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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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Electron Induced Genomic Instability

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
William Morgan
Project type
Exploratory Research
Electron induced genomic instability will be investigated using the PNNL microbeam and cho transfected gfp reporter constructs.

Regional Scale Atmospheric Modeling

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Jerome Fast
Project type
Exploratory Research
To study metrological and atmospheric chemistry modeling for DOE-BER atmospheric science projects including DOE atmospheric chemistry program and vertical transport and mixing program. Test and…

Triplet Decay Pathways of the Electrically Conducting Polymer Poly[2-methoxy-5-(2'-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] Poly[2-methoxy-5-(2'-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] Poly[2-methoxy-5-(2'-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene]

Lead Institution
Central Washington University
Principal Investigator
David Laman
Project type
Exploratory Research
Poly[2-methoxy-5-(2'-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (MEH-PPV) is an electrically conductive polymer that is under active investigation for use as a photoinduced electron transfer donor in…

Development of Noble Metal Phosphide Hydrotreating Catalysts

Lead Institution
Western Washington University
Principal Investigator
Mark Bussell
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
High impurity levels in heavy and unconventional crude oils present major challenges to the petroleum industry at a time that environmental regulations in the United States, Japan and in many…

Evolution of Defects and Interfaces in Ceramics under Irradiation

Lead Institution
University of Tennessee
Principal Investigator
William Weber
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The proposed work is to develop atomic-level understanding of the production and evolution of defects and interfaces in ceramics under ion and electron irradiation. Research will also focus on the…

The chemistry and mineralogy of variable charge soils

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Nikolla Qafoku
Project type
Exploratory Research
I received an invitation to write a review paper (chapter) for the Journal: Advances in Agronomy, which is a well established and highly regarded serial publication (ranked #1 in Agriculture). In…

Signal transduction pathways regulating genetic exchange

Lead Institution
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Principal Investigator
Andrew Lang
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The alphaproteobacterium R. capsulatus is a model organism for studying photosynthesis, nitrogen fixation, and hydrogen production. R. capsulatus also produces a virus-like particle called the &quot…

Coupling protein dynamics to membrane morphology.

Lead Institution
UT-Houston Medical School
Principal Investigator
Samuel Kaplan
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Membranes are fluid, plastic and adaptable. But how do they transform themselves from fulfilling one function to taking on a task that may be completely new? What are the underlying dynamics that…

On the Origin of the pH-Dependent Redox Potential of Titanium Dioxide

Lead Institution
Yale University
Principal Investigator
James Mayer
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
As part of an effort to understand the involvement of protons in charge transfer to TiO2, access to EMSL equipment and expertise for materials characterization is requested. Understanding the…

Combination and Integration of DPF-SCR Aftertreatment Technologies

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Kenneth Rappe
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Exhaust aftertreatment is considered an enabler for widespread implication of higher fuel efficient diesel engines. In the last decade extensive research has resulted in the development and…

Fundamental Studies of Water-Polymer Interactions

Lead Institution
Sandia National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Bruce Bunker
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The objective of this proposal is to obtain a molecular level understanding of the mechanisms of proton and water transport in polymer-based materials as a function of membrane chemistry, morphology,…