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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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TEM Study on SOFC Interconnects

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Z. Gary Yang
Project type
Exploratory Research
In recent years, progress in materials and fabrication techniques have allowed for a reduction in solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) operating temperatures to a range (e.g., 650-800ºC) where oxidation…

TEM Study on SOFC Interconnects and Interfaces

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Z. Gary Yang
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
In recent years, progress in materials and fabrication techniques have allowed for a reduction in solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) operating temperatures to a range (e.g., 650-800ºC) where oxidation…

Identifying Targets for Therapeutic Interventions using Proteomic Technology

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Joshua Adkins
Project type
Exploratory Research
This proposal will utilize new comprehensive and quantitative proteomic technologies and related capabilities developed at PNNL to identify targets for therapeutic intervention for Salmonella…

Physical Characterization of Defects in ZnO Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Kevin Kittilstved
Project type
Exploratory Research
We have recently reported above-room-temperature ferromagnetism in Mn2+-, Co2+, and Ni2+-doped ZnO nanocrystalline aggregates and thin films using high-quality colloids as solution precursors. The…

Coupled Quantum Simulation Techniques for Studying Nanostructured Materials

Lead Institution
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Andrew Williamson
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective of this project is to develop first principles computational techniques for the simulation of nanostructured materials. In particular we are developing a coupled electronic structure…

Solid Fuel Cell Study

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Tim Armstrong
Project type
Exploratory Research

Fast-OS PetaScale Linux

Lead Institution
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
R Studham
Project type
Exploratory Research
Peta-scale computers with thousands of times more computational power will be available to scientists by the end of this decade. The research and development of these next generation computing…