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.™

Biomimetic Ceramics Synthesis

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Xiaohong Li

Project type

Exploratory Research

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

Facet-Resolved Kinetics of Ligand-Promoted Hematite Dissolution

Lead Institution

Harvard University

Principal Investigator

Scot Martin

Project type

Exploratory Research

Behavior of Salts in UHV and Radiation Environment

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Thomas McCord

Project type

Exploratory Research

Measurement of Luminescence Decay Time

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Mark Murphy

Project type

Exploratory Research

Determination of DNAPL Mass Flux Reduction as a Function of Source Zone Mass Removal

Lead Institution

University of Arizona

Principal Investigator

Mark Brusseau

Project type

Exploratory Research

The fate of organic chemicals in groundwater and the risks they pose to the environment are topics of numerous environmental studies. Among the most common groundwater contaminants are non-aqueous…

Aerosol and Organic Precursor Measurements at Ground-Based Sites during the Megacity Aerosol Experiment in Mexico City 2006 (MAX-Mex 2006)

Lead Institution

University of Arkansas, Little Rock

Principal Investigator

Jeffrey Gaffney

Project type

Exploratory Research

The Megacity Aerosol Experiment - Mexico City 2006 will be a collaborative effort with the DOE Atmospheric Science Program, the NSF MIRAGE-Mex field study, and the Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA…

Oxidation Study of Carbon Fiber Surfaces

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Kevin Simmons

Project type

Exploratory Research

Phase one: Use of XPS and SIMS for studying the amount of oxidation that has been performed on various carbon fiber samples. Knowing qualitative and quantitative information about the fiber surfaces…

Characterization of anatase thin films with electron and ion based methods

Lead Institution

Universitaet Zuerich-Irchel

Principal Investigator

Juerg Osterwalder

Project type

Exploratory Research

There has been very much interest in titanium dioxide materials due, in part, to their important catalytic and photocatalytic properties. Rutile is the polymorph that has received the most…

Adhesion of Polymer Sphere to Modified Natural Fiber via AFM

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

James Holbery

Project type

Exploratory Research

The modification of natural fiber surfaces (Kenaf, Flax, etc.) to control the hydrophobicity is critical in utilizing these structural fibere within polymer composites. As a measure of the adhesion…