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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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Electrochemical detection of lead in saliva

Lead Institution
Oregon Health & Science University
Principal Investigator
Wassana Yantasee
Project type
Exploratory Research
Saliva samples containing trace amount of lead will be subjected into an electrochemical flow cell to determine the concentration of lead

Molecular Beam Epitaxy Growth of Strontium Cobaltite

Lead Institution
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Principal Investigator
Alan Anderson
Project type
Exploratory Research
There has been increasing interest in oxygen-deficient perovskite structures for use in solid oxide fuel cells and oxygen separation membranes. Strontium Cobaltite (SrCoO3) typically exists in the…

Trace metal composition of Cobalt

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
John Cliff
Project type
Exploratory Research
I would just like to ust the TOF-SIMS to identify trace metal constituents in Cobalt samples

Single Enzyme Nanoparticle Crosslinking Polymerzation

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Michael Perkins
Project type
Exploratory Research
Based on research done by Jungbae Kim and Jay Grate I will create an animation describing the sequence of SEN Synthesis.

Proteomic analysis of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Lead Institution
Washington University in St. Louis
Principal Investigator
Himadri Pakrasi
Project type
Exploratory Research
Cyanobacteria are oxygenic photo-autotrophic prokaryotes that are responsible for roughly 50% of the primary productivity in oceans and lakes. Among the oxygenic photosynthetic organisms…

Controlling the Thermal and Non-Thermal Reactivities of Metal Oxide Structures Through Nanoscaling - Controlling Reactivities of Metal Oxide Strcutures(Mike Henderson's BES Project - 43626)

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Michael Henderson
Project type
Exploratory Research
The constrained dimensions in nanoscaled materials produces unique chemical properties that will form the basis for important new technologies. A key scientific challenge is to understand how to…

The Study of Atomic Gold Clusters in Polyaniline

Lead Institution
Georgia Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator
Miraslawa Josowicz
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Previous reserch done in our Group in collaboration with the PNNL scientists, Don Baer and Mark Engelhard, has shown that polyaniline (PANI) can be used as a matrix for formation of Au clusters. By a…