Projects

Characterization of sputter deposited Co doped TiO2 films

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Kelli Griffin

Project type

Exploratory Research

Sputter deposited Co:TiO2 films are of interest as part of the joint NSF Oxide Spintronics project between UW and PNNL. The films were sputtered onto LaAlO3 substrates, and have shown enhanced…

Separation of Corn Fiber and Conversion to Fuels and Chemicals - Pilot Operation (PNNL Scope #44248)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Danielle Muzatko

Project type

Exploratory Research

Develop new separation and conversion technologies for creating value added fuels and chemicals from corn fiber. TOC measurements are required for material balance purposes and also help verify…

Identification of functional pathways associated with clinical tamoxifen-resistance in breast cancer by advanced mass spectrometry

Lead Institution

Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam

Principal Investigator

Arzu Umar

Project type

Exploratory Research

There is a need to identify specific target proteins that may lead to newly-designed drugs, and individual treatment strategies for patients with (advanced) breast cancer. In particular, the…

Identification and Validation of Protein Profiles Associated with Therapy-Resistance in Breast Cancer

Lead Institution

Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam

Principal Investigator

Arzu Umar

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Successful treatment of breast cancer is hampered by the occurrence of drug resistance in approximately 50% of patients with advanced recurrent disease. The ultimate goal of proposed work is to…

Atomically Resolved Studies of Transition Metal Oxides

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Zdenek Dohnalek

Project type

Exploratory Research

STM and AFM studies will be conducted on surfaces of small crystalline domains and epitaxially grown thin TMO films such as &#947;-WO3(001), TiO2(110), and V2O5/TiO2(110). Such studies give…

Hydrogen storage of chemical hydrides

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Liyu Li

Project type

Exploratory Research

Study the hydrogen storage capability of some chemical hydrides, including NH3-BH3 doped materials, and NaLiH4 doped materials. The study will be carried out using the RXM-100 system, to measure…

X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Materials for Hydrogen Storage

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Barbara Tarasevich

Project type

Exploratory Research

X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy will be performed on conducting polymers such as polyaniline and polypyrole, polymer-mesoporous silica composites, and ammonium borane-mesoporous silica composites. …

synthesis of Cu2O under protein control

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Haixia Dai

Project type

Exploratory Research

The overall goal of this research is to develop a novel biomineralization strategy to engineer inorganic materials with controlled structure under mild processing conditions as nature does, for…

Early Transition Metal Oxides as Catalysts (Kay's BES/Chemical Physics-Catalysis WBS0502 of Peden's BES-Chemical Transformations at Complex Interfaces, PNNL Scope #47319)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

R. Smith

Project type

Exploratory Research

Propose to study the catalytic and surface chemistry of transition metal oxides. We will use molecular beam and surface science techniques to grow and study novel oxide materials. We will focus on…

Dissolution and vaporization of a mixture of DNAPLs following a spill into a partially saturated porous medium

Lead Institution

Auburn University

Principal Investigator

Jacob Dane

Project type

Exploratory Research

Spills of DNAPLs, their fate in the soil and aquifer environment, and their subsequent remediation, if considered, continue to be a problem of colossal magnitude. Although much research regarding…

Deposition of Fuel cell materials

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Vincent Sprenkle

Project type

Exploratory Research

Purpose of this program is to deposit coatings of variing thickness onto fuel cell components. Primarily interested in E-beam depositon of ceramics on metal substrates. This work is being conducted…

Deposition of Fuel cell materials

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Vincent Sprenkle

Project type

Exploratory Research

Purpose of this program is to deposit coatings of variing thickness onto fuel cell components. Primarily interested in E-beam depositon and sputtering of ceramics on metal substrates. This work is…

Yttrium phosphate/Gadolinum phosphate particles for cancer imaging and treatment

Lead Institution

Advanced Imaging Technologies

Principal Investigator

Anna Gutowska

Project type

Exploratory Research

Gadolinium/yttrium phosphate colloidal particles were synthesized by hydrothermal methods. Particle size and shape will be analyzed using FESEM. These particles have applications in cancer imaging…

U(VI) speciation and its influence on microbial reduction in presence of humic substances

Lead Institution

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Baohua Gu

Project type

Exploratory Research

This study is to investigate aqueous U(VI) speciation in presence of humic substances (HS) and its influence on microbial uranyl reduction. Our experimental results indicated that HS enhances the…

High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy of BF2OH

Lead Institution

University of Paris-7

Principal Investigator

Jean-Marie Flaud

Project type

Exploratory Research

We will record rotationally resolved infrared spectra of isotopically enriched 10BF2OH and 11BF2OH. The experimental work will be done using the hi-resolution Fourier transform infrared spectrometer…

High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy of Peroxynitric Acid

Lead Institution

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Principal Investigator

Walter Lafferty

Project type

Exploratory Research

We will take the high resolution infrared spectrum of peroxynitric acid using the hi-res FTIR spectrometer located in EMSL.

Proteomic Analysis of Shewanella oneidensis Biofilms

Lead Institution

Stanford University

Principal Investigator

Alfred Spormann

Project type

Exploratory Research

Our research is directed to elucidate the molecular mechanism of biofilm formation in Shewanella oneidensis. This microbe is a geochemically important Fe(III)- and Mn(IV)-reducing microorganism,…

Microstructural Investigations of Novel Magnetic Oxide Semiconductors

Lead Institution

Boise State University

Principal Investigator

Alex Punnoose

Project type

Exploratory Research

Our group at Boise State University is preparing powder and thin film samples of oxide semiconductors SnO2, TiO2 and ZnO doped with magnetic impurities to produce magnetism. In collaboration with Dr…

Multifunctional Nanostructures for Nano-Biotechnology Applications

Lead Institution

Boise State University

Principal Investigator

Alex Punnoose

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Our group at Boise State University is preparing powder and thin film samples of metla and metal oxide nanoparticles in pure and transition - metal - doped forms. We are also interested in preparing…

Photophysics of organophosphorous compounds (PNNL LDRD Project: Synchrontron X-ray Spectroscopy of Novel Organic Diphosphine, WP# F47177)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Linda Sapochak

Project type

Exploratory Research

The current project involves the development of organophosphorus compounds for solid-state lighting applications. Since both photoluminescence and electroluminescence occurs from the same state,…