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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. 

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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Heavy Ion Damage in Stainless Steel Alloys

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Bruce Arey
Project type
Exploratory Research
We plan to do a series of experiments using Nickel ions, with variations in temperature and damage rate. The first year, we have a matrix of three alloys, two temperatures and four damage rate…

Measurements of Hydrogen Absorption in Oxidized Ti using Nuclear Reactions

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Richard Smith
Project type
Exploratory Research
We propose to characterize the absorption of hydrogen in Ti metal as part of our program to study hydrogen absorption in advanced aerospace materials. This study is also intended as a preliminary…

SEM of Soil Goethites

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Ravi Kukkadapu
Project type
Exploratory Research
SEM of soil enriched with Al-goethites before and after microbial reduction.

Microscopy of Sealant Glass Reaction

Lead Institution
Alfred University
Principal Investigator
S Sundaram
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective is to look at the glass-substrate interface and image the features. We are interested in understanding the reactions at the interface. This will be helpful in developing a correlation…

Chemical Characterization of Arrays of TiO2 Nanocolumns

Lead Institution
University of Texas at Austin
Principal Investigator
David Flaherty
Project type
Exploratory Research
We propose to study thin nano-structured films of titanium oxide, and vanadium- and nitrogen-doped titanium oxide which we will deposit by employing reactive ballistic deposition (RBD). Properly…

Cover Graphic for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology trade journal

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Michael Perkins
Project type
Exploratory Research
I will design an artistic rendition of work being conducted by Yuehe Lin (Scientist at PNNL) based on Carbon Nanotube-Templated Assembly of Proteins.

Investigation of electron emission from nano-structures

Lead Institution
Nonlinear Ion Dynamics, LLC
Principal Investigator
Rong Wang
Project type
Exploratory Research
Field emission from metal nanotips will be investigated. Nanotips of different material and structures will be fabricated. The electron emission characteristics of different nanotips under AC and DC…

Catalyst Characterization Using the RXM-100 Test Stand

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Christopher Aardahl
Project type
Exploratory Research
Temperature programmed desorption and physical property measurement of catalysts is being studied.

Olefins by High-Intensity Oxidation (Scope 46868)

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
Yong Wang
Project type
Exploratory Research
Velocys, Inc., the Dow Chemical Company, and Battelle, management and operations contractor of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), will develop processes to create Olefins by High…

Hydrogen Production - (Steam reforming of Biomass Scope 46621)

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
Yong Wang
Project type
Exploratory Research
The work on this task will focus on steam reforming of ethanol for the direct production of H2 and CO2. This work addresses the following tasks of the Hydrogen, Fuel Cells & Infrastructure…

Klin Phosphoric Acid Process (Scope 47245)

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Todd Hart
Project type
Exploratory Research
Battelle will support JDC, Inc. in their work for their U. S. Department of Agriculture Small Business Innovative Research project. JDC will supply phosphorous ore samples for this study. Battelle…