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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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Inelastic Electron Scattering Cross Section Measurements in Liquid Water

Lead Institution
Wadsworth Center
Principal Investigator
Craig Brown
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
This proposal is a continuation of research under EMSL User Proposal #21891. An understanding of electron-initiated processes in aqueous systems is significant not only in fundamental research but…

Understanding and Development of Novel NanoMaterials for Frequency Upconversion

Lead Institution
The University of Texas at Arlington
Principal Investigator
Wei Chen
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The use of luminescence spectroscopy to study the upconversion luminescence in various semiconductor and doped nanomaterials is proposed. By controlling key parameters such as surface modification,…

Assembly of the mRNA 3'-end processing machinery

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Gabriele Varani
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
We propose to use NMR to study the structural basis for the assembly of the protein complex responsible for the formation of mature 3'-ends of mRNAs by cleavage and polyadenylation, and the…

Study of interfacial phenomena of novel-layered thin film structure

Lead Institution
Alfred University
Principal Investigator
Xingwu Wang
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The objective of this research is to systematically study novel-layered thin film structures, which include nano-magnetic material thin film and dielectric thin film. The interfacial chemistry and…

Study of Nd3+ Surface Adsorption on Calcite

Lead Institution
University of Central Florida
Principal Investigator
Sandra Withers-Kirby
Project type
Exploratory Research
The adsorption of Nd3+ on the calcite (CaCO3) surface will be studied. The impurity sorption properties of calcite have particular importance to waste remediation efforts at the Hanford Nuclear…

An Integrated Approach to Quantifying the Coupled Biotic and Abiotic Mechanism, Rates and Long-Term Performance of Phosphate Barriers for In Situ Immobilization of Uranium

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Dawn Wellman
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Operations related to nuclear energy and weapons production have resulted in numerous areas, worldwide, exhibiting surface and subsurface uranium contamination of geologic media. Within the United…

The Binding Energetics of Methane on Water Ice Surfaces

Lead Institution
University of Arizona
Principal Investigator
Catherine Neish
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
New observations of Saturn's moon Titan by the Cassini-Huygens mission have revealed a world strangely Earth-like in nature. In January 2005, the Huygens probe descended through Titan's…

Edgar Buck's Proposal

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Edgar Buck
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Future nuclear materials designs will optimize the behavior of actinide materials in extreme environments, in storage, and in chemical processing. Understanding that behavior at the basic level…

The Interaction of HCl on Water Ice Nanoscale Films

Lead Institution
Concordia University
Principal Investigator
Patrick Ayotte
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Our description of the role played by ice particles in altering the chemical composition of the Earth's atmosphere is currently undermined by our poor understanding of the interaction of…

Nanoparticles-Based Biosensors for Detection of Environmental Biomarkers

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
Yuehe Lin
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Human exposure to toxic chemical agents (i.e. pesticides, nerve agents) and infectious agents, such as pathogens, may have some immune response, which is composed of both cellular and acellular…

SIMS and AES/SAM for Interfacial Characterization of Oxide Multilayers

Lead Institution
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Principal Investigator
Todd Allen
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Corrosion resistance of candidate materials is a critical concern for their application to Generation IV nuclear systems. The corrosion behavior of Incoloy alloy 800H, ferritic-martensitic steel…