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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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tpr & tpo of MoOx capper Ti02

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Scott Elder
Project type
Exploratory Research

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…

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…

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.

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.