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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. 

EMSL projects displayed on the EMSL web site project page reflect project abstracts and information migrated to this page before April 30, 2024. To review current and past EMSL user projects, visit EMSL Science Central.™ 

 

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Nano polyaniline prepared by electrochemical polymerization

Lead Institution
Tsinghua University
Principal Investigator
Jun Li
Project type
Exploratory Research
We proposal to prepare the nanopolyaniline, one of conductive polymer on the surface of platinum plate by electrochemical polymerization. By changing the reaction conditions, the desired morphology…

Isotopic Labelling in the Dry Reforming of Methane

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
William Thomson
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective of the experiment is to determine the degree to which the carbon in a fresh carbide catalyst participates in the dry reforming of methane. This will be accomplished by utilizing C13…

Inactivation of Monomeric Sarcosine Oxidase by a Suicide Substrate

Lead Institution
MCP Hahnemann University
Principal Investigator
Marilyn Jorns
Project type
Exploratory Research
We have recently determined the kinetic mechanism of inactivation of monomeric sarcosine oxidase by N-(cyclopropyl)glycine (CPG), a sarcosine analog which acts as a suicide substrate and covalently…

Identification of Nonpeptide Antigens for gamma delta T Cells

Lead Institution
University of Iowa
Principal Investigator
Craig Morita
Project type
Exploratory Research
In this proposal, we plan to characterize nonpeptide antigens for gamma delta T cells. Human gd T cells expressing Vg2Vd2 T cell receptors recognize nonpeptide antigens. We identified one antigen…

Studies of Liquid Layers on Ice Surfaces

Lead Institution
Purdue University
Principal Investigator
Paul Shepson
Project type
Exploratory Research
Ice and snow in nature appears to have important roles in the air chemistry of the polar region, and in temperate regions in winter. Much is presumed to occur in thin (somes single molecule thick)…

Refroming of Hydrocarbons on Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Anodes

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
James Strohm
Project type
Exploratory Research
The work to be performed is to characterize materials used during reforming of methane and other hydrocarbons. Nickel-based anodes (of powder and plate form) used in solid oxide fuel cells and/or…

Refroming of Hydrocarbons on Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Anodes

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
James Strohm
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The work to be performed is to characterize materials used during reforming of methane and other hydrocarbons. Nickel-based anodes (of powder and plate form) used in solid oxide fuel cells and/or…

XRD Data Analysis and Consultation

Lead Institution
Western Washington University
Principal Investigator
Mark Bussell
Project type
Exploratory Research
Provide XRD data analysis for use in undergraduate research and grant proposal writing on the following: Co-B; Ni-B; Mo-B; Co-P; Ni-P; Mo-P

Structeral and Chemical Properties of Catalysts

Lead Institution
Western Washington University
Principal Investigator
Mark Bussell
Project type
Exploratory Research
1. Provide XRD data analysis for use in undergraduate research and grant proposal writing on the following: Co-B; Ni-B; Mo-B; Co-P; Ni-P; Mo-P. 2. XPS and TEM analysis of oxide-supported metal…

IE-911 low-temperature thermal stability

Lead Institution
Caterpillar, Inc.
Principal Investigator
Mari Balmer-Millar
Project type
Exploratory Research
An inorganic ion exchanger based on crystalline silicotitanate (CST), IE-911, is currently being considered for Cs separation at the Savannah River Site. While the performance of this ion exchanger…

Sequence-specificities of Hydrogen-Bonded Duplexes

Lead Institution
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Principal Investigator
Bing Gong
Project type
Exploratory Research
This project involves the further characterization of a new class of sequence-specific, H-bonded duplexes we described lately (JACS 1999, v.121, 5607-08; 2000, v. 122, 2635-2644). These H…