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Projects

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

Projects displayed below reflect information and abstracts that were published before April 30, 2024. To review current EMSL user projects, visit Science Central™.

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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…

Soft-Landing of Complex Ions on Surfaces

Lead Institution
Purdue University
Principal Investigator
Robert Cooks
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Interaction of ions with surfaces is an area of active fundamental research in surface science relevant to a broad range of other scientific disciplines supported by the DOE Office of Science such as…

Substrate-specific binding of Staphylococcus adhesins to solid surfaces

Lead Institution
The Ohio State University
Principal Investigator
Steven Lower
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
A nearly universal trait of bacteria is their ability to attach to solid surfaces. Attached cells often form biofilms that are implicated in a significant amount of human infections and have been…

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…

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…