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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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Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteome

Lead Institution
University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey Medical School
Principal Investigator
Steven Schutzer
Project type
Exploratory Research
The exact cause of many neurologic diseases remains unknown. Consequently there are no effective treatments. The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a liquid extension of the brain and is likely to contain…

Plasma Functionalization of electroactive polymers

Lead Institution
Novellus
Principal Investigator
Johanes Sukamto
Project type
Exploratory Research
The proposed research will provide the basis for using electroactive ion exchange materials to remove anionic contaminants from HLW wastes and process streams. An ion exchange process using…

SEM/EDS of Al Corrosion Samples

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Charles Windisch
Project type
Exploratory Research
This work supports the DOE-BES funded program entitled Fundamental Studies of Stress Corrosion Cracking, managed by Russ Jones at PNNL. Collaborators include other PNNL staff members: Don Baer (EMSL…

Characterization of Onion Floral Nectaries

Lead Institution
Washington State University Tri-Cities
Principal Investigator
Erin Silva
Project type
Exploratory Research
Onion seed production has been an unpredictable venture over the last several decades due to precarious pollination of the crop by the honey bee. It has been noted since the advent of hybrid onion…

Preparation of Ultra Low Dielectric Constant Silica Films

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Suresh Baskaran
Project type
Exploratory Research
Objective is to develop ultra low dielectric constant silica films for microelectronic device applications. Optimization of dielectric, chemical and mechanical properties will involve nanostructure…

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).

High-resolution interfacial studies of nano-scale oxide films

Lead Institution
Harvard University
Principal Investigator
Shriram Ramanathan
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Thin film transition metal-oxides are of great interest to a number of areas ranging from nano-electronic devices to alternate energy technologies. We propose to use the unique ion beam facilities at…