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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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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…

Biological Templates f or Synthesis of Ordered Ceramic Nanostructures

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Yongsoon Shin
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The synthesis of nano-architectured materials continues to be an evolving research area in nanoscience and nanotechnology because structural complexity enables often unexpected physical and chemical…

Nanoscale Enzyme Reactors (NERs) for Biofuel Cells

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
Su Ha
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Enzyme-based biofuel cells use immobilized enzymes on electrodes for the conversion of chemical energy of biofuels (such as glucose, ethanol, or oil) to the electrical energy (Figure 1a). One of the…

Epitaxial Growth and Properties of Nanoscale Oxides for Spintronics

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Diedrich Schmidt
Project type
Exploratory Research
As part of JIN Award 2002, will be working with PNNL LDRD team. Author will work on the growth and characterization of cobalt doped anatase (TiO2) on silicon, with the goals to understand and solve…

Nondestructive Carbon Nanotube Modification of Tailored Functionality

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Leonard Fifield
Project type
Exploratory Research
As part of JIN Award 2002, wll be working with Chris Aardahl to develop new materials that harness the qualities of carbon nanotubes. Actuator devices based on these materials will be constructed as…

Nondestructive Carbon Nanotube Modification of Tailored Functionality

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Leonard Fifield
Project type
Exploratory Research
As part of JIN Award 2002, wll be working with Chris Aardahl to develop new materials that harness the qualities of carbon nanotubes. Actuator devices based on these materials will be constructed as…

White Layer Characterization

Lead Institution
Portland State University
Principal Investigator
William Wood
Project type
Exploratory Research
Metallurgists have widely reported a thin, featureless layer on the surface of sliding components in many industrires. It has been called white layer due to its resistance to chemical etching. The…

Dilute magnetic semiconducting oxide thin films and nanostructures

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Kannan Krishnan
Project type
Exploratory Research
As JIN Award 2002, we propose to investigate the growth, magnetic properties and spin-dependent transport in the recently discovered Co-doped anatase ferromagnetic semiconductor thin films. Emphasis…

Characterization of Sn Whiskers

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
M. Norton
Project type
Exploratory Research
Sn whiskers have for long been known as a failure mechanism in electronic components. This study seeks to determine the origin of Sn whiskers and their growth mechanism. In this collaboration with…

Growth of MOCVD ZnO on CIGSS Solar Cells

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Sambhu Kundu
Project type
Exploratory Research
CIGSS Solar Cell struture needs a intrinsic buffer layer. That is called intrinsic ZnO layer. We want to grow MOCVD ZnO on Mo-coated CIGSS

Ab initio calculations of oxide deposition on 3,5 semiconductors

Lead Institution
University of California, San Diego
Principal Investigator
Jonathan Sexton
Project type
Exploratory Research
We propose to use pseudopotential plane wave methods as implemented in NWChem to study the properties of oxide deposition on GaAs and InAs semiconductors. NWChem calculations will be used to optimize…

Texture Studies of Aluminum Extrusion

Lead Institution
CANMET-MTL
Principal Investigator
Valery Guertsman
Project type
Exploratory Research
Examine several samples (up to 5) in an x-ray texure diffractometer and plot (111) and (311) pole figures.

ICAT labeling of P aeruginosa membrane subproteome

Lead Institution
Stanford University
Principal Investigator
Wenzhong Xiao
Project type
Exploratory Research
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the top three causes of life-threatening infections in cystic fibrosis, burn, HIV, and cancer patients. The pathogenesis of P. aeruginosa is complex. This proposed…

SIMS Analysis of Nickel-Silicon Multilayers

Lead Institution
University of Oregon
Principal Investigator
David Johnson
Project type
Exploratory Research
Nickel monosilicide (NiSi) has been identified as a key contact material for next-generation VLSI technology. NiSi is conventionally prepared through the solid state reaction of a thin Ni film with…