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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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Freeze Drying of Iron Oxide Phases

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Edward Thornton
Project type
Exploratory Research
Iron oxide phases in aqueous media will be freeze dried using equipment available in EMSL Room 1541-45. This is a necessary step in the synthesis of iron oxide phases for experimental activities…

Vibration-Rotation Spectroscopy of Sulfur Trioxide

Lead Institution
Oregon State University
Principal Investigator
Joseph Nibler
Project type
Exploratory Research
This is a project to use the EMSL high-resolution Fourier transform to measure the rotationally resolved infared spectrum of sulfur trioxide and its oxygen-18 and sulfur-34 isotopometric data to…

Vibration-Rotation Spectroscopy of Sulfur Trioxide

Lead Institution
Oregon State University
Principal Investigator
Joseph Nibler
Project type
Exploratory Research
This is a project to use the EMSL high-resolution Fourier transform to measure the rotationally resolved infared spectrum of sulfur trioxide and its oxygen-18 and sulfur-34 isotopometric data to…

Growth and Characterization of Anatase Films

Lead Institution
Vienna University of Technology
Principal Investigator
Ulrike Diebold
Project type
Exploratory Research
We propose the epitaxial growth of anatase TiO2 films, and a thorough characterization of their surface properties. Titanium dioxide is an important oxide that is used in many technical fields. For…

Nickel Phosphorus Plating Analysis

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
James Davis
Project type
Exploratory Research
Use Scanning Electron Microscope to determin plating thickness and X-ray analysis to determin composition.

Evaluation of Ion Funnel for Drug Discovery

Lead Institution
Isis Pharmaceuticals
Principal Investigator
Steven Hofstadler
Project type
Exploratory Research
Our goal is to collaborate with PNNL scientists to evaluate the ion funnel technology as an improvement to our mass spectrometry based drug discovery efforts. We will discuss the theory and…

Study of Pattern Formation on the Surface of NiO films

Lead Institution
University of Connecticut
Principal Investigator
Boris Sinkovic
Project type
Exploratory Research
Understanding of the surface structure and morphology of NiO surfaces is becoming increasingly important because of their use in spin-valve geometry of GMR sensors. Thick NiO films (500 Å) have been…

Structure Determination of Cyclic Siloxane

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
David Nelson
Project type
Exploratory Research
A presumed cyclic siloxane has been observed after the synthesis of specific aromatic co-polymers prepared by hydrosilylation techniques. Some synthetic procedures produce up to 50% of the cyclic…

Molecular Squares

Lead Institution
University of Minnesota
Principal Investigator
Larry Miller
Project type
Exploratory Research
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Nerve Agent Detection Using Enzyme-Coated Nanowires

Lead Institution
Pennsylvania State University
Principal Investigator
Seong Kim
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
We propose a research program to prepare, characterize, and apply enzyme-coated nanowires to the detection of nerve agents. The substrate specificity of enzymatic reactions renders a great potential…

Micro-Mineralogical Analysis of Strontium in Biogenic Carbonate Minerals

Lead Institution
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Principal Investigator
Eric Roden
Project type
Exploratory Research
In recent EMSP-funded research (96-10 program), we have documented the potential for solid-phase capture of strontium (Sr) during carbonate mineral formation coupled to bacterial reduction of…

Chemistry of Cadmium Zinc Telluride surfaces after processing

Lead Institution
eV Products
Principal Investigator
Ambrosio Rouse
Project type
Exploratory Research
The study of some of the potential contamination issues of processed and non-processed Cadmiun Zinc Telluride surfaces. Initial XPS analysis of the surfaces will be performed in order to detect…

Chemistry of Cadmium Zinc Telluride surfaces after processing

Lead Institution
eV Products
Principal Investigator
Ambrosio Rouse
Project type
Exploratory Research
The study of some of the potential contamination issues of processed and non-processed Cadmiun Zinc Telluride surfaces. Initial XPS analysis of the surfaces will be performed in order to detect…

Cavitation damage with the dual-reflector lithotripter

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Dahlia Sokolov
Project type
Exploratory Research
Most patients treated for kidney stones undergo extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL), a method by which high intensity shock waves are focused at the site of the stone. Although ESWL is the…

Investigation of Laser-Induced Fluorescence in Commercial Glass Samples

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Chester Shepard
Project type
Exploratory Research
Glass containing iron ions fluorescences when irradiated with light at 380 nm. The fluorescence lifetime is temperature dependent and either lifetime measurements or total fluorescence signal…