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As a scientific user facility, 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 user projects, visit EMSL's Science Central.

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Transition Metal Oxide Clusters - Electronic Structure and Chemical Bonding Using Photoelectron Spectroscopy (Wang's BES/Chemical Physics-Catalysis WBS0505 of Peden's BES-Chemical Transformations at Complex Interfaces, PNNL Scope #47319)

Lead Institution
Brown University
Principal Investigator
Lai-Sheng Wang
Project type
Exploratory Research
This research is aimed at obtaining a microscopic understanding of defect structures on oxide surfaces and catalytic reaction mechanisms using cluster models. Gas phase clusters provide molecular…

Characterization of Bacteriophage T4 Early Gene Proteins

Lead Institution
The Evergreen State College
Principal Investigator
James Neitzel
Project type
Exploratory Research
We have cloned and are purifying a number of early genes from bacteriophage T4. These gene products are usually lethal to E. coli, and in comparison with sequence data bases they have no obvious…

Quantifying Human Liver Alcohol Dehydrogenase Isoenzymes

Lead Institution
Stevens Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator
Carol Stone
Project type
Exploratory Research
Researchers report individual variation in ethanol elimination, both within and between ethnic groups, as well as between gender groups. The human alcohol dehydrogenase isoenzymes expressed in liver…

Characterization of Gold Nanoparticles by FTICR MS/MS

Lead Institution
University of North Carolina
Principal Investigator
Allen Templeton
Project type
Exploratory Research
Gold nano particles have become the subject of great interest due to their unique physical properties which lend them to a wide variety of potential applications such as sensors, optical switches,…

Global and Targeted Proteomic Identification of oxidative modifications.

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Diana Bigelow
Project type
Exploratory Research
Recent research has provided an emerging picture of the significant role of reactive oxygen/nitrogen species (ROS/RNS) and their associated modification of cellular proteins in cellular signaling…

The use of FESEM

Lead Institution
University of South Carolina
Principal Investigator
Xiao-dong Zhou
Project type
Exploratory Research
It is the intent of this proposal to apply for the access of FESEM. FESEM will be used to characterize the grain size, film thickness and surface morphology of thin films, which are fabricated at…

Profilometry Studies of Printed Electrode Films for Fuel Cell Applications

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Charles Windisch
Project type
Exploratory Research
This study will use profilometry to determine thicknesses of films being deposited on various substrates to be used as electrodes for fuel cell applications. The films are primarily carbon based and…

Proteomics of in stiu Biostimulated Sediments

Lead Institution
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Philip Long
Project type
Exploratory Research
The proteomics facility will be used for the detection of peptides/proteins belonging to metal-reducing bacteria in sediment samples from naturally-occurring microbial communities. The bacteria…

Special Projects in Electron Microscopy

Lead Institution
David Heil Associates Corporation
Principal Investigator
James Young
Project type
Exploratory Research
WSU-TriCities course offering for practical training in one or more areas of electron microscopy: TEM, SEM, ultramicrotomy, specimen processing, darkroom procedures and light microscopy. Involves…

Compare thermal signature of air-cooled RX2600 node with SprayCool FX2600 node

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Kevin Regimbal
Project type
Exploratory Research
As part of the DOE NNSA Energy Smart Data Center (ESDC) project, a full rack of HP RX2600 nodes has been retrofitted to replace the Itanium Heat Sync with Evaporative Spray Cooling caps to evaluate…