Projects

Investigation into the Mechanism of Soot Formation from Biomass Combustion

Lead Institution

University of Leeds

Principal Investigator

Maria Romero

Project type

Exploratory Research

Biomass combustion is currently a significant energy source in developing countries and is likely to become more significant to developed countries due to the search for alternatives to fossil fuel…

Quantum Mechanical and Molecular Mechanical Methods for Iron-Sulfur Proteins

Lead Institution

Texas A&M University

Principal Investigator

Shuqiang Niu

Project type

Exploratory Research

Iron-sulfur proteins are essential in bioenergetics, including respiration, photosynthesis, nitrogen fixation, and hydrogen production and thus are prime candidates for bioengineering or biomimetic…

Measuring nanometer distances in the packaging RNA using Double Electron-Electron Resonance.

Lead Institution

University of Southern California

Principal Investigator

Peter Qin

Project type

Exploratory Research

In this renewal application we request to continue to use the pulsed EPR spectrometer at EMSL. We will use the instrument to measure nanometer distances in a complex of the packaging RNA (pRNA),…

XPS Analysis of Corrosion Protective Paint Systems for Al Alloys Based on Mg-Rich Primers

Lead Institution

North Dakota State University

Principal Investigator

Dante Battocchi

Project type

Exploratory Research

The goal of the proposed research is spectroscopic investigation of Mg corrosion products and Mg-rich primer interfaces by virtue of XPS analysis. To date, no XPS analyses have been performed on Mg…

Investigation of Secondary Organic Aerosol and Black Carbon Aging during the 2010 Carbonaceous Aerosol and Radiative Effects Study (CARES)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Rahul Zaveri

Project type

Exploratory Research

Carbonaceous aerosols play a major role in the direct and indirect radiative forcing of climate. However, several mechanistic uncertainties and knowledge gaps still exist in our understanding of…

Dye Studies on CHO cells.

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

M. Mayer-Cumblidge

Project type

Exploratory Research

We have synthesized two dyes (FlAsH and ReAsH)which bind to a tetracysteine motif. We are seeking to optimize binding to a protein in living cells.

TEM and XPS analysis of ligand-functionalized semiconductor quantum dots used in biodetection studies

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Marvin Warner

Project type

Exploratory Research

The research included in this proposal involves the routine TEM and XPS analysis of functionalized semiconductor nanoparticles (primarily CdSe) that will serve as the signal transduction element in…

Separation and measurement of DNA from soil extracts

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Richard Ozanich

Project type

Exploratory Research

Fluidic methods for separating DNA from soil extracts will be developed. Background fluorescence of soil extracts will be determined to optimize selection of final hybridized DNA detection…

Investigation of cobalt active sites in cobalt-based catalyst for higher alcohol synthesis from synga

Lead Institution

Seoul National University

Principal Investigator

Do Heui Kim

Project type

Exploratory Research

The higher alcohol synthesis, which produces higher alcohol (C6-C18 alpha alcohol) for transportation fuel or fuel additives by reacting synthesis gas (CO and H2), is at the heart of the gas-to…

Micromodel Pore-Scale Displacement Studies of Brine and Supercritical CO2

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Mart Oostrom

Project type

Exploratory Research

Supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) sequestration in deep saline aquifers or reservoirs is, to a large extent, affected by porous medium properties, fluid properties, and interfacial interactions…

Proteomics of Arabidopsis thaliana and Poplar tree plastids: Understanding carbon allocation through the phenylpropanoid pathway

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Norman Lewis

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

In this proposal, we wish to investigate, identify, and establish the factors affecting phenylalanine (Phe) biosynthesis in plastids of vascular plants, together with that of its transport to the…

MBE Growth and Properties of Model TiO2 Anatase Surfaces for Fundamental Studies of Heterogeneous Photocatalysis

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Scott Chambers

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The overall objective of this work is to provide the field of heterogeneous photocatalysis with unique insights into the molecular-level properties of photocatalytic transformations on TiO2 anatase…

Elucidation of Direct and Indirect Cellular Interactions within Methanogenic Biofilms

Lead Institution

Montana State University

Principal Investigator

Matthew Fields

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

In light of the importance of exocellular transfer of reducing equivalents for interspecies H2 transfer, little work has been conducted on the effects of biofilm growth for syntrophic, methane…

MBE Growth and Properties of Epitaxial C-doped TiO2 for Visible Light Harvesting and Water Splitting

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Scott Chambers

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Development of new energy sources is a major need for the 21st century. Hydrogen has considerable potential as an alternative fuel. Fujishima and coworkers discovery in 1969 that water could be…

Low Energy Sputtering Experiments using RBS

Lead Institution

NASA Glenn Research Center

Principal Investigator

Michael Nakles

Project type

Exploratory Research

The recent successful demonstration of the NASA Solar electric propulsion Technology Application Readiness (NSTAR) ion thruster on the Deep Space 1 mission has paved the way for future electrostatic…

Proteomics of Morphology Determination in a Fungus

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Linda Lasure

Project type

Exploratory Research

The white rot fungus, Phanerochaete crysosporium, is a saprophytic organism isolated from decaying wood chips. It is one of few organisms that produce ligninase enzymes. These enzymes are required…

Site-Specific Sample Preparation of Surfaces and Buried Interfaces
for TEM and Atom Probe Analysis

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Matthew Olszta

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Technique development of methods for preparing cross-sectional TEM samples and atom-probe needle samples with the new dual-beam FIB instrument is proposed. Prior experience in FIB sample preparation…

NMR/OPTICAL Microscopy Studies of Oral Plaque Ecology

Lead Institution

University of California, Los Angeles

Principal Investigator

Wenyuan Shi

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Current tooth decay (dental caries) prevention methods include enamel hardening with fluoride and bacterial removal via mechanical and general antimicrobial approaches. These methods are based on the…

Epitaxial and Nanoscale Fe-doped TiO2 and Ti-doped alpha-Fe2O3 - Magnetic, Electronic and Photochemical Properties Modification via Selective Doping

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Scott Chambers

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The wide-ranging properties of transition metal oxides can in principle be expanded even further through selective doping. We propose to investigate the effect of doping TiO2 and alpha-Fe2O3 with…

Regulatory dynamics of microbial communities

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

H Wiley

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This is a proposal to conduct work in EMSL in support of the Foundational Scientific Focus Area (FSFA) research program at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. This large-scale research program…