Projects

Development of Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in Wide-band-gap Oxide Semiconductor Nanostructures

Lead Institution

Boise State University

Principal Investigator

Alex Punnoose

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Tailoring the physical properties and adding new functionalities to the existing semiconductors by engineering the structure, composition and particle/grain size are among the new approaches in…

Fundamental Studies of Heterogeneous Photocatalysis on Model TiO2 Surfaces

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Michael Henderson

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The objective of this project is to provide the field of heterogeneous photocatalysis with unique insights into the molecular-level properties of photocatalytic transformations on TiO2 through joint…

Using Metallic Interlayers to Stabilize Metal-Metal Interfaces

Lead Institution

Montana State University

Principal Investigator

Richard Smith

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The objective of the proposed research is to investigate the potential for ultrathin metal interlayers to stabilize the metal-metal interface in thin-film structures. A closely coupled combination…

Chemistry of Outer Solar System Materials

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Thomas McCord

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

We propose to continue our study of the chemistry and optical properties of materials thought to exist on the surfaces of outer Solar System objects. We have studied at EMSL a variety of hydrated…

An experimental and data analysis investigation into the trapped gases and non-ice material in the surfaces of the outer planets icy satellites and our Moon

Lead Institution

Johns Hopkins University

Principal Investigator

Charles Hibbitts

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

We propose to continue to investigate the role of physisorption in explaining the presence of volatiles gases (specifically CO2, CH4, and possibly others) in the upper surfaces of icy satellites in…

Open Ocean Ship-Board Study of Atmospheric Aerosols at the Equatorial Pacific: Characterizing Iron in Marine Aerosol

Lead Institution

Central Washington University

Principal Investigator

Anne Johansen

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Iron is a growth-limiting nutrient to phytoplankton in the open ocean, but its sources, chemistry and physical forms are largely unknown. Since phytoplankton control global climate by producing ~50%…

Crystal Perfection in Cadmium Zinc Telluride Radiation Detectors

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Mary Bliss

Project type

Exploratory Research

This effort is to collect high resolution x-ray diffraction data to correlate with thermally stimulated current measurements. The samples are cadmium zinc telluride which have the potential to be…

Multilevel High Performance Models of Hydrobiogeochemistry for a NABIR Field Research Center

Lead Institution

Advanced Imaging Technologies

Principal Investigator

Anna Gutowska

Project type

Exploratory Research

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TV glass investigation

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Albert Mendoza

Project type

Exploratory Research

Look for fluorescence in TV glass

Scanning Electron Microscopic Analysis of Hanford Soil Mineral Particles treated with Highly Alkaline Solutions

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Shas Mattigod

Project type

Exploratory Research

Objective: To examine the effects of alkali attack on morphology of detrital minerals from Hanford Formation. Approach: SEM-EDX will be used to analyze chemical and morphological characterisitics of…

Near Real-time Alkene Sensor for Atmospheric Aerosol Chemistry Monitoring

Lead Institution

MicroEnergy Technologies, Inc.

Principal Investigator

Reza Shekarriz

Project type

Exploratory Research

The goal for the proposed project is to be able to take advantage of the current investments made at EMSL for the development of TDS to evaluate the potential for combining the TDS with the current…

Near Real-time Alkene Sensor for Atmospheric Aerosol Chemistry Monitoring

Lead Institution

MicroEnergy Technologies, Inc.

Principal Investigator

Reza Shekarriz

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The goal for the proposed project is to be able to take advantage of the current investments made at EMSL for the development of TDS to evaluate the potential for combining the TDS with the current…

MeV Ion Irradiation of Galilean Satellite compositional analogues

Lead Institution

Johns Hopkins University

Principal Investigator

Charles Hibbitts

Project type

Exploratory Research

This project will explore the effects that MeV irradaion has on candidate compositional analogues of surface non-ice materials s of the the Galilean satellites Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede. The…

TEM and SEM identification and characterization of aluminosilicate precipitates from high pH solutions containing Al in contact with quartz

Lead Institution

Brigham Young University

Principal Investigator

Barry Bickmore

Project type

Exploratory Research

We are performing batch kinetics experiments where we place quartz sand in contact with high pH, high ionic strength solutions with varying amounts of Al (90 C). So far we have found that when the…

Thickness measurement of ion irradiated specimens thinned for transmission electron microscopy

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Taira Okita

Project type

Exploratory Research

Specimens of Fe-16Ni-15Cr were bombarded earlier with nickel ions to produce swelling. These specimens are not radioactive. The specimens will be thinned from the front surface to a depth of about…

Mev He Ion Implantation in Si Wafers

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Fumio Ohuchi

Project type

Exploratory Research

The aim of this proposed work is to probe the inter-defect distribution (IDD) model that relates the phonon correlation length to the ion dose received by a material such as silicon. Previous…

18-Oxygen uptake measurements on Ceramic samples

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Kevin Kerstetter

Project type

Exploratory Research

The objective of this project is to measure the 18-oxygen uptake on several ceramic samples (La-Sr-Cr-Fe-O). The uptake of the 18-oxygen will be measured using the nuclear reaction analysis (NRA) at…

Thermal Analysis of Photopolymerized Polyacrylate thin films

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Linda Sapochak

Project type

Exploratory Research

Many times photopolymerization of a formulation mixture does not go all the way to completion. Smaller oligomeric components added to the formulation to aid in mechanical, adhesive and/or thermal…

Determination of residual free radical species in photopolymerized polyacrylate thin films and composite layers by ESR.

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Linda Sapochak

Project type

Exploratory Research

The presence of free radical species in coatings used in the electronics packaging industry may be detrimental to the operation of a device. The extent, if any of free radical species in…

Process images produced by MRM/confocal and CARS/TPC microscopes

Lead Institution

Harvard University

Principal Investigator

Gary Holtom

Project type

Exploratory Research

Access to AFS and SDA is required for substantial bodies of data collected in collaboration with MR Imaging and Cell Biology coworkers. Some custom software (Chris Parkinson) will be used but at the…