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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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SEM/EDS of Thin FIlms

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Charles Windisch
Project type
Exploratory Research
This work supports the DOE-BES funded program on Thin FIlms managed by Greg Exarhos at PNNL. The objective of the work is to develop thin films with tailored optical and electrical properties. …

Biogenic Iron Materials

Lead Institution
J. Craig Venter Institute
Principal Investigator
Yuri Gorby
Project type
Exploratory Research
We will image iron minerals produced by the reduction of solid phase ferric oxides. The research will require the use of field emission SEM and TEM.

Oxide Fracture by Indentation to Measure Repassivation Kinetics

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
David Bahr
Project type
Exploratory Research
Many corrosion resistant materials, such as titanium and stainless steels, owe much of their corrosion resistance to the presence of a very thin passive film which isolates the metal from the…

Computational and Experimental Nanoparticle Dosimetry for nanomaterial Safety

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Justin Teeguarden
Project type
Exploratory Research
Development and deployment of nanomaterial based technologies improving energy and environmental security are high priority research activities for the Department of Energy. Nanomaterial development…

Electronic Properties of the Metal and Thin Film Oxide Insulator Junction

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Kenneth Beck
Project type
Exploratory Research
Modern solid state devices are based on conjoining prefentially doped seimconductor materials. One species may be doped as an electron donor ("N"), while a complementary species in an…

Innovative Aerosol Collector (Alexander's SBIR, PNNL Scope #48595)

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Rahul Zaveri
Project type
Exploratory Research
Develop an innovative aerosol collector for on-line analysis of individual particulate species using Proton Transfer Reaction Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (PTR-ITMS).

Trace signatures in particles

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
John Cliff
Project type
Exploratory Research
We wish to collect a few ToF-SIMS spectra of specimens important for forensic purposes in order to include the data in a proposal (if succesfull).

Environmental Photochemical Fate of Manufactured Carbon Nanomaterials

Lead Institution
Purdue University
Principal Investigator
Inez Hua
Project type
Exploratory Research
The overall objective of the proposed research is to investigate photochemical transformation of buckminsterfullerene (C60) and single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) under conditions of environmental…

Infrared Absortion Cross Sections of Acetone and Acetic Acid

Lead Institution
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Principal Investigator
Alfons Weber
Project type
Exploratory Research
Using the Bruker high resolution Fourier transform infrared spectrometer faclity of EMSL, the infrared absorption cross sections of acetone and acetic acid vapors are to be determined as functions of…

High Surface Area Nanocrystalline SiC Material Analysis

Lead Institution
Idaho National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Daniel Ginosar
Project type
Exploratory Research
Nanocrytalline SiC materials with high surface areas have a wide range of applications in catalysts, high temperature gas separation, semiconductors, high temperature sensors and electrodes,…

Theoretical Investigations of Chiral Self-Assembly at Solid Surfaces

Lead Institution
Northwestern University
Principal Investigator
Mark Ratner
Project type
Exploratory Research
Chiral symmetry breaking is the process by which an achiral phase is resolved into two enantiomeric domains. This refers to the separation of a racemic mixture, and also to induced chiral separations…

Theoretical Investigations of Chiral Self-Assembly at Solid Surfaces

Lead Institution
Northwestern University
Principal Investigator
Mark Ratner
Project type
Exploratory Research
Chiral symmetry breaking is the process by which an achiral phase is resolved into two enantiomeric domains. This refers to the separation of a racemic mixture, and also to induced chiral separations…