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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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Use of SEM/TEM for analysis of MR-1 biofilms grown for EMSL NMR micrscopy

Lead Institution
Oregon State University
Principal Investigator
Brian Wood
Project type
Exploratory Research
We are proposing for some SEM/TEM time to image biofilms of S. putrefaciens MR-1 grown on a porous media as part of a separate EMSL user proposal (Use of NMR Microscopy to examine the dynamic sub…

Gold Hollow Nanostructures: Synthesis and Optical Properties

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Younan Xia
Project type
Exploratory Research
Nanostructures of noble metals have received considerable attention in recent years due to their wide range of applications, including catalysis, optics, biological imaging, and surface-enhanced…

DNA- Protein Kinase Complex: Defining the participants

Lead Institution
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Steven Yannone
Project type
Exploratory Research
We are primarily interested in looking for novel and known DNA-PK associated proteins. We plan to use purified monoclonal antibodies that recognize either Ku80 or DNA-PKcs and make small affinity…

High resolution spectra of phosphine in the 1370-800 wavenumber region

Lead Institution
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Linda Brown
Project type
Exploratory Research
The absolute cross sections of the rotational-vibrational lines of phosphine in the 1370-800 wavenumber region will be studied for identification in planetary atmospheres. The use of the PNNL high…

DeNOx reactions on ceria and zirconia-modified ceria

Lead Institution
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Jose Rodriguez
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective is to study the adsorption of nitrogen oxides (NO, N2O and NO2) on ceria and zirconia-modified ceria films. The films will be grown at PNNL and then adsorption experiments will be carry…

Undergraduate Research in Characterization of Advanced Materials

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
David Bahr
Project type
Exploratory Research
During the summer of 1999 the group of students, as part of an NSF REU summer program and a 1 credit course, visited PNNL to see first hand some equipment which is not available (or is significantly…

Micro-Mineralogical Analysis of Strontium in Biogenic Carbonate Minerals

Lead Institution
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Principal Investigator
Eric Roden
Project type
Exploratory Research
In recent EMSP-funded research (96-10 program), we have documented the potential for solid-phase capture of strontium (Sr) during carbonate mineral formation coupled to bacterial reduction of…

Chemistry of Cadmium Zinc Telluride surfaces after processing

Lead Institution
eV Products
Principal Investigator
Ambrosio Rouse
Project type
Exploratory Research
The study of some of the potential contamination issues of processed and non-processed Cadmiun Zinc Telluride surfaces. Initial XPS analysis of the surfaces will be performed in order to detect…

Chemistry of Cadmium Zinc Telluride surfaces after processing

Lead Institution
eV Products
Principal Investigator
Ambrosio Rouse
Project type
Exploratory Research
The study of some of the potential contamination issues of processed and non-processed Cadmiun Zinc Telluride surfaces. Initial XPS analysis of the surfaces will be performed in order to detect…

Cavitation damage with the dual-reflector lithotripter

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Dahlia Sokolov
Project type
Exploratory Research
Most patients treated for kidney stones undergo extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL), a method by which high intensity shock waves are focused at the site of the stone. Although ESWL is the…

Investigation of Laser-Induced Fluorescence in Commercial Glass Samples

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Chester Shepard
Project type
Exploratory Research
Glass containing iron ions fluorescences when irradiated with light at 380 nm. The fluorescence lifetime is temperature dependent and either lifetime measurements or total fluorescence signal…

TV glass investigation

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Albert Mendoza
Project type
Exploratory Research
Look for fluorescence in TV glass