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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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Northwest Consortium for Multiscale Mathematics and Application

Lead Institution
Brown University
Principal Investigator
Guang Lin
Project type
Exploratory Research
This project is funded by Department of Energy (DOE), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program. The mission of this project is to build up the mathematical foundation for upscaling and…

Characterizing biofilm development of a bacterial biological control agent

Lead Institution
Oregon State University
Principal Investigator
Walter Mahaffee
Project type
Exploratory Research
There is increasing economic and political pressure for the implementation of sustainable practices for management of agro-ecosystems. The use of biological control agents to manage plant diseases…

Immobilized Enzymes for Bioremediation and Biosensing

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Jungbae Kim
Project type
Exploratory Research
Immobilized enzyme systems, stabilizing the enzyme activity, will be tested for the purposes of bioremediation and biosensing. Stabilization of enzyme activity is a critical advance that is required…

Absolute Infrared Absorption Cross Section of CF3SF5.

Lead Institution
NASA Langley Research Center
Principal Investigator
Curtis Rinsland
Project type
Exploratory Research
The absolute infrared absorption cross section of CF3SF5 will be measured at the stratospheric temperatures using a benchtop FTIR Spectrometer.

Joint Catalyst Developement

Lead Institution
Sichuan University
Principal Investigator
Bin Liang
Project type
Exploratory Research
Dr. Bin Liang will collaborate with PNNL staff Yong Wang in several catalyst development areas of mutual interests. The main objective is to utilize EMSL user facilities to characterize the chemical…

Laminar Growth of Ultrathin Metal Films on Oxide Surfaces

Lead Institution
Universitaet Zuerich-Irchel
Principal Investigator
Juerg Osterwalder
Project type
Exploratory Research
New procedures for laminar growth of transition metals on insulating materials will be explored. The concept of 'chemical anchors' for increasing the island nucleation density, and thus for…

Characterization of Biologically Reduced U Particles

Lead Institution
Montana State University
Principal Investigator
Brent Peyton
Project type
Exploratory Research
In collaboration with Dr. Jim Amonette (PNNL, we are working on reduction of Uranium(VI) under sulfate reducing conditions in the presence of iron minerals. U(VI) dissolved in a growth medium was…

High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy of Spiropentane and Bicyclopentane

Lead Institution
Oregon State University
Principal Investigator
Joseph Nibler
Project type
Exploratory Research
The structures and physical properties of small organic strained-ring systems are of interest to both experimental and theoretical chemists. The object of the proposed research is to apply high…

Background signal studies with PTR-MS

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
Halvor Westberg
Project type
Exploratory Research
In some of our ambient measurement studies with the PTR-MS, acetaldehyde and some of the other polar oxygenated organics have shown unexpected high concentrations. Since the PTR-MS can have mass…

Relating nanostructure to composite properties via 3D TEM imaging

Lead Institution
Oregon State University
Principal Investigator
John Simonsen
Project type
Exploratory Research
Our previous proposal (PNNL 27090a) was unsuccessful in imaging CNXLs in polymer matrices, but was successful in obtaining excellent images of CNXL aerogels. We therefore propose to utilize…

Overall warm syngas cleanup

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Liyu Li
Project type
Exploratory Research
Gasification of biomass to syngas followed by catalytic synthesis of hydrocarbons or oxygenates provides a feasible strategy to meet the increasing demand for transportation fuels. This syngas has…

TEM and MDS study of NPSS

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Xin Sun
Project type
Exploratory Research
Nano-Precipitates Strengthening Steels (NPSS) are currently under consideration for use as various vehicle components in the automotive industry for their excellent combination of mechanical…