Projects

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.™

Remote photoluminescence characterization of subsurface contamination

Lead Institution

University of Central Florida

Principal Investigator

Robert Peale

Project type

Exploratory Research

Characterization of subsurface contamination on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation is expensive because of sample collection for offsite analysis, which itself is unacceptably slow. Excavation…

Spectroscopic and Microscopic Characterization of Contaminant Uptake and Retention by Carbonates in the Soil and Vadose Zone

Lead Institution

State University of New York at Stony Brook

Principal Investigator

Richard Reeder

Project type

Exploratory Research

Contamination by toxic metals and radionuclides at numerous sites across the DOE Complex poses serious challenges for the design and implementation of effective remediation measures. The mobility of…

The Preparation and Characterization of Functional Nanocomposite Films by Laser Ablation

Lead Institution

National Institute of Material and Chemical Research, Agency for Industrial Science and Technology

Principal Investigator

N. Koshizaki

Project type

Exploratory Research

An important aspect this project is the investigation of ultraviolet laser ablation techniques in the deposition process. At these shorter wavelengths the absorptivity of the raw composite…

Chemical/Physical Structure of Nano-Sized Silicon Nitride Powder

Lead Institution

Oregon State University

Principal Investigator

Shoichi Kimura

Project type

Exploratory Research

Nano-sized silicon nitride is produced via the reaction between SiO vapor and ammonia. The product could be in three forms: nano-sized powder, crystals and whiskers. Depending on the reaction…

High Resolution 1H NMR Metabolomics Using Slow and Ultra Slow Magic Angle Spinning

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Jian-zhi Hu

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Recently, we developed new so-called slow-MAS (magic angle spinning) NMR techniques that significantly enhance the spectral information in biofluids, intact excised tissues, organs and live small…

Chemistry and Microphysics of the Small Particles (Zelenyuk's BES-Particles, PNNL Scope #47327)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Alla Zelenyuk-Imre

Project type

Exploratory Research

Nanoparticles play an important role in many areas. The unique properties of matter on the nanometer size range are a new frontier in science and technology with the potential to revolutionize our…

Energy and Entropy Effects in Dissociation of Non-Covalent Complexes: Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Structures and Interactions of Glycopeptide Antibiotics-Cell Wall

Lead Institution

Purdue University

Principal Investigator

Julia Laskin

Project type

Exploratory Research

Energy and Entropy Effects in Dissociation of Non-Covalent Complexes: Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Structures and Interactions of Glycopeptide Antibiotics-Cell Wall Non…

Catalyst Characterization Using the RXM-100 Test Stand

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Christopher Aardahl

Project type

Exploratory Research

Temperature programmed desorption and physical property measurement of catalysts is being studied.

Molecular beam scattering measurements on anatase TiO2(001) and rutile TiO2(110)

Lead Institution

North Dakota State University

Principal Investigator

Uwe Burghaus

Project type

Exploratory Research

Heterogeneous catalysis is a key industry in our modern technological world. Despite the pertinent economic impact of heterogeneous catalysis, the mechanistic understanding of chemical reaction…

Fabrication of Si Templates for the Construction of Monolithic Multi-Electrospray Emitters

Lead Institution

Brigham Young University

Principal Investigator

Ryan Kelly

Project type

Exploratory Research

Electrospray ionization (ESI) has made possible the online coupling of chemical separation techniques such as liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry (MS) for the analysis of large biomolecules …

Olefins by High-Intensity Oxidation (Scope 46868)

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Yong Wang

Project type

Exploratory Research

Velocys, Inc., the Dow Chemical Company, and Battelle, management and operations contractor of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), will develop processes to create Olefins by High…

Hydrogen Production - (Steam reforming of Biomass Scope 46621)

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Yong Wang

Project type

Exploratory Research

The work on this task will focus on steam reforming of ethanol for the direct production of H2 and CO2. This work addresses the following tasks of the Hydrogen, Fuel Cells & Infrastructure…

Integrated Automated Analyzer for Groundwater Monitoring - (Yuehe's SERDP work Scope 42177)

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Yuehe Lin

Project type

Exploratory Research

This project will develop a portable analytical system based on the on-line/on-chip coupling of a miniaturized, meso-scale sequential injection for fast and automated sample processing with a…

Klin Phosphoric Acid Process (Scope 47245)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Todd Hart

Project type

Exploratory Research

Battelle will support JDC, Inc. in their work for their U. S. Department of Agriculture Small Business Innovative Research project. JDC will supply phosphorous ore samples for this study. Battelle…

Mechanisms of sulfur poisoning of NOx adsorber materials (Chuck's Cummins CRADA work Scope 43315)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Charles Peden

Project type

Exploratory Research

The objective of this project is to aid the identification of a clear pathway to robust NOx after-treatment solutions for light-duty diesel engines. The project consistsof three phases. First, the…

Microstructural examination of SOFC materials development

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

David Gelles

Project type

Exploratory Research

Microstructural examinations are needed for solid oxide fuel cell materials. EMSL has applicable facilities.

Optical Properties of Epitaxial Chromium Sesquioxide Films

Lead Institution

IBM Almaden Research Center

Principal Investigator

Roger Macfarlane

Project type

Exploratory Research

The aim is to measure the optical properties of epitaxial films of Cr2O3 particularly the sharp 2E excitons in the near infrared. These should act as a sensitive probe of film strains and purity as…

XRD Analysis of Inorganic Chemicals

Lead Institution

Battelle Columbus

Principal Investigator

Lori Reed

Project type

Exploratory Research

XRD analysis of sodium arsenite and sodium arsenate heptahydrate

XRD Analysis of Inorganic Chemicals

Lead Institution

Battelle Columbus

Principal Investigator

Lori Reed

Project type

Exploratory Research

XRD analysis of inorganic slids for toxicology studies

XPS Analysis of Irradiated Soot Samples

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Robert Disselkamp

Project type

Exploratory Research

XPS will be used to determine elemental composition of irradiated soot samples exposed to HCl and water vapor. Carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, and chlorine species will be quantified. In addition, the…

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