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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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Formation and Decomposition of Cerium-Based Nitrate Species

Lead Institution
University of Waterloo
Principal Investigator
William Epling
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
We propose to study the effects of CO2 and H2O, two key diesel exhaust components, on the stability of nitrates bound to ceria on a Pt/Ce/Al2O3 catalyst. Commercial NOX storage/reduction (NSR)…

Measure fluorescence spectra from LiF film

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Mark Murphy
Project type
Exploratory Research
Fluorescence spectra from a LiF film developed at PNNL was measured and found to exhibit peaks in the green, red and infrared. These color centers have been found to perform well in uses for high…

Field effect studies of CoxTi1-xO2 thin films

Lead Institution
Yale University
Principal Investigator
Jeng-Bang Yau
Project type
Exploratory Research
Co doped TiO2 is a dilute magnetic oxide semiconductor that is potentially promising for spintronics device applications. The ferromagnetism of CoxTi1-xO2 is believed to be mediated by the doped…

High-Throughput Structure Determination of Proteins and Protein Complexes

Lead Institution
Rutgers University
Principal Investigator
Gaetano Montelione
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium (NESGC, www.nesg.org) is one of four large protein structure production centers supported by the NIH Protein Structure Initiative II (the PSI II). The…

Optimization of peptide identification from tandem mass spectral data

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
William Cannon
Project type
Exploratory Research
Determining the correct sequence of amino acids for a peptide starting with MS/MS spectral data can be stated as an optimization problem where the objective is to match an experimental spectrum with…

Benchmarking Localized Coupled Cluster methods in the NWchem package

Lead Institution
University of Waterloo
Principal Investigator
Martinus Nooijen
Project type
Exploratory Research
Using the Tensor Contraction Engine developed by Dr. So Hirata we have implemented a localized coupled cluster approach in NWchem. The present and near-future capabilities of this implementation …

Dye Studies on CHO cells.

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
M. Mayer-Cumblidge
Project type
Exploratory Research
We have synthesized two dyes (FlAsH and ReAsH)which bind to a tetracysteine motif. We are seeking to optimize binding to a protein in living cells.

Separation and measurement of DNA from soil extracts

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Richard Ozanich
Project type
Exploratory Research
Fluidic methods for separating DNA from soil extracts will be developed. Background fluorescence of soil extracts will be determined to optimize selection of final hybridized DNA detection…

Micromodel Pore-Scale Displacement Studies of Brine and Supercritical CO2

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Mart Oostrom
Project type
Exploratory Research
Supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) sequestration in deep saline aquifers or reservoirs is, to a large extent, affected by porous medium properties, fluid properties, and interfacial interactions…