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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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Monolayer Protected Gold Nanoparticle Investigation and Characterization

Lead Institution
Southern Oregon University
Principal Investigator
Laura Hughes
Project type
Exploratory Research
Monolayer-protected gold nanoparticles will be synthesized and characterized at Southern Oregon University and PNNL. The electron microscopy facilities at PNNL will be used to characterize…

Image for March 2003 issue of Resource Magazine

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Michael Perkins
Project type
Exploratory Research
Need to create an interesting image for the cover art to go with the feature article on bioproducts in the corn industry.

Measure the anisotropy of a membrane protein at a cell membrane.

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Jie Zheng
Project type
Exploratory Research
Cyclic nucleotide-gated channels play a key role in sensory transduction of both visual and olfactory systems. CNG channels have been labeled with dye molecules, and a control experiment is needed…

Ultrasonic Catalysis of Chemical Reactions

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Kayte Denslow
Project type
Exploratory Research
Using ultrasound, chemical reactions can be enhanced by decreasing activation energy and shifting chemical equilibrium. One specific area that will be focused on is the heterogeneous catalysis of…

TEM Study of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polymer-Derived Ceramic Composites

Lead Institution
University of Central Florida
Principal Investigator
Linan An
Project type
Exploratory Research
Carbon nanotube (CNT), the strongest material has ever been discovered, is very promising as reinforcement for composites applications. However, processing control to achieve uniform nano-scale…

Growth mechanisms of graphene on thin Ni films

Lead Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator
Jing Kong
Project type
Exploratory Research
The growth of single- to few- layer graphene is implemented by ambient pressure CVD on thin Ni films (~500 nm). ToF-SIMS will be used to investigate the growth mechanisms of graphene over the Ni…

Exploring the processes that control uranyl reduction by magnetite and the growth of nanoparticulate surface precipitates by X-ray scattering and X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Lead Institution
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Glenn Waychunas
Project type
Exploratory Research
Uranium (U) has been released into the environment through mining operations, nuclear testing, and accidental spills, and is a contaminant in soils, sediments and groundwater at 70% of the Department…

Investigation of Surface Structures on Supported Vanadium Oxide Model Catalysts

Lead Institution
University of California, Berkeley
Principal Investigator
Alexis Bell
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Vanadium oxo clusters supported on a high surface area support constitute an active, selective catalyst for several important reactions, including oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes and oxidative…

Rhodobacter sphaerodies

Lead Institution
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Principal Investigator
Timothy Donohue
Project type
Exploratory Research
Rhodobacter sphaerodies 2.4.1. is a-3 purple nonsulfur eubacterium with an extensive metabolic repertoire. Under anaerobic conditions, it is able to grow by photosynthesis, respiration and…

The Secretome of Metal-Reducing Shewanella oneidensis

Lead Institution
Georgia Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator
Thomas DiChristina
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The metabolic reactions catalyzed by metal- and radionuclide-reducing bacteria greatly influence the geochemistry of natural and contaminated environments. One of the more remarkable activities…

NMR Analysis of Bioprocess Samples

Lead Institution
Washington State University Tri-Cities
Principal Investigator
Kathleen McAteer
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The overall project is directed towards utilization of filamentous fungi for conversion of complex biomass to industrial commodity chemicals biofuels, organic acids or chemical feed-stocks for other…

ETA-Photovoltaics materials Interface optimization

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Timothy Droubay
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
We will provide a fundamental scientific foundation to understand the charge transport in novel oxide-based solar cells, and to tailor the transport by doping and/or interface modification of the…

Electron Transfer Mechanisms in Biofilms

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
Haluk Beyenal
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Although interactions of microorganisms with electrodes have been studied in the literature, the mechanisms of electron transfer are still poorly understood. The goal of this proposal is to…

Immunodominance hierarchies in influenza specific CD8+ T cell responses

Lead Institution
University of Tennessee
Principal Investigator
Heather Smallwood
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The phenomenon of immunodominance has been observed in B cell, CD4+ T cell and CD8+ T cell antigen-specific responses in virtually all types of infection and in tumor immunity model. It is still…