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Projects

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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Mechanistic understanding of zeolite deactivation pathways

Lead Institution
Caterpillar, Inc.
Principal Investigator
Joshua Ratts
Project type
Exploratory Research
Three zeolite powders (Fe-MFI, Cu-MFI, and Fe-BEA) commonly used in SCR NOx reduction will be hydrothermally aged in air using a variety of temperatures, aging times and water concentrations in a…

The Measurements for Nano-tip'ID

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Rui Zhao
Project type
Exploratory Research
To find the best way for pull the nano-tip using P-2000 Micropipette Puller Capillary ID: 30um and 50um Conditions: With water and Without water.

HP Itanium II Cluster Software Development and Application Porting

Lead Institution
Hewlett-Packard Company
Principal Investigator
Werner Hahn
Project type
Exploratory Research
This team will continue work on the development and testing of the HP Cluster Administration Package (CAP) software currently used on the EMSL HPCS2 computer system. Work will be concentrated in the…

Analysis of Iron Mineralogy of clay sediments exposed to reducing conditions

Lead Institution
Idaho National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
David Cooper
Project type
Exploratory Research
Iron associated with sedimentary iron oxide and clay minerals is a ubiquitous source of Fe(3) for assimilatory and dissimilatory microbial Fe-reduction. Previous data has shown that (i) microbial…

3-D Imaging of the photosynthetic bacterium, Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Lead Institution
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Principal Investigator
Ronald Mackenzie
Project type
Exploratory Research
The aim is to obtain a 3-D imaging of Rhodobacter sphaeroides as part of a team effort to make an "electronic cell" Alice Dohnalkova will obtain electron microscope images of the organism…

Fabrication of Nanoelectrode Array base on Aligned Carbon Nanotube

Lead Institution
Boston College
Principal Investigator
Yi Tu
Project type
Exploratory Research
We have synthesized the carbon nanotube array on conducting substrates at Boston College. We need to use electrochemical instrument and SEM at EMSL to evaluate the property of carbon nanotubes for…

Alpha Project

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
David Camp
Project type
Exploratory Research
The Alpha Project employs a multidisciplinary approach that focuses on the prediction of quantitative events in a biological system through the investigation of functional genomics in combination…

NCI-III

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
David Camp
Project type
Exploratory Research
The first phase of this project focuses on following 5 specific milestones agreed to by the review committee. Scientific milestone 1: Demonstrate the ability to process and analyze soluble stable…