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As a scientific user facility, 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 user projects, visit EMSL's Science Central.

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MOCVD Growth of CaP Films

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Hongbo Lu
Project type
Exploratory Research

Structural Analysis of Kinetically Stabilized Core-Shell Nanoparticles

Lead Institution
University of Maryland, College Park
Principal Investigator
Bryan Eichhorn
Project type
Exploratory Research
We propose to collaborate with PNNL researchers to perform high resolution TEM structural and compositional analysis (EDX, EELS) of new types of core-shell particles (e.g. Pd@Cu and Cu@Pd) to gain a…

Time-Revolved Laser Spectroscopy of Europium Adsorbed on Gibbsite and Silica

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Gregory Korshin
Project type
Exploratory Research
This proposal is to continue and expand exploration of adsorbate-substrate interactions in environmentally-relevant systems using state-of-the-art spectroscopic methods. The previous phase of this…

Foldable Polymers

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
Alexander Li
Project type
Exploratory Research
We introduce a new class of foldable oligomers consisting of alternating rigid and flexible regions. The rigid segments overlap to give ?-stacked folded conformers whose formation is driven mostly by…

Analysis of nanoparticulates

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Eric Hoppe
Project type
Exploratory Research
Perform analysis of the suspected carbon nanoparticle samples to identify the morphology and chemical composition via SEM-EDS, TEM, Auger ES, SIMS. This effort is high priority and extremely urgent…

SEM Analysis of Rotating Drum Impactor Filter strips for biological species

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Rahul Zaveri
Project type
Exploratory Research
The samples to be analyzed are time-resolved filter samples taken as part of a DHS study on biologocal backgrounds at the SFP airport. These samples will be analyzed by SEM for times corresponding…

Biomimetic Ceramics Synthesis

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Xiaohong Li
Project type
Exploratory Research

Oxidation Study of Carbon Fiber Surfaces

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Kevin Simmons
Project type
Exploratory Research
Phase one: Use of XPS and SIMS for studying the amount of oxidation that has been performed on various carbon fiber samples. Knowing qualitative and quantitative information about the fiber surfaces…