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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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Regulation of Cell Surface Ligand Dynamics (Orr LDRD-BSI, PNNL Scope #90001)

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Galya Orr
Project type
Exploratory Research
We will develop a set of new imaging technologies that can directly visualize ligand oligomerization as well as interaction with other cell surface molecules. We expect to observe an increase in…

Deposition and characterization of high-k dielectric thin films

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Meeyoung Yoon
Project type
Exploratory Research
Processing and characterization of high-k dielectric thin films for ULSI applications. Dielectrics such as TiO2, Ta2O5, ZrO2 will be studied via insitu AES, XPS, LEED.

Deposition of High-k Dielectric Thin Films

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Allan Tuan
Project type
Exploratory Research
Attempting to defvise a deposition scheme for high-k dielectric thin films on Si(100). Sugsequent characterization would ideally include TEM, XPS, SEM, and XRD.

Surface Studies of TiO2(111)

Lead Institution
Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology
Principal Investigator
Hiroshi Onishi
Project type
Exploratory Research
Conduct fundamental surface studies on the adsorpiton, desoprtion and reactions of small probe molecules on the 9111) surface of TiO2 rutile. The focus will primarily be on the relationship betweeen…

Analyze Glass Samples Using Scanning Electron Microscopy

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Michael Schweiger
Project type
Exploratory Research
Mr. Young will analyze unique samples of simulated radioactive glass of low activity type waste that would be found at the Hanford tank farms. He will use the SEM?EDS system to look at glass sample…

Molecular Weight Determination of Polymers and Dendrimers

Lead Institution
University of Idaho
Principal Investigator
Jean'ne Shreeve
Project type
Exploratory Research
We are working on fluorine containing polymers and dendrimers for specific applications such as low surface energy materials or surfactant materials. The polymers involved are either styrene…

WSU Collaborative Research

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
James Bruce
Project type
Exploratory Research
A strong collaborative connection between WSU and EMSL is already established, as is evident from the number of collaborative research publications that have resulted. This proposal aims to…

Adhesion of Polymer Sphere to Modified Natural Fiber via AFM

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
James Holbery
Project type
Exploratory Research
The modification of natural fiber surfaces (Kenaf, Flax, etc.) to control the hydrophobicity is critical in utilizing these structural fibere within polymer composites. As a measure of the adhesion…

XRD Equipment Use

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Trevor Plaisted
Project type
Exploratory Research

Catalyst Synthesis

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
Yong Wang
Project type
Exploratory Research