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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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SEM of aluminum alloy sample

Lead Institution
CANMET-MTL
Principal Investigator
Valery Guertsman
Project type
Exploratory Research
Capture SE images and x-ray maps (Mg, O, Mn)

Microfabrication and CE-MS development

Lead Institution
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Principal Investigator
Sam Wang
Project type
Exploratory Research
A one day visit to the site is requested to learn the current state of the art practiced at the EMSL for capillary electrophoresis combined with mass spectrometry and microfabrication of devices for…

Molecular analysis of cancer by FTICR

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Brian Thrall
Project type
Exploratory Research
Proteomic analysis of wild-type versus cancerous tumor cells.

Investigations of Microbial Spore Lysis using Near-IR Laser Irradiation.

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
David Wunschel
Project type
Exploratory Research
The rapid detection of a microorganism in the environment requires the detection of a specific biochemical marker or markers. In characterizing a particular microbial isolate, it is desirable to…

Microelectrode array

Lead Institution
Oregon Health & Science University
Principal Investigator
Jody House
Project type
Exploratory Research
Objective 1: To fabricate an array of electrodes on a Si substrate. The process will require the deposition of oxide/nitride layers and metal deposition, etching, lithography.

A comparative Analysis of Two Molecular Surface Generating Techniques

Lead Institution
Eastern Washington University
Principal Investigator
Michael Monek
Project type
Exploratory Research
This project is for partial completion of a Master of Science degree in Mathematics from Eastern Washington University. The objective of the project is to compare Harold E. Trease's Adaptive…

Low angle x-ray characterization of catalyst porosity

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Xiaohong Li
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective of this research is to improve the scientific and technical understanding of plasma-assisted catalysis (PAC) aftertreatment for heavy-duty diesel engines to meet the proposed EPA…

Low angle x-ray characterization of catalyst porosity

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Xiaohong Li
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective of this research is to improve the scientific and technical understanding of plasma-assisted catalysis (PAC) aftertreatment for heavy-duty diesel engines to meet the proposed EPA…

Infrared Spectra of the Fundamental Bands of 34SO2

Lead Institution
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Principal Investigator
Walter Lafferty
Project type
Exploratory Research
Thanks to advances in technology the abundance of sulfur dioxide in urban air has been greatly reduced during the last several decades. The infrared spectrum of the bands of the most abundant …

Phagocytosis of carbon black aerosols with benzo-a-pyrene

Lead Institution
Johns Hopkins University
Principal Investigator
Terence Risby
Project type
Exploratory Research
Provide images of cells in culture, demonstrating uptake of carbon black by phagocytosis and if possible, fate of benzo-a-pyrene

EPR studies of Cu sorption on clay minerals

Lead Institution
University of Idaho
Principal Investigator
Daniel Strawn
Project type
Exploratory Research
Three clay minerals with unique sorption properties have been equilibrated with Cu solutions at concentrations below where aqueous or solid phase complexes are expected. We will monitor the EPR…