Projects

NMR and Computational Studies of Chemical Transformations at Complex Interfaces for Catalytic Applications

Lead Institution

University of Alabama

Principal Investigator

David Dixon

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Catalysis science is at the core of many of the DOE's programs including its core energy mission. Catalysts, both homogeneous and heterogeneous, facilitate the control of chemical reactions by…

Infrared Detection of Organics in Artificial Aging Experiments

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Christopher Thompson

Project type

Exploratory Research

Aging is an important process in which hydrophobic organic compounds become incorporated into a solid matrix during extended contact times (e.g., decades). Contaminants in aged materials exhibit…

Microelectromagnets

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Glen Dunham

Project type

Exploratory Research

Microfabrication of electromagnets.

(gvl3420)New approach to extract and visualize discontinuities from 2D and 3D Seismic and imagery data sets

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

George He

Project type

Exploratory Research

As energy demand continues to increase around the world, and new oil and gas reservoir become increasingly difficult to find, characterize and drill, more and more emphasis is placed on reservoir…

Differential Anomalous Scattering Determination of Co in Anatase in Co-Doped TiO2

Lead Institution

University of Colorado at Boulder

Principal Investigator

Michael Toney

Project type

Exploratory Research

Diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMS) are of considerable interest as these materials may be useful for spintronic devices. Co-doped TiO2 is a DMS with a reportedly high Curie temperature, well above…

Nanoclusters, Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology - University of Washington/National Science Foundation (Don Baer's UW/NSF's Project - 43598)

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

Project type

Exploratory Research

PNNL/UW's Joint Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology is offering a 2-week intensive course on nanotechnology. The course will be taught by PNNL staff and will utilize the equipment in…

Nanoclusters, Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology - University of Washington/National Science Foundation (Don Baer's UW/NSF's Project - 43598)

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Donald Baer

Project type

Exploratory Research

PNNL/UW's Joint Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology is offering a 2-week intensive course on nanotechnology. The course will be taught by PNNL staff and will utilize the equipment in…

EM analysis of bacterial co-cultures

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Fred Brockman

Project type

Exploratory Research

A co-culture of a sulfur-reducing bacteria sp. Desulfovibrio and methanogenic bacteria sp. Methanosarcina could show synthropic existence of these species. A morphological study on electron…

(gvl3425)Intrusion Detection Video

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Michael Perkins

Project type

Exploratory Research

I will be creating animation clips for a video that deals with protecting our nations plutonium production and storage facities from unwanted intrusion. The video focuses on current weeknesses at at…

(gvl3425)Intrusion Detection Video

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Michael Perkins

Project type

Exploratory Research

I will be creating animation clips for a video that deals with protecting our nations plutonium production and storage facities from unwanted intrusion. The video focuses on current weeknesses at at…

(gvl3426)PNNL Past and Future Grounds Projects

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Michael Perkins

Project type

Exploratory Research

I will be building a 3-D model depicting past and future projects of PNNL grounds. This model will be used to render various images and interactive media to be put on a web site and kiosk. Also the…

On-Line Determination of Selected Vapor-Phase Hoffmann List Compounds by PTR-MS

Lead Institution

Washington State University Tri-Cities

Principal Investigator

Gregory Anderson

Project type

Exploratory Research

Few consumer products have undergone the scrutiny applied to tobacco cigarettes. Selected carcinogenic components found in tobacco smoke are compiled in the Hoffmann List, which presently contains…

Spin Torque Effects in Multilayer Spin Valve with Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Kannan Krishnan

Project type

Exploratory Research

The proposed research project is directed at the study of spin torque effects in multilayer spin valves with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. Such devices have a potential for higher bit density on…

Probing the Dynamics of a Protein Hydrophobic Core at Low Temperatures

Lead Institution

University of Alaska at Anchorage

Principal Investigator

Liliya Vugmeyster

Project type

Exploratory Research

Hydrophobic cores are found in the interior of globular proteins and are essential for the formation of the folded state. The core represents a complex dynamical medium reflecting the existence of a…

Transport Mechanism and Microstructural Effects on Ag and Cs Diffusion in beta-SiC

Lead Institution

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Principal Investigator

Todd Allen

Project type

Exploratory Research

The Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR) has been identified by the Generation IV initiative and by the US Department of Energy's Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) as a promising future…

Comparative study of protein profiles of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans G20 under different metabolism conditions

Lead Institution

University of Oklahoma

Principal Investigator

Lee Krumholz

Project type

Exploratory Research

Abstract: Desulfovibrio has very diversified metabolism styles. It can grow by fermentation using pyruvate, by respiration of organic substrates or hydrogen coupled to sulfate reduction or by…

material modification by dense electronic excitations

Lead Institution

CNRS

Principal Investigator

Marcel Toulemonde

Project type

Exploratory Research

Material modifications by dense electronic excitations Proposal 34315 by M. Toulemonde from CIMAP-GANIL, Caen, France. EMSL User Proposal Motivation: When penetrating a solid, energetic ions…

Surface structure effects on direct reduction of iron oxides by Shewanella oneidensis.

Lead Institution

University of Georgia

Principal Investigator

Andrew Neal

Project type

Exploratory Research

This collaboration aims to determine how the atomic and electronic structure of mineral surfaces affects the dissimilatory bacterial reduction of iron and manganese minerals. We hypothesize that…

Structure and reactivity of the basal and edge surfaces of gibbsite.

Lead Institution

Brigham Young University

Principal Investigator

Barry Bickmore

Project type

Exploratory Research

Density functional theory molecular orbital calculations will be used to compute the structures of various hypothetical protonated basal and edge surfaces of gibbsite. Computed bond length data will…

Single-Molecule Enzymatic Reaction Dynamics

Lead Institution

Bowling Green State University

Principal Investigator

H. Peter Lu

Project type

Exploratory Research

T4 lysozyme catalyzes the hydrolization of the bacterial cell wall and involves complex conformational changes. Although this hydrolization is one of the most important enzymatic reactions, its…