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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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Protein Signatures of Leukemic Cells

Lead Institution
University of California, San Francisco
Principal Investigator
Katherine Williams
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective of this project is to determine whether differences in protein expression in acute promyelocytic leukemia with a t(15;17) segregate with treatment outcome. The strategy to identify…

Uranium(VI) sorption onto hematite surfaces

Lead Institution
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institute for Nuclear Waste Management
Principal Investigator
Dirk Bosbach
Project type
Exploratory Research
Sorption processes on mineral surfaces are relevant for assessing the performance of deep geological nuclear waste deposit sites. Knowledge of basic sorption interactions on a molecular scale is…

Pixel Offset Voltage on a CMOS Liquid Crystal on Silicon Microdisplay

Lead Institution
Three Five Systems, Inc.
Principal Investigator
Michael Cagle
Project type
Exploratory Research
Background: Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) Microdisplays have the potential to displace CRT based HDTV units in the marketplace due to their high resolution and low cost achieved from leveraging…

Random Automobile Selection System

Lead Institution
Energy Northwest
Principal Investigator
Randy Stevens
Project type
Exploratory Research
Development of a system to randomly select a fraction of vehicles entering the Energy Northwest Nuclear facility. The selected vehicles will be searched and the system will allow the security…

Electronic Transfer Calculations for the Hemes of Flavocytochrome c3

Lead Institution
Intel Corporation
Principal Investigator
Dayle Smith
Project type
Exploratory Research
As part of the DOE Office of Science Program Notice 01-21 for Advanced Modeling and Simulation of Biological Systems, we have received funding for development of new large-scale electron transfer…

Identification of a novel biomolecule in deep-sea clams

Lead Institution
Whitman College
Principal Investigator
Paul Yancey
Project type
Exploratory Research
Marine invertebrates are osmoconformers and must match their intracellular osmotic pressure to the high osmotic pressure of seawater. Compatible organic osmolytes that do not disrupt proteins are…

Confirmation of Si-C bonds in Grafted Monolayer Through XPS.

Lead Institution
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Principal Investigator
Cory Struckman
Project type
Exploratory Research
My graduate research involves the grafting of monomolecular layers such as undecene onto SiO2 surfaces. The monolayer has been shown to remain on the surface after repeated washing with solvents. …

Plasma Mechanisms for the Deactivation of Bacterial Spores

Lead Institution
MicroEnergy Technologies, Inc.
Principal Investigator
Joseph Birmingham
Project type
Exploratory Research
Objective: Use SEM Micrographs to determine effect of ionized gases on bacterial spore coats. The bacterial spores used are nonhazardous mutant spores that have unique spore coat characteristics. …

Molecular Modeling of Phospholamban

Lead Institution
University of Kansas
Principal Investigator
Krzysztof Kuczera
Project type
Exploratory Research
The primary aim of this project is to use molecular modeling to gain a better understanding of the structure and dynamics of phospholamban (PLB). Phospholamban is a transmembrane protein of 52 amino…

Interfacial Excited State Dynamics on TiO2

Lead Institution
Osaka University
Principal Investigator
Katsumi Tanimura
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Interfacial excited state dynamics (ESD) plays an important role in many chemical and biological processes. Specifically, interfacial ESD in TiO2-based materials, is critical to solar energy…

Composition Analysis of Surface-Bound Nanoparticle Monolayers

Lead Institution
University of Oregon
Principal Investigator
James Hutchison
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The unique size-dependent optical and electronic properties of metal nanoparticles have generated significant interest in methods to reliably assemble these materials on surfaces. We have previously…

Non-Thermal Reactions in Thin Aqueous Films

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Gregory Kimmel
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
This proposal is a continuation of research under EMSL User Proposal #21797. Energetic processes at surfaces and interfaces are important in fields such as radiation chemistry, radiation biology,…

Non-Thermal Reactions in Water Adsorbed on Anion-Doped TiO2(110)

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Gregory Kimmel
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
This proposal is a continuation of research under EMSL User Proposal #18397. Development of new energy sources and alternative fuels, such as hydrogen, are major needs for the 21st century. In the…

Functional Interfaces at the Nanoscale

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Jay Grate
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
A large number of mission areas of the US. DOE demand functional materials that will meet the operational requirements of targeted applications. Indeed, innovative solutions to pressing national…

Radiation Induced Defects in Nanostructured Polymer-Derived Ceramics

Lead Institution
University of Central Florida
Principal Investigator
Linan An
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The objective of the proposed research is to fundamentally investigate the interaction of radiation induced defects with unique nanostructures of polymer-derived ceramics (PDCs). A multifaceted…