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As a scientific user facility, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) provides expertise, instrumentation, and resources to 250 projects each year. 

EMSL projects displayed on the EMSL web site project page reflect project abstracts and information migrated to this page before April 30, 2024. To review current and past EMSL user projects, visit EMSL Science Central.™ 

 

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Physical Characterization of Defects in ZnO Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Kevin Kittilstved
Project type
Exploratory Research
We have recently reported above-room-temperature ferromagnetism in Mn2+-, Co2+, and Ni2+-doped ZnO nanocrystalline aggregates and thin films using high-quality colloids as solution precursors. The…

Coupled Quantum Simulation Techniques for Studying Nanostructured Materials

Lead Institution
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Andrew Williamson
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective of this project is to develop first principles computational techniques for the simulation of nanostructured materials. In particular we are developing a coupled electronic structure…

Solid Fuel Cell Study

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Tim Armstrong
Project type
Exploratory Research

Fast-OS PetaScale Linux

Lead Institution
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
R Studham
Project type
Exploratory Research
Peta-scale computers with thousands of times more computational power will be available to scientists by the end of this decade. The research and development of these next generation computing…

Electrochemical detection of lead in saliva

Lead Institution
Oregon Health & Science University
Principal Investigator
Wassana Yantasee
Project type
Exploratory Research
Saliva samples containing trace amount of lead will be subjected into an electrochemical flow cell to determine the concentration of lead

Molecular Beam Epitaxy Growth of Strontium Cobaltite

Lead Institution
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Principal Investigator
Alan Anderson
Project type
Exploratory Research
There has been increasing interest in oxygen-deficient perovskite structures for use in solid oxide fuel cells and oxygen separation membranes. Strontium Cobaltite (SrCoO3) typically exists in the…

Trace metal composition of Cobalt

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
John Cliff
Project type
Exploratory Research
I would just like to ust the TOF-SIMS to identify trace metal constituents in Cobalt samples