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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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Nanoparticle Fluorescence

Lead Institution
The University of Texas at Arlington
Principal Investigator
Wei Chen
Project type
Exploratory Research
Perform spectroscopic measurements on nanoparticle samples.

Nanoparticle Fluorescence

Lead Institution
The University of Texas at Arlington
Principal Investigator
Wei Chen
Project type
Exploratory Research
Perform spectroscopic measurements on nanoparticle samples.

Basic Energy Science

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Jeongho Chang
Project type
Exploratory Research
Research at the field of fundamental energy science.

TEM image of mesoporous silica

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Byeongmoon Jeong
Project type
Exploratory Research
The powder of mesoporous silica may have hexagonal or cubic structure. We want to see the structure of silica prepared from our polymers.

Temperature Sensitive Surface from polyN-isopropylacrylamide

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Liang Liang
Project type
Exploratory Research
PolyN-isopropylacrylamide was grafted on the surface of glass piece. The change of temperature could change the surface properties, such as from hydrophilic to hydrophobic. The modified surface can…

Sensitive Detection of Protein Phosphorylation

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Charles Barinaga
Project type
Exploratory Research
EHSD (FS) LDRDThe objective is to demonstrate the applicability of ICP/MS to the sensitive detection and quantitation of phosphorylation on peptides and proteins. The scope is to develop sufficient…

Thermochemistry of Hydrated Gas Phase Ions

Lead Institution
University of Utah
Principal Investigator
Bob Moision
Project type
Exploratory Research
The study of gas phase ions produced via electrospray ionization (ESI) is proposed. I am specifically interested in the enhancement of the ESI signal using an ion funnel to study low mass (m/z <…

photo-luminescence of nano-oxides

Lead Institution
Motorola
Principal Investigator
Yong Liang
Project type
Exploratory Research
to determine the photo-luminescence property and the lifetime of photo-excited electrons and holes. Need to conduct PL measurements (both regular and time-resolved) on SrTiO3 and Cu2O samples.

Amino acid sequence of reaction center variants

Lead Institution
University of British Columbia
Principal Investigator
J. Beatty
Project type
Exploratory Research
We wish to determine the amino acid sequence of a region of the reaction center H protein from two putative mutants

Zinc oxide: a material for efficient light emission

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
Matthew Mccluskey
Project type
Exploratory Research
Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a semiconductor that has attracted resurgent interest as an electronic material for a range of applications. A wide-bandgap semiconductor, ZnO emits light in the blue-to-UV region…

Zinc oxide: a material for efficient light emission

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
Matthew Mccluskey
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a semiconductor that has attracted resurgent interest as an electronic material for a range of applications. A wide-bandgap semiconductor, ZnO emits light in the blue-to-UV region…

Deep Desulphurization of Hot Coal Gas for Production of Liquid Fuels

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Liyu Li
Project type
Exploratory Research
The production of liquid fuel from coal via gasification and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis is one of the few feasible strategies for improving the nation's energy security. The energy efficiency of…

Deep Desulphurization of Hot Coal Gas for Production of Liquid Fuels

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Liyu Li
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The production of liquid fuel from coal via gasification and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis is one of the few feasible strategies for improving the nation's energy security. The energy efficiency of…

Laser Induced Fluorescence detection of C2 and C3 Vapor

Lead Institution
Whitworth College
Principal Investigator
Richard Stevens
Project type
Exploratory Research
The purpose of the experiment is to try and determine the feasibility of in situ laser diagnostics for erosion in carbon-based ion thruster grids for NASA. The experiment is designed to try and…

SEM imaging of microstructures

Lead Institution
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Principal Investigator
Lawrence Bowman
Project type
Exploratory Research
Acquire images of microstructures fabricated by photolithographic techniques.

Effects of antibiotics on gene expression in D. radiodurans

Lead Institution
Pliva Pharm. Ind. Inc., Analytical Centre
Principal Investigator
Vesna Gabelica
Project type
Exploratory Research
Main objective of this proposal is the characterization of the changes in gene expression in Deinococcus radiodurans due to the presence of known antibiotics with defined mode of action and…

Characterization of Nanostructured Catalysts and Nanostructured Materials

Lead Institution
Yale University
Principal Investigator
Jun Liu
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective of this proposal is to use EMSL's advanced electron microscopy facility to characterize the compositions and properties of the nanostructured catalysts and nanostructured materials…