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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. 

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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Investigation of hydrogen tunneling in tropolone

Lead Institution
Texas Technical University
Principal Investigator
Richard Redington
Project type
Exploratory Research
The purpose of the proposed high resolution study is to determine how much detail occures at 0.0015 cm-1 resolution and what it means concerning the several vibrational transitions underlying most …

Investigation of hydrogen tunneling in tropolone

Lead Institution
Texas Technical University
Principal Investigator
Richard Redington
Project type
Exploratory Research
The purpose of the proposed high resolution study is to determine how much detail occures at 0.0015 cm-1 resolution and what it means concerning the several vibrational transitions underlying most …

Proposal to use the FS66 FTIR to test an optical switch

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Robert MacDonald
Project type
Exploratory Research
Our objective is to use the FS66 FTIR to test an optical switch. The switch will be fabricated at the University of Washington. Because the switch is a MEMS device with a small apurture (less than…

Proteomic Characterization of subprotomes of Shewanella oneidensis

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Margaret Romine
Project type
Exploratory Research
Scientists have extensively investigated the biogeochemical processes controlling the reduction of multivalent-metals, including solid phase Fe and Mn oxides, by metal-reducing Shewanella. Yet,…

Accuate size measurement of bacterium SAR-11

Lead Institution
Oregon State University
Principal Investigator
Stephen Giovannoni
Project type
Exploratory Research
SAR-11 appears to be the dominant microorganism in the upper ocean, and is one of the smallest bacteria. The objective is to obtain an exact measurement of its size, without producing artifacts…

Material Characterization of Fluid-loaded Lycopodium Membran

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Janet Jones-Oliveira
Project type
Exploratory Research
This work is to provide the experimental component for an applied mathematics research proposal, which is being submitted to DOE/MICS. The title of that proposal is, Fluid-Solid Interaction for…

Polymer Characterization

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Linda Sapochak
Project type
Exploratory Research
The proposed work will involve characterization of cured and/or partially cured monomer mixtures. The study will investigate the effect of using different photoinitiators to promote the…

Functional Genomics and Proteomics of Mitochondria

Lead Institution
Stanford University
Principal Investigator
Wenzhong Xiao
Project type
Exploratory Research
Despite the progress made in deciphering the genetics of the more than one hundred known mitochondrial disease, many cases remain unexplained mostly due to the fact that only 40-50% of the presumed…

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…