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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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Norovirus TEM proposal, Straub

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Timothy Straub
Project type
Exploratory Research
Human noroviruses are thought to be the leading cause of non-bacterial gastroenteritis throughout the world. Recent data suggests that the viruse is undergoing mutation leading to increased virulence…

Host Cell Interactions with Human Infectious Diseases, Straub

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Timothy Straub
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Pathogenesis is a complex biological process between the human host and the infectious disease agent. In our previous successful collaboration with EMSL scientists (EMSL Project 16297), which lead…

Rhenium and Technetium Uptake by Iron-Based Materials

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Kenneth Krupka
Project type
Exploratory Research
PNNL is studying uptake of contaminants in corrosion products that will occur after breach of nuclear waste packages for conditions associated with DOE’s Yucca Mountain geologic repository program. …

Near Infrared Laser Spectroscopy of Water Vapor

Lead Institution
NASA Ames Research Center
Principal Investigator
Charles Chackerian
Project type
Exploratory Research
We will use the EMSL near-infrared (NIR) laser system to record absorption spectra of water vapor in a long-pass White cell that is located at the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. The…

Surface Analysis of Carbide Catalysts

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Dean Matson
Project type
Exploratory Research
Metalized carbon nanotubes are proposed as catalyst materials for hydrocarbon processing. Activity and selectivity of these materials is dependent on the distribution and nature of the metals on the…

Investigations of Organic Light Emitting Diode Materials

Lead Institution
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Principal Investigator
Allen Johnson
Project type
Exploratory Research
This goal of this investigation is to study the characteristics of proposed organic light emitting diode (OLED) materials. A number of metal quinolates with be studied to determine the effects of…

Characterization of tungsten carbide synthesized by controlled template method

Lead Institution
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Principal Investigator
Ja Hun Kwak
Project type
Exploratory Research
High purity tungsten carbide materials with high surface area and porosity can provide technically and economically attractive alternates for platinum in an electrocatalysis. We are developing novel…

Study of the ferromagnetic activation in ZnO diluted magnetic semiconductors

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Daniel Gamelin
Project type
Exploratory Research
We wish to study the in situ activation of ferromagnetic ordering in Mn2+:ZnO using vibrating sample magnetometry. We have previously shown that decomposition of amines activated ferromagnetism, but…

Scanning Electron Microscopy of Corynebacterium glutamicum

Lead Institution
Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth
Principal Investigator
Hideaki Yukawa
Project type
Exploratory Research
The purpose of this brief proposal is to obtain high quality scanning electron microscopy images of Corynebacterium glutamicum. One of these images may be selected for inclusion of the cover of…

Optical Properties of Ag Nanoparticles Embedded in Polymer Matrices

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
Tyler Pounds
Project type
Exploratory Research
Broadband plasmonic absorption has been exhibited in thin film Teflon AF matrices with embedded Ag nanoparticles. Plasmonic excitation occurs at a specific resonance wavelength for each embedded…

Controlling Field Emission from HV Structures

Lead Institution
College of William and Mary
Principal Investigator
Brian Holloway
Project type
Exploratory Research
High-purity, hydrogen-free silicon oxynitride films were successfully created using two techniques, plasma immersion ion implantation/deposition (PIII/D) and reactive sputtering. Our previous work…

High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy of trans-Hexatriene

Lead Institution
Oberlin College
Principal Investigator
Norman Craig
Project type
Exploratory Research
We will record and analyze the high resolution infrared spectrum of trans-hexatriene. The purpose of this work is to determine the structure and vibrational force field of this molecule.

High and Moderate Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy of Diiodomethane

Lead Institution
California State University, East Bay
Principal Investigator
Anthony Masiello
Project type
Exploratory Research
We will record high (0.002 cm-1) and moderate (0.112 cm-1) resolution infrared spectra of diiodomethane. Diiodomethane is a trace compound found in the troposphere and is thought to be a sink for…