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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. 

Projects displayed below reflect information and abstracts that were published before April 30, 2024. To review current EMSL user projects, visit Science Central™.

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Fundamental Studies of Implantation Defects in 4H-SiC

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Brian Milbrath
Project type
Exploratory Research
The goal is to obtain a fundamental understanding of the accumulation and recovery of ion-implantation defects on both the Si and C sublattices in 4H-SiC. The 4H-SiC single-crystal samples will be…

Effects of Polymer Processing Techniques on Free Radical Concentration

Lead Institution
United Technologies Research Center
Principal Investigator
Wayde Schmidt
Project type
Exploratory Research
This proposed project will support a currently funded DOE contract to UTRC on Polymer Dispersed Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen Storage. The objective for the proposed collaborative study will be to…

Inelastic Electron Scattering Cross Section Measurements in Liquid Water

Lead Institution
Wadsworth Center
Principal Investigator
Craig Brown
Project type
Exploratory Research
An understanding of electron-initiated processes in aqueous systems is significant not only in fundamental research but also in such diverse fields as waste remediation and environmental cleanup,…

Analysis of Composite Sheet Forming Using PAM-Stamp.

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Nicholas Klymyshyn
Project type
Exploratory Research
A composite sheet (woven carbon fiber and nylon) forming process will be modelled in PAM-Stamp. This project requires an account on Jupiter.

Thermal/Fluids Analysis of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Operation

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Kurtis Recknagle
Project type
Exploratory Research
PNNL is dedicated to design and develop a 5 kW Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) stack which has the capability to startup rapidly and operate under dynamic loading conditions for extended periods of time…

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…

Aerosol particle generation, collection, and analysis.

Lead Institution
Battelle Columbus
Principal Investigator
Vladimir Mikheev
Project type
Exploratory Research
Particle generation will be achieved via nucleation of supersaturated vapor of different substances (primary interest - alcohols and alkanes) using the laminar flow tube reactor (LFTR), and also by…

Structure and Catalytic Activity of Supported Early Transition Metal Oxide Clusters (Kay's BES/Chemical Physics-Catalysis WBS0502 of Peden's BES-Chemical Transformations at Complex Interfaces, PNNL Scope #47319)

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Zdenek Dohnalek
Project type
Exploratory Research
Current commercial heterogeneous catalysts are structurally and chemically complex and measurements on them can seldom be interpreted with atomic-level precision. This is especially so for supported…

Irradiation Effects in Pyrochlore Ceramics

Lead Institution
Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Org. (ANSTO)
Principal Investigator
Bruce Begg
Project type
Exploratory Research
Irradiate single and multiphase pyrochlore-based ceramics with energetic heavy ions (such as 2 to 8 MeV Au ions). Perform X-ray diffraction of the irradiated surfaces. The proposed work will use the…