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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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Automated suspension microarray for microbial community profiling

Lead Institution
Argonne National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Darrell Chandler
Project type
Exploratory Research
Compare the performance of automated nucleic acid capture using sequential injection microfluidic system compared to identical procedures accomplished in batch reactions. PCR products from metal…

From Gas Phase Clusters to Nanomaterials

Lead Institution
Brown University
Principal Investigator
Lai-Sheng Wang
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
This proposal is a continuation of research under EMSL User Proposal #3226a. Gas phase clusters remain to be an attractive and exciting field of study for several reasons. First of all, clusters…

Growth and Characterization of Fe doped TiO2 Films

Lead Institution
Hanbat National University
Principal Investigator
Yong Joo Kim
Project type
Exploratory Research
The ability to efficiently inject spins into multi-layer semiconductor device structures creates new and exciting possibilities for utilizing spin-polarized transport in computing and signal…

Sensitivity Evaluation of PTR-MS

Lead Institution
Battelle Columbus
Principal Investigator
Chester Spicer
Project type
Exploratory Research
Preliminary testing of PTR-MS to assess sensitivity to selected Toxic Release Inventory chemicals

Cellular responses to ionizing radiation as examined by FTIR.

Lead Institution
Middle East Technical University
Principal Investigator
Feride Severcan
Project type
Exploratory Research
Currently, the standards for human exposure to ionizing radiation are set by extrapolating data obtained in the high-dose regime to the low-dose regime where the biological responses are below…

Surface Analysis of Polyurethanes

Lead Institution
University of Central Florida
Principal Investigator
Jeffrey Ramsdell
Project type
Exploratory Research
This is continuing study of the surface domains of segmented polyurethane materials. The surface chemical structure, morphology, and mechanical response of these materials is being investigated…

Continued investigation into the spinel nickel-cobalt oxide system.

Lead Institution
Applied Materials
Principal Investigator
Robert Owings
Project type
Exploratory Research
Past work with the nickel cobalt oxide thin films has yielded new and interesting data with respect to the nature of charge motion and the charge distribution within the spinel lattice. The nickel…

Modification and decay of radiation defects in tooth enamel

Lead Institution
National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics
Principal Investigator
Georg Liidja
Project type
Exploratory Research
Stable carbonate radicals created in tooth enamel by ionizing irradiation from soil are used in dating palaeontological artefacts up to Megayears. The number of radicals as measured with electron…

Phosphoproteome determination of LPA treated osteocytes

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Norman Karin
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Osteocytes arise from bone-forming osteoblasts that become surrounded by mineralized matrix and comprise greater than 90% of all bone cells. Osteocytes form a junctionally-connected sensory network…

Solid Phase Characterization/Speciation of U in 300 Area Sediments-Hanford

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
R. Serne
Project type
Exploratory Research
A new EMSL-refined, fluorescence line-narrowing technique performed in cryostat at liquid He-temperature will be used to determine U(VI) speciation in contaminated sediments. The technique provides…

Identification of covalent modification of SecA

Lead Institution
University of Missouri - Columbia
Principal Investigator
Linda Randall
Project type
Exploratory Research
SecA is the peripherally membrane-bound ATPase that is part of the translocon that mediates the export of proteins from the bacterial cytoplasm and outer membrane. In vivo 50% of the SecA is found…

Nanoscale Characterization of Nanomaterial - Cell Interactions

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Galya Orr
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
This proposal is a continuation of research pursued under EMSL User Proposal #17690. The extensive use of amorphous silica nanoparticles (NPs) in the industry, and the growing use of carbon nanotubes…