagnetic plane waves bound to the surface of a conductor. Knowledge of SPP characteristics is of timely and critical interest to the rapidly…

XPS characterizationof ion-beam induced surface modification

Lead Institution
Purdue University
Principal Investigator
Julia Laskin
Project type
Exploratory Research
Our research is focused on the interaction of an ion beam with self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of organothiols absorbed on a gold surface. In these experiments low-energy ion beam (1-100 eV)…

Investigation geometric and electronic structure of AlxM clusters (emslcsd3)

Lead Institution
Washington State University Tri-Cities
Principal Investigator
Hai-Feng Zhang
Project type
Exploratory Research
The goal of the this project is to investigate the structure and chemical bonding of aluminum and aluminum alloy clusters as a function of size and composition, and to identify electronically or…