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As a scientific user facility, EMSL provides expertise, instrumentation, and resources to 250 projects each year. Projects displayed below reflect information and abstracts that were published before April 30, 2024. To review current user projects, visit EMSL's Science Central.

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Chalcogenide Surface Science

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Bradley Johnson
Project type
Exploratory Research
Chalcogenide nanowires have been observed to form on soda lime glass and fused quartz substrates. These materials have potential application for analytical and photonic devices. Further research is…

Low temperature Si device fabrication

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Scott Dunham
Project type
Exploratory Research
There is a demand for high performance semiconductor devices which are thin and flexible, for applications where high frequency operation, light weight, and conforming to a curved surface is…

The Microstructural Influence on Fatigue Crack Growth in Rene 88DT

Lead Institution
Colorado School of Mines
Principal Investigator
Kip Findley
Project type
Exploratory Research
In order to reduce materials development time in superalloy applications, it is necessary to develop physically-based models to predict the alloy's properties. Fatigue is a life-limiting…

Analysis of the composition of Cu films

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
David Field
Project type
Exploratory Research
Microstructure of Cu films used in modern integrated circuit interconnect lines is important in controlling both manufacturability and reliability of the in-service chip. The microstructure as it…

Design and Synthesis of Tailored Band-Gap SiGe(C) Detectors

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Charles Henager
Project type
Exploratory Research
This project will discover new materials based on Si-Ge-C for use as efficient, high resolution, large-area radiation detectors. Si-Ge-C alloys have been developed as active semiconductor devices…

Proteomics of Burkholderia mallei

Lead Institution
University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey Medical School
Principal Investigator
Steven Schutzer
Project type
Exploratory Research
Burkholderia mallei is the cause of glanders. There is no rapid discriminating diagnostic assay, no vaccine, and reliable therapy. Gaps in our understanding and rapid diagnostics for the microbe can…

Depth Profiles of Isotopic Oxygen in Cerium Oxide Catalysts

Lead Institution
National Energy Technology Laboratory
Principal Investigator
David Berry
Project type
Exploratory Research
The use of oxygen conducting materials like cerium oxide as supports for deposited metal catalyst system have provided improved properties and performance over non-conducting traditional supports…

Post-translational modifications of High Mobility Group proteins

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
Raymond Reeves
Project type
Exploratory Research
Use MS to identify sites and types of post-translational modifications of several high mobility grop proteins. Use various tandem mass spec instruments available to precisely identify specific…

XRD Analysis of Indium Tin Oxide Thin Films

Lead Institution
University of Arizona
Principal Investigator
Darren Dunphy
Project type
Exploratory Research
An XRD study of indium tin oxide (ITO) thin films for chemical sensing and organic light emitting diode applications will be undertaken in order to determine any structural differences present…

Atomic force microscope studies of environmental sensitive polymer

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Liang Liang
Project type
Exploratory Research
Polymers have been applied successfully in fields such as adhesion, biomaterails, protective coating, friction and wear, composites, microelectronics devices, and thin-film technology. In general,…

Characterization of sputtered ZnO films

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Larry Olsen
Project type
Exploratory Research
We are sputtering films of ZnO with a RF magnetron system, and wish to characterize the thickness uniformity and grain size. Mr. Dunham has suggested the use of an optical profilometer to…

Measurement of specific surface areas

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Paul Gassman
Project type
Exploratory Research
Would like to measure the specific surface areas of two alumina powders (non-hazardous).

Research Experience for Undergraduates: Materials Characterization

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
David Bahr
Project type
Exploratory Research
WSU has created a summer program for undergraduates from the Pacific Northwest to gain exposure to materials characterization methods. This interdisciplinary group of 10 students range from…

The Schizophyllum commune proteome

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Scott Baker
Project type
Exploratory Research
Background The authors, have in parallel with this proposal, submitted a genome sequencing proposal to the DOE Microbial Genome Program (MGP) for Schizophyllum commune (see attached pdf). This…