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.™

Atomically Resolved Studies of Adsorbates on TiO2(110)(Kay's BES/Chemical Physics-Catalysis WBS0502 of Peden's BES-Chemical Transformations at Complex Interfaces, PNNL Scope #47319)

Lead Institution

Baylor University

Principal Investigator

Zhenrong Zhang

Project type

Exploratory Research

The photochemistry of molecules adsorbed on surfaces provides a base of understanding of the photon stimulated process at adsorbate and substrate surface. TiO2 has been intensively investigated as…

Development of High Q Head

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

James Bruce

Project type

Exploratory Research

We are currently in the process of designing and constructing a high performance Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer. One of the necessary components of the instrument is a…

Rutherford Backscattering and Channeling Studies of Ceria and Iron Oxide Thin Films

Lead Institution

University of Western Sydney, Nepean Australia

Principal Investigator

Saravanamuthu Maheswaran

Project type

Exploratory Research

Optical Profilometry to Measure Index of Refraction

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Charles Shawley

Project type

Exploratory Research

Chromite Sintering Characteristics

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Steven Simner

Project type

Exploratory Research

Use of Phillips XRD in EMSL 1422

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Steven Smith

Project type

Exploratory Research

Correlation of Membrane Surface with Oxidative Methane Coupling Rate for Perovskite Membranes

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

William Thomson

Project type

Exploratory Research

WSU Special Topics Class - Surface Analysis

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Mychailo Toloczko

Project type

Exploratory Research

FTIR and SEM characterization of desert varnished rocks

Lead Institution

Johns Hopkins University

Principal Investigator

Charles Hibbitts

Project type

Exploratory Research

We intend to characterize the spectral, polarization, and microscopic morphology of desert varnished rock samples using FTIR polarization and SEM analyses. This work supports the efforts of the PI…

XPS analysis of ceramic reactor material

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Suresh Baskaran

Project type

Exploratory Research

Two-Diminsional NOESY Studies of Metal-Binding Sites in Humic Substances

Lead Institution

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Principal Investigator

William Bleam

Project type

Exploratory Research

Investigation of PbGe thin films

Lead Institution

Sharp Microelectronics Technology, Inc.

Principal Investigator

Tingkai Li

Project type

Exploratory Research

Develop a Procedure for the Determination of the Calibration Parameters on the Host Side and Integrate Them into the Hardware to Facilitate Real Time Multiband Analysis

Lead Institution

NASA Ames Research Center

Principal Investigator

Marianne Sowa

Project type

Exploratory Research

Ongoing research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratories aims at elucidating the complexities behind intercellular communication using the confocal microscope. The additional Z-plane observation…

Aerosol sampling

Lead Institution

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Perry Gray

Project type

Exploratory Research

Background aerosols are to be measured using a variety of methods, including PNNL aerosol mass spectrometer.

Evaluate Injection of Zero Valent Iron (PNNL Scope# 488994: Oostrom Fluor Daniel Hanford)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Mart Oostrom

Project type

Exploratory Research

We propose a series of intermediate-scale column and flow cell experiments using micrometer-scale particles. The micrometer particles used in the experiments are S-3700 Fe0 colloids with a diameter…

Catalytic Ammonia oxidation

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Glen Fryxell

Project type

Exploratory Research

Develop and evaluate novel nanoporous catalyst systems for the catalytic oxidation of ammonia.

Suface Area Measurements by BET-N2

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

James Amonette

Project type

Exploratory Research

Infrared and CARS Spectroscopy of Cyclopropane

Lead Institution

Oregon State University

Principal Investigator

Joseph Nibler

Project type

Exploratory Research

Infrared spectra have been obtained using the HR125 FTIR for wavelength ranges between 550 and 3800 cm-1 at the highest resolution allowed by the Doppler width. This wavelength range covers all of…