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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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Surface and Interface Studies of Photochemically Initiated Immobilization

Lead Institution
Portland State University
Principal Investigator
Mingdi Yan
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The ability to precisely control surface and interface properties is of paramount importance in applications ranging from catalysis, adhesion, sensing, to nanoscale devices. Critical to these…

The Thickness Measurement of Electrolyte Cast on Mylar Film.

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Sung-tae Hong
Project type
Exploratory Research
The Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is a device converting chemical fuels directly into electrical power. In recent years, considerable advances have been made regarding SOFC technologies. However,…

Investigations of a water doser for UHV ice studies

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Jason Donev
Project type
Exploratory Research
We want to look at ice in a UHV system. We have designed and built a water vapour transport system for ultra high vacuum. We need to test the ice that is deposited on a substrate with our…

Evaluation of SGI VRML Java bean and Cosmo development environment

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
David Thurman
Project type
Exploratory Research
In support of the Computational Science and Engineering Initiative, we are developing a prototype collaborative environment to support multi-step finite element analysis processes. This effort is…

Analysis of chemical biosignatures in rock

Lead Institution
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Pamela Conrad
Project type
Exploratory Research
We are developing strategy and methods for non-Earthcentric life detection. We define biosignatures as measurable chemistry and structures found over several scales of observation. We are presently…

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…

Trace signatures in particles

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
John Cliff
Project type
Exploratory Research
We wish to collect a few ToF-SIMS spectra of specimens important for forensic purposes in order to include the data in a proposal (if succesfull).

Environmental Photochemical Fate of Manufactured Carbon Nanomaterials

Lead Institution
Purdue University
Principal Investigator
Inez Hua
Project type
Exploratory Research
The overall objective of the proposed research is to investigate photochemical transformation of buckminsterfullerene (C60) and single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) under conditions of environmental…

Infrared Absortion Cross Sections of Acetone and Acetic Acid

Lead Institution
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Principal Investigator
Alfons Weber
Project type
Exploratory Research
Using the Bruker high resolution Fourier transform infrared spectrometer faclity of EMSL, the infrared absorption cross sections of acetone and acetic acid vapors are to be determined as functions of…

High Surface Area Nanocrystalline SiC Material Analysis

Lead Institution
Idaho National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Daniel Ginosar
Project type
Exploratory Research
Nanocrytalline SiC materials with high surface areas have a wide range of applications in catalysts, high temperature gas separation, semiconductors, high temperature sensors and electrodes,…

Theoretical Investigations of Chiral Self-Assembly at Solid Surfaces

Lead Institution
Northwestern University
Principal Investigator
Mark Ratner
Project type
Exploratory Research
Chiral symmetry breaking is the process by which an achiral phase is resolved into two enantiomeric domains. This refers to the separation of a racemic mixture, and also to induced chiral separations…