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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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Investigation of Oxidation State of Elements in Natural Brannerites

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Edgar Buck
Project type
Exploratory Research
Any strategy for disposing nuclear waste in a geologic repository must involve the long-term behavior of the primary containment system, the waste-form itself. One method of confirming the…

computational strategies for proteomics

Lead Institution
University of Colorado
Principal Investigator
Katheryn Resing
Project type
Exploratory Research
We would like to visit for two days, to acquaint ourselves with the computational approaches that PNL is using for proteomics analyses, particularly in regards to exploiting the higher mass accuracy…

Pathogen strain detection based on changes in expressed proteins

Lead Institution
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Principal Investigator
Alvin Fox
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
To demonstrate improvements in real-time recognition of protein sequence changes in intact proteins: a) improved coverage (e.g. using electron capture dissociation (ECD) and/or electron transfer…

Computational Investigation of Metal Clusters on Doped Carbon Supports

Lead Institution
University of Alabama
Principal Investigator
Christoffer Turner
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Many electronic, chemical, and physical properties are known to depend upon system size, especially when the length scale approaches nanometer or sub-nanometer dimensions. With regards to catalysis…

Laser Desorption from Metal Oxides

Lead Institution
University College London
Principal Investigator
Alexander Shlyuger
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
This proposal is a continuation of research under EMSL User Proposal #21794. Laser ablation and desorption techniques form the basis of unique methods for producing novel materials, performing…

Subunit structures of Arabidopsis RNA Polymerase IV complexes

Lead Institution
Indiana University - Bloomington
Principal Investigator
Craig Pikaard
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
All eukaryotes have three conventional nuclear DNA-dependent RNA polymerases, abbreviated as Pol I, Pol II and Pol III. Pol I transcribe 45S pre-rRNA, pol II transcribes mRNAs and pol III…

High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy of Metyl Nitrite

Lead Institution
Idaho State University
Principal Investigator
Lisa Goss
Project type
Exploratory Research
We will synthesize methyl nitrite at PNNL/EMSL and record its fundamental vibrational bands using the high resolution infrared spectrometer located at PNNL/EMSL.

High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy of Metyl Nitrite

Lead Institution
Idaho State University
Principal Investigator
Lisa Goss
Project type
Exploratory Research
We will synthesize methyl nitrite at PNNL/EMSL and record its fundamental vibrational bands using the high resolution infrared spectrometer located at PNNL/EMSL.

Benchmarking Atmospheric Models on BTC/Opus Itanium Cluster

Lead Institution
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Principal Investigator
Rory Kelly
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective of this project is to benchmark atmospheric models used at the National Center for Atmospheric Research on the PNNL Itanium Linux cluster. The initial effort will concentrate on…

Benchmarking Climate and Waether Modeling Codes on the PNNL Cluster.(emsl2642)

Lead Institution
Hewlett-Packard Company
Principal Investigator
Loganathan (logan) Sankaran
Project type
Exploratory Research
Early indications of benchmarking several Weather and Climate modeling codes on Itanium2 serevrs are very encouraging. However, for any meaningful simulations of many large weather problems, we need…

Benchmarking Climate and Waether Modeling Codes on the PNNL Cluster.(emsl2642)

Lead Institution
Hewlett-Packard Company
Principal Investigator
Loganathan (logan) Sankaran
Project type
Exploratory Research
Early indications of benchmarking several Weather and Climate modeling codes on Itanium2 serevrs are very encouraging. However, for any meaningful simulations of many large weather problems, we need…

Structural Characterizations of Biogenic Germanium Oxide Nanospheres

Lead Institution
Oregon State University
Principal Investigator
Chih-hung Chang
Project type
Exploratory Research
Background Marine organisms are inspirational sources of nanomaterials. It is well known that many marine organisms intricately incorporate inorganic elements such as calcium and silicon into…

Benchmarking of IA-64 (EMSL2648)

Lead Institution
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Harvey Wasserman
Project type
Exploratory Research
To determine performance of IA-64 systems on codes of interest to Los Alamos and DOE.

GLAD coating microstructure

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Dean Matson
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective of the proposed project is to study unique microstructure of sputtered and evaporated coatings produced using glancing angle deposition (GLAD) methods. This will be accomplished using…

Determination of the Bonding of Various Surfactants onto ZrW2O8

Lead Institution
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Principal Investigator
Eric Swanson
Project type
Exploratory Research
My graduate research involves adsorbing fatty acids and alkyl silanes onto ZrW2O8 powders. While there is some evidence through infrared spectroscopy that chemisorption of surfactants to the…