Projects

Toward preparation and operando characterization of nanostructured heterogeneous photocatalysts

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Glen Fryxell

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This proposal involves the use of EMSL facilities to characterize nanostructured TiO2 and its dopants. Standard structural tools will be used to characterize the TiO2 nanophases before and after…

TV glass investigation

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Albert Mendoza

Project type

Exploratory Research

Look for fluorescence in TV glass

Scanning Electron Microscopic Analysis of Hanford Soil Mineral Particles treated with Highly Alkaline Solutions

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Shas Mattigod

Project type

Exploratory Research

Objective: To examine the effects of alkali attack on morphology of detrital minerals from Hanford Formation. Approach: SEM-EDX will be used to analyze chemical and morphological characterisitics of…

Near Real-time Alkene Sensor for Atmospheric Aerosol Chemistry Monitoring

Lead Institution

MicroEnergy Technologies, Inc.

Principal Investigator

Reza Shekarriz

Project type

Exploratory Research

The goal for the proposed project is to be able to take advantage of the current investments made at EMSL for the development of TDS to evaluate the potential for combining the TDS with the current…

Near Real-time Alkene Sensor for Atmospheric Aerosol Chemistry Monitoring

Lead Institution

MicroEnergy Technologies, Inc.

Principal Investigator

Reza Shekarriz

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The goal for the proposed project is to be able to take advantage of the current investments made at EMSL for the development of TDS to evaluate the potential for combining the TDS with the current…

MeV Ion Irradiation of Galilean Satellite compositional analogues

Lead Institution

Johns Hopkins University

Principal Investigator

Charles Hibbitts

Project type

Exploratory Research

This project will explore the effects that MeV irradaion has on candidate compositional analogues of surface non-ice materials s of the the Galilean satellites Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede. The…

TEM and SEM identification and characterization of aluminosilicate precipitates from high pH solutions containing Al in contact with quartz

Lead Institution

Brigham Young University

Principal Investigator

Barry Bickmore

Project type

Exploratory Research

We are performing batch kinetics experiments where we place quartz sand in contact with high pH, high ionic strength solutions with varying amounts of Al (90 C). So far we have found that when the…

Thickness measurement of ion irradiated specimens thinned for transmission electron microscopy

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Taira Okita

Project type

Exploratory Research

Specimens of Fe-16Ni-15Cr were bombarded earlier with nickel ions to produce swelling. These specimens are not radioactive. The specimens will be thinned from the front surface to a depth of about…

Mev He Ion Implantation in Si Wafers

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Fumio Ohuchi

Project type

Exploratory Research

The aim of this proposed work is to probe the inter-defect distribution (IDD) model that relates the phonon correlation length to the ion dose received by a material such as silicon. Previous…

18-Oxygen uptake measurements on Ceramic samples

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Kevin Kerstetter

Project type

Exploratory Research

The objective of this project is to measure the 18-oxygen uptake on several ceramic samples (La-Sr-Cr-Fe-O). The uptake of the 18-oxygen will be measured using the nuclear reaction analysis (NRA) at…

Thermal Analysis of Photopolymerized Polyacrylate thin films

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Linda Sapochak

Project type

Exploratory Research

Many times photopolymerization of a formulation mixture does not go all the way to completion. Smaller oligomeric components added to the formulation to aid in mechanical, adhesive and/or thermal…

Determination of residual free radical species in photopolymerized polyacrylate thin films and composite layers by ESR.

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Linda Sapochak

Project type

Exploratory Research

The presence of free radical species in coatings used in the electronics packaging industry may be detrimental to the operation of a device. The extent, if any of free radical species in…

Process images produced by MRM/confocal and CARS/TPC microscopes

Lead Institution

Harvard University

Principal Investigator

Gary Holtom

Project type

Exploratory Research

Access to AFS and SDA is required for substantial bodies of data collected in collaboration with MR Imaging and Cell Biology coworkers. Some custom software (Chris Parkinson) will be used but at the…

Aanalysis of tryptically digested proteins from 2D-PAGE using LC-MS to determine sequence coverage

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Richard Zangar

Project type

Exploratory Research

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Design of micro-cantilever actuators for measuring surface tension of sub microliter volumes applied towards monitoring interfacial processes

Lead Institution

Utah State University

Principal Investigator

David Britt

Project type

Exploratory Research

It is well known that ambient moisture results in a capillary effect between AFM probes and surfaces when scanning in air. This phenomenon has been largely overlooked with respect to cantilever…

Design of micro-cantilever actuators for measuring surface tension of sub microliter volumes applied towards monitoring interfacial processes

Lead Institution

Utah State University

Principal Investigator

David Britt

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

It is well known that ambient moisture results in a capillary effect between AFM probes and surfaces when scanning in air. This phenomenon has been largely overlooked with respect to cantilever…

MICROFABRICATION OF ELECTROSPRAY EMITTER ARRAYS FOR IMPROVED SENSITIVITY IN ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION-MASS SPECTROMETRY

Lead Institution

Brigham Young University

Principal Investigator

Ryan Kelly

Project type

Exploratory Research

Proposal attached

Microfabrication of Electrospray Emitter Arrays for Improved Sensitivity in Electrospray Ionization-Mass Spectrometry

Lead Institution

Brigham Young University

Principal Investigator

Ryan Kelly

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Liquid chromatography (LC), combined with mass spectrometry (MS), is an extremely powerful platform for protein analysis, allowing complex mixtures first separated by LC to be further resolved and…

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…

Characterization of mixed monolayers with x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)

Lead Institution

Portland State University

Principal Investigator

Li Liu

Project type

Exploratory Research

We are interested in the covalent immobilization of polymer thin films by a photochemically initiated ligation process, with special emphasis on how the surface and interface properties influence the…