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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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Confirmation of Si-C bonds in Grafted Monolayer Through XPS.

Lead Institution
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Principal Investigator
Cory Struckman
Project type
Exploratory Research
My graduate research involves the grafting of monomolecular layers such as undecene onto SiO2 surfaces. The monolayer has been shown to remain on the surface after repeated washing with solvents. …

Plasma Mechanisms for the Deactivation of Bacterial Spores

Lead Institution
MicroEnergy Technologies, Inc.
Principal Investigator
Joseph Birmingham
Project type
Exploratory Research
Objective: Use SEM Micrographs to determine effect of ionized gases on bacterial spore coats. The bacterial spores used are nonhazardous mutant spores that have unique spore coat characteristics. …

Molecular Modeling of Phospholamban

Lead Institution
University of Kansas
Principal Investigator
Krzysztof Kuczera
Project type
Exploratory Research
The primary aim of this project is to use molecular modeling to gain a better understanding of the structure and dynamics of phospholamban (PLB). Phospholamban is a transmembrane protein of 52 amino…

High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy of Metyl Nitrite

Lead Institution
Idaho State University
Principal Investigator
Lisa Goss
Project type
Exploratory Research
We will synthesize methyl nitrite at PNNL/EMSL and record its fundamental vibrational bands using the high resolution infrared spectrometer located at PNNL/EMSL.

High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy of Metyl Nitrite

Lead Institution
Idaho State University
Principal Investigator
Lisa Goss
Project type
Exploratory Research
We will synthesize methyl nitrite at PNNL/EMSL and record its fundamental vibrational bands using the high resolution infrared spectrometer located at PNNL/EMSL.

Growth of MOCVD ZnO on CIGSS Solar Cells

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Sambhu Kundu
Project type
Exploratory Research
CIGSS Solar Cell struture needs a intrinsic buffer layer. That is called intrinsic ZnO layer. We want to grow MOCVD ZnO on Mo-coated CIGSS

Ab initio calculations of oxide deposition on 3,5 semiconductors

Lead Institution
University of California, San Diego
Principal Investigator
Jonathan Sexton
Project type
Exploratory Research
We propose to use pseudopotential plane wave methods as implemented in NWChem to study the properties of oxide deposition on GaAs and InAs semiconductors. NWChem calculations will be used to optimize…

Texture Studies of Aluminum Extrusion

Lead Institution
CANMET-MTL
Principal Investigator
Valery Guertsman
Project type
Exploratory Research
Examine several samples (up to 5) in an x-ray texure diffractometer and plot (111) and (311) pole figures.

ICAT labeling of P aeruginosa membrane subproteome

Lead Institution
Stanford University
Principal Investigator
Wenzhong Xiao
Project type
Exploratory Research
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the top three causes of life-threatening infections in cystic fibrosis, burn, HIV, and cancer patients. The pathogenesis of P. aeruginosa is complex. This proposed…

SIMS Analysis of Nickel-Silicon Multilayers

Lead Institution
University of Oregon
Principal Investigator
David Johnson
Project type
Exploratory Research
Nickel monosilicide (NiSi) has been identified as a key contact material for next-generation VLSI technology. NiSi is conventionally prepared through the solid state reaction of a thin Ni film with…

Desiccation of Porous Media to Limit Contaminant Migration

Lead Institution
Auburn University
Principal Investigator
Jacob Dane
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The primary attribute of soil desiccation is the removal of excess moisture from the subsurface, thereby reducing potential downward migration of water and contaminant solutes within the vadose zone…

Fundamental Studies on Biomolecule Ions Desorbed from Open-Air Surfaces

Lead Institution
Georgia Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator
Facundo Fernandez
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The mechanisms by which biologically-relevant molecules can be transformed into gas-phase ions is an area of active fundamental research in mass spectrometry (MS), which is relevant to a broad range…

Course in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Donald Baer
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
This activity involves use of selected EMSL capabilities as one component in a course on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. The course is to be held in EMSL where 50% of the time is devoted to lectures…

How Desert Varnish Forms

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Randall Perry
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective is to see if desert varnish is microbially mediated or an organic process. Desert varnish has not been investigated on a micro scale. Careful characterization of varnish structure,…

MeV Ion Irradiation of Non-ice Solar System Analogue Materials

Lead Institution
Johns Hopkins University
Principal Investigator
Charles Hibbitts
Project type
Exploratory Research
This project will irradiate select non-ice materials with MeV ions of oxyen, sulfur, and carbon. This experiment is to simulate the irradiation of non-ice materials on the surfaces of of the…