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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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Nanomaterials for Chelation Therapies and Sensing Applications

Lead Institution
Oregon Health & Science University
Principal Investigator
Wassana Yantasee
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The self-assembled monolayer on mesoporous support (SAMMS) materials, functionalized magnetic nanoparticles, and carbon nanotubes are three emerging important nanomaterials that have many promising…

Platelet proteome for normal and type-2 diabetics

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
David Springer
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Abstract Our proposal entitled "Platelet proteome for normal and type-2 diabetics" is funded by NIH through an R21 grant. The research is designed to characterize the proteome from human…

Instrument Testing and Deployment for the DOE CHAPS Field Campaign

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Carl Berkowitz
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
We are requesting support for EMSL participation in DOEs Cumulus Humilis Aerosol Plume Study, CHAPS. This campaign is being organized by DOEs Atmospheric Sciences Program (ASP) with support from NOAA…

Collaborative Research Projects Supported by the NCRR P41 Resource Center

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
David Camp
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The Proteomics Resource Center for Integrative Biology at PNNL was established in 2003 and builds on the unique instrumentation and the infrastructure provided by PNNLs EMSL facility. The mission of…

Vegetable characterization

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Albert Mendoza
Project type
Exploratory Research
check the fluorscence of vegetables

Investigation of Oxidation State of Elements in Natural Brannerites

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Edgar Buck
Project type
Exploratory Research
Any strategy for disposing nuclear waste in a geologic repository must involve the long-term behavior of the primary containment system, the waste-form itself. One method of confirming the…

Investigation of Oxidation State of Elements in Natural Brannerites

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Edgar Buck
Project type
Exploratory Research
Any strategy for disposing nuclear waste in a geologic repository must involve the long-term behavior of the primary containment system, the waste-form itself. One method of confirming the…

computational strategies for proteomics

Lead Institution
University of Colorado
Principal Investigator
Katheryn Resing
Project type
Exploratory Research
We would like to visit for two days, to acquaint ourselves with the computational approaches that PNL is using for proteomics analyses, particularly in regards to exploiting the higher mass accuracy…

Characterizing Metal Nanoparticle Nanoassemblies

Lead Institution
Western Washington University
Principal Investigator
Steven Emory
Project type
Exploratory Research
Raman spectroscopy is capable of providing highly resolved vibrational information at room temperature and does not suffer from rapid photobleaching. However, Raman scattering is an extremely…

Novel Strucutres in Nanocrystalline Ceramic Materials

Lead Institution
University of Colorado
Principal Investigator
Guodong Zhan
Project type
Exploratory Research
The exceptional mechanical, thermal and electrical properties of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNs) have prompted intense research into a wide range of applications in materials, electronics,…

Mexico City Municipal Area Air pollution Study, 2003

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
James Cowin
Project type
Exploratory Research
This study is part of a larger international monitoring effort, to take place for 6 weeks, in and near Mexico City. The project is to examine air pollution factors, including particulates and trace…

Microbial Biosignatures in Ocean Basalts

Lead Institution
Oregon State University
Principal Investigator
Martin Fisk
Project type
Exploratory Research
Substantial evidence supports the view that microorganisms can effect widespread geochemical changes in the lithosphere. The alteration of basalts to palagonite was once viewed as a chemical process…

Diffusion study of a-Fe2O3/a-Cr2O3(0001) Superlattice

Lead Institution
University of Oregon
Principal Investigator
David Johnson
Project type
Exploratory Research
The heterojunction between -Fe2O3/-Cr2O3(0001) grown by oxygen-plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (OPA-MBE) has been shown to be a good candidate for interfacial diffusion…