Projects

Modification and Characterization of Radiation Behaviour of Zircon (ZrSiO4)

Lead Institution

University of Cambridge

Principal Investigator

Ming Zhang

Project type

Exploratory Research

Zircon (ZrSiO4) is of great interest in the field of materials science, mineralogy and geochemistry, and it is also widely used in ceramic, foundry, welding rod coatings, refractory industries and U…

Microscopic Mass Transfer of U and Tc in Subsurface Sediments

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Chongxuan Liu

Project type

Exploratory Research

This project will investigate microscopic mass transfer process and its influence on and coupling with geochemical and biogeochemical reactions in subsurface sediments. The research will focus on…

The Reduction of Uranyl and Chromate to Insoluble species by Green Rust and other ferrous hydroxide surfaces.

Lead Institution

Corning, Inc.

Principal Investigator

James Rustad

Project type

Exploratory Research

Electron transfer reactions play an important role in determining the fate of many environmental contaminants. Reduction from high-oxidation state (+5/+6), where the metal is stabilized in solution…

The Role of Algae and Bacteria from Berkeley Pit Lake in Metal Sorption Processes

Lead Institution

University of Montana

Principal Investigator

Daniela Bocioaga

Project type

Exploratory Research

The Berkeley Pit lake system, located in Butte, Montana is an abandoned open-pit mine and part of the largest Superfund site in the United States. Flooding with underground water associated with acid…

Outer-Sphere Electron Transfer Kinetics of Metal Ion Oxidation by Molecular Oxygen

Lead Institution

California Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

James Morgan

Project type

Exploratory Research

Density functional theory molecular orbital calculations and Marcus theory will be combined to assess the rates and physicochemical factors controlling the outer-sphere oxidation of divalent V, Cr,…

Critical point properties of electron density distributions in high-pressure mineral phases.

Lead Institution

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Principal Investigator

Nancy Ross

Project type

Exploratory Research

Density functional theory molecular orbital calculations will be used to compute the electron density distributions and their critical point properties of hydrous mineral phases associated with deep…

Develop fundamental surface science characterization data for use in improving mixed alcohol
synthesis catalysts

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Shawn Kathmann

Project type

Exploratory Research

This project will develop basic information about the surface and bulk nature of various mixed alcohol synthesis catalysts in succsive states, oxide, reduced and used. This information will combine…

Ion-beam-induced structural changes in compound semiconductors studied by advanced electron microscopy

Lead Institution

Osaka University

Principal Investigator

Manabu Ishimaru

Project type

Exploratory Research

Radiation effects in solids are one of the important issues in the research fields ranging from microelectronics devices to nuclear fusion reactors. In particular, irradiation-induced amorphization…

Examination of nanoC60 aggregates through dialysis membranes as surrogates for cell membrane diffusion

Lead Institution

Washington State University Tri-Cities

Principal Investigator

Allan Felsot

Project type

Exploratory Research

Abstract Once the production of Fullerenes became prevalent in the 1990s, Fullerene Chemistry was able to discover multiple properties about buckyballs. Every carbon atom develops a bond to three…

Mechanistic understanding of zeolite deactivation pathways

Lead Institution

Caterpillar, Inc.

Principal Investigator

Joshua Ratts

Project type

Exploratory Research

Three zeolite powders (Fe-MFI, Cu-MFI, and Fe-BEA) commonly used in SCR NOx reduction will be hydrothermally aged in air using a variety of temperatures, aging times and water concentrations in a…

The Measurements for Nano-tip'ID

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Rui Zhao

Project type

Exploratory Research

To find the best way for pull the nano-tip using P-2000 Micropipette Puller Capillary ID: 30um and 50um Conditions: With water and Without water.

HP Itanium II Cluster Software Development and Application Porting

Lead Institution

Hewlett-Packard Company

Principal Investigator

Werner Hahn

Project type

Exploratory Research

This team will continue work on the development and testing of the HP Cluster Administration Package (CAP) software currently used on the EMSL HPCS2 computer system. Work will be concentrated in the…

Analysis of Iron Mineralogy of clay sediments exposed to reducing conditions

Lead Institution

Idaho National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

David Cooper

Project type

Exploratory Research

Iron associated with sedimentary iron oxide and clay minerals is a ubiquitous source of Fe(3) for assimilatory and dissimilatory microbial Fe-reduction. Previous data has shown that (i) microbial…

3-D Imaging of the photosynthetic bacterium, Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Lead Institution

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Principal Investigator

Ronald Mackenzie

Project type

Exploratory Research

The aim is to obtain a 3-D imaging of Rhodobacter sphaeroides as part of a team effort to make an "electronic cell" Alice Dohnalkova will obtain electron microscope images of the organism…

Microbial Reduction of Iron in Sedimentary Clays:
Implications for Subsurface Microbial Ecology and Bioremediation

Lead Institution

Miami University

Principal Investigator

Hailiang Dong

Project type

Exploratory Research

Past studies have shown that certain subsurface bacteria are capable of utilizing oxidized forms of metals as electron acceptors, coupled with oxidation of organic matter. Most studies have focused…

Nanoscale Investigation of Microbial Role in Promoting the Smectite to Illite Transformation

Lead Institution

Miami University

Principal Investigator

Hailiang Dong

Project type

Exploratory Research

Smectite-illite interstratified clay minerals are ubiquitous in sedimentary basins. The smectite to illite transformation is linked to the maturation, migration and trapping of hydrocarbons, the…

Characterization and method development for back-end of the line wafer processing concepts

Lead Institution

LAM Research Corporation

Principal Investigator

Diane Hymes

Project type

Exploratory Research

Advanced concepts in back end of the line (BEOL) wafer processing are necessary to push semiconductor technology beyond the 90-nm node. Characterization of chips in this regime and for these…

Characterization and method development for back-end of the line wafer processing concepts

Lead Institution

LAM Research Corporation

Principal Investigator

Diane Hymes

Project type

Exploratory Research

Advanced concepts in back end of the line (BEOL) wafer processing are necessary to push semiconductor technology beyond the 90-nm node. Characterization of chips in this regime and for these…

Fabrication of Nanoelectrode Array base on Aligned Carbon Nanotube

Lead Institution

Boston College

Principal Investigator

Yi Tu

Project type

Exploratory Research

We have synthesized the carbon nanotube array on conducting substrates at Boston College. We need to use electrochemical instrument and SEM at EMSL to evaluate the property of carbon nanotubes for…

Alpha Project

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

David Camp

Project type

Exploratory Research

The Alpha Project employs a multidisciplinary approach that focuses on the prediction of quantitative events in a biological system through the investigation of functional genomics in combination…