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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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Phagocytosis of carbon black aerosols with benzo-a-pyrene

Lead Institution
Johns Hopkins University
Principal Investigator
Terence Risby
Project type
Exploratory Research
Provide images of cells in culture, demonstrating uptake of carbon black by phagocytosis and if possible, fate of benzo-a-pyrene

Enhancing C Sequestration in Terrestrial Ecosystems: Linking C and N cycling in soils (Part of Center for Research on Carbon Sequestration in the Terrestrial...., PNNL SCOPE # 30929).

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Vanessa Bailey
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective of this research was to determine how N can control the C cycle in soils. We incubated soils from 5 different ecotypes with varying amounts of N and a fixed amount of C. At…

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…

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…

Lattice Boltzmann development (csei1)

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
David Rector
Project type
Exploratory Research
The lattice Boltzmann simulation method for modeling flow, energy and transport in fluid systems will be enhanced by the addition of new physical models and computational methods.

Preparation of a Langmuir-Blodgett film of lipopolysaccharide

Lead Institution
Oregon State University
Principal Investigator
Brian Wood
Project type
Exploratory Research
Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) are amphiphilic macromolecules that form part of the exterior surface of gram-negative microorganisms. These macromolecules can be important in adhesion, and can extend…

AFM Characterization of Self-assembled Heterogenite Particles

Lead Institution
University of Minnesota
Principal Investigator
R. Penn
Project type
Exploratory Research
My samples are micron-sized hexagonal plates (CoOOH) which are assembled from oriented 3-5 nm building block crystallites. I am hoping to characterize the nm-scale topography of these particles in…

Ev-Tech Testing Support

Lead Institution
Integrated Environmental Technologies, LLC
Principal Investigator
Robert Dejaiffe
Project type
Exploratory Research
A Size 10 model of the PEM melter developed at Battelle was tested by Ev-Tech while melting an industrial waste. Carbon contect tests are needed on the baghouse dust and glass samples collected…

Excitation of Surface Excitons in the Nanoscale Calcium Oxide Surface

Lead Institution
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Principal Investigator
Oliver Diwald
Project type
Exploratory Research
Optical absorption and photoluminescence emission properties of dehydroxylated MgO and CaO CVD-grown nanocrystals have recently been undertaken with respect to particle morphology and size. On MgO…