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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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Investigations of Microbial Spore Lysis using Near-IR Laser Irradiation.

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
David Wunschel
Project type
Exploratory Research
The rapid detection of a microorganism in the environment requires the detection of a specific biochemical marker or markers. In characterizing a particular microbial isolate, it is desirable to…

Microelectrode array

Lead Institution
Oregon Health & Science University
Principal Investigator
Jody House
Project type
Exploratory Research
Objective 1: To fabricate an array of electrodes on a Si substrate. The process will require the deposition of oxide/nitride layers and metal deposition, etching, lithography.

A comparative Analysis of Two Molecular Surface Generating Techniques

Lead Institution
Eastern Washington University
Principal Investigator
Michael Monek
Project type
Exploratory Research
This project is for partial completion of a Master of Science degree in Mathematics from Eastern Washington University. The objective of the project is to compare Harold E. Trease's Adaptive…

Low angle x-ray characterization of catalyst porosity

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Xiaohong Li
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective of this research is to improve the scientific and technical understanding of plasma-assisted catalysis (PAC) aftertreatment for heavy-duty diesel engines to meet the proposed EPA…

Low angle x-ray characterization of catalyst porosity

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Xiaohong Li
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective of this research is to improve the scientific and technical understanding of plasma-assisted catalysis (PAC) aftertreatment for heavy-duty diesel engines to meet the proposed EPA…

Infrared Spectra of the Fundamental Bands of 34SO2

Lead Institution
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Principal Investigator
Walter Lafferty
Project type
Exploratory Research
Thanks to advances in technology the abundance of sulfur dioxide in urban air has been greatly reduced during the last several decades. The infrared spectrum of the bands of the most abundant …

Phagocytosis of carbon black aerosols with benzo-a-pyrene

Lead Institution
Johns Hopkins University
Principal Investigator
Terence Risby
Project type
Exploratory Research
Provide images of cells in culture, demonstrating uptake of carbon black by phagocytosis and if possible, fate of benzo-a-pyrene

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…