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Projects

As a scientific user facility, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) provides expertise, instrumentation, and resources to 250 projects each year. 

Projects displayed below reflect information and abstracts that were published before April 30, 2024. To review current EMSL user projects, visit Science Central™.

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Surface Migration of Additives in Polymers

Lead Institution
Cornell University
Principal Investigator
Lynden Archer
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Field-induced migration of oligomers dispersed in a host polymer is a promising method for modifying the host polymer's surface to improve properties such as paintability, biocompatibility, and…

Characterization of Functional Nanoscale Materials for Vapor Sensing

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Christopher Aardahl
Project type
Exploratory Research
Materials will be characterized in a variety of configurations including powders, pelletized beds, and thin films. These will generally be coupled to acoustic sensors for characterization as vapor…

Oxidation state of technetium electrodeposited on platinum

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Mark Engelmann
Project type
Exploratory Research
The method of thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS) is being developed for the highly sensitive determination of technetium. The technetium is deposited on the platinum mass spectrometer…

AR coatings

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Wendy Bennett
Project type
Exploratory Research
Custom anti-reflection coatings, which also perform as barrier layers, need to be deposited on chalcogenide glass substrates. LWIR (long wavelength infrared)AR coatings require materials that need…

Characterization of oxide nanoparticles

Lead Institution
Brown University
Principal Investigator
Li-Qiong Wang
Project type
Exploratory Research
In this preliminary studies, we will explore the novel methods to synthesize oxide nanocrystals with well-controlled shapes and sizes and correlate them with their physical and chemical properties. …

TPD study of SrTiO3

Lead Institution
Brown University
Principal Investigator
Li-Qiong Wang
Project type
Exploratory Research

XPS study of CeO2 and CeZrO2

Lead Institution
Brown University
Principal Investigator
Li-Qiong Wang
Project type
Exploratory Research
XPS study of oxidized and reduced CeO2 and CeZrO2

Application Optical Spectroscopy to Interfacial Processes

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Calvin Ainsworth
Project type
Exploratory Research
Use of laser induced time resolved fluorescence spectroscopy to study Surface Reactions of Salicylate on Al2O3, as well as, Europium uptake and partioning in oat roots.

Photoelectron emission microscopy (PEEM) study of Cu nanoparticles on TiO2(110)

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Kenneth Beck
Project type
Exploratory Research
The growth of metals on oxide surface is interested in a number of technological applications, including heterogeneous catalysis, electronic devices and gas sensing. Specifically, metal islands…

Electronic structure determination on mineral surfaces

Lead Institution
University of Michigan
Principal Investigator
Udo Becker
Project type
Exploratory Research
Periodic and cluster electronic structure calculations will be jointly performed on pyrite and galena surfaces to elucidate the energetics of indirect interactions between adsorbates and surface…