Projects

Cooperative Interactions of Marine Macromolecules at the Air-Water Interface

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Philip Rasch

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Sea spray aerosol (SSA) particles formed from bubbles bursting at the ocean surface contain a large fraction of organic matter. The presence of this organic matter is driven by the adsorption of…

Comprehensive chemical composition of Arctic aerosols and formation mechanisms of organosulfates investigated by highly advanced techniques

Lead Institution

Aarhus University

Principal Investigator

Marianne Glasius

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The fundamental insufficiency of scientific knowledge on the sources, formation and properties of aerosols, especially the organic aerosol fraction, hampers our knowledge of the climate system of the…

Understanding Water Splitting on Model Mixed Metal Oxide Photocatalysts

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Michael Henderson

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

There is a need for new fundamental insights into photocatalytic water splitting particularly how to design catalyst systems that extend the catalytic and photocatalytic functionalities of simple…

Multi-scale investigation of the nitrogen fixation mechanism of Mo-dependent nitrogenase

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Simone Raugei

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

We propose to use EMSL NMR and supercomputing resources to gain a molecular level understanding of how substrate binding, electron, and proton delivery is controlled by the nitrogenase metalloenzyme…

Insights into peatland carbon cycling derived from integration of Omics with biogeochemical profiling

Lead Institution

Michigan Technological University

Principal Investigator

Evan Kane

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Peatlands are one of the most important ecosystems providing feedbacks to the climate system because they store a large component (>30%) of the world's soil C stocks. Peatlands also are found…

Characterization of the Local Structure and Chemistry of 99Tc in Simulated Nuclear Waste Glasses and its Effect on Chemical Leaching

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

John McCloy

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

A priority goal of the United States Department of Energy is to dispose of nuclear wastes accumulated in underground tanks at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Richland, WA. Incorporation and…

Designing Fuel Cell Catalysts at the Molecular Scale with Ion Soft Landing and Spray Ionization

Lead Institution

Purdue University

Principal Investigator

Robert Cooks

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Structure-reactivity relationships that are derived from molecular-level investigation of the properties of well-defined supported nanoparticles (NPs) are critical to the rational development of…

Understanding the Synthesis of Alumina Supported Metal Catalysts at an Atomic Level

Lead Institution

Georgia Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Carsten Sievers

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Despite the important role of supported metal catalysts in industrial processes there are significant gaps in our understanding of the atomic level transformations during their synthesis, in…

Soybean Proteomics

Lead Institution

University of Missouri - Columbia

Principal Investigator

Gary Stacey

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The USA is one of the world's largest producers of soybean (Glycine max), which is important as a source of animal feed, oil and, more recently, for biodiesel production. In recognition of this…

Elucidating the role of fine roots in transferring reduced C into soil using a combination of transcriptomics and 13C analyses of tissue from the Duke FACE experiment

Lead Institution

College of Charleston

Principal Investigator

Seth Pritchard

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Fine root turnover has been estimated to consume from 5 to >50% of forest productivity. The large range of uncertainty in these measurements is a consequence of a lack of understanding of what…

Molecular Profiling of Membrane Transport Systems in the Ectomycorrhizal Association

Lead Institution

Argonne National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Frank Collart

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Forest ecosystem productivity is often limited by mineral nutrient availability; phosphorus (P) is one of the major mineral nutrients required by forest trees in significant amounts. To overcome P…

Understanding the Physico-Chemical Properties of Dendrimers and Branched Polymers for Applications in Sustainable Li-Air (Li-O2) and Li-Sulfur (Li-S) Energy Storage Systems

Lead Institution

University of Dayton Research Institute

Principal Investigator

Priyanka Bhattacharya

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This project will develop a fundamental understanding of branched polymers as advanced energy storage materials expanding their applications to sustainable high-energy density storage and conversion…

Changes in mineral stabilized soil organic carbon composition during pedogenesis

Lead Institution

US Geological Survey, Menlo Park

Principal Investigator

Marjorie Schulz

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

A detailed study of carbon in soil chronosequences along the precipitation gradient of the west coast of the U.S. will quantify the mechanisms through which carbon is stabilized and show how…

Probing silicate minerals to explore mechanisms behind age-dependent dissolution rates: An NMR study of feldspars

Lead Institution

University of Southern California

Principal Investigator

A. Joshua West

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

A method developed to quantify hydroxyl (OH) sites on silicates is applied here for the first time to feldspar grains from soils in a glacial chronosequence. Illuminating the interplay between…

Novel NMR approaches for detecting methane/enzyme interactions and biochemical transformations in vivo and in vitro

Lead Institution

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Steven Yannone

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Identifying alternative transportation fuels and reducing atmospheric greenhouse gasses are critical global challenges and central aspects of DOE missions. Methane is an abundant energy source in the…

Microscale analysis of nitrogen transfer in plant rhizosphere-microbial networks

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

David Stahl

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Anthropogenic inputs of reactive nitrogen (NH4+, NO2-, NO3-) in agriculture, supporting about 40% of the world's population, will increase with population growth and anticipated investments in…

Well-defined metal-oxide catalysts to understand fundamental chemical transformations

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Charles Peden

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Catalytic materials for the full and complex range of chemical transformations being considered for upgrading biomass-derived molecules to fuels and chemicals include metals dispersed on oxide- and…

A Systematic Investigation of the Effect of Ammonia on Scattering and Absorption of Solar Radiation by Secondary Organic Aerosols

Lead Institution

University of California, Davis

Principal Investigator

Christopher Cappa

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Atmospheric aerosols have a profound effect on climate by scattering and absorbing solar and terrestrial radiation. They can be predominantly scattering (e.g., sea-salt aerosol), predominantly…

Tuning the electronic and optical properties of complex oxide epitaxial films and superlattices for efficient visible light harvesting

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Scott Chambers

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

We propose an aggressive program of epitaxial film synthesis, detailed and definitive materials characterization, optical and electronic properties measurements, and carefully coordinated ab initio…

Structural Dynamics of Plant Cellulose Synthesis & Assembly Revealed by CryoTEM and DTEM

Lead Institution

Pennsylvania State University

Principal Investigator

Bryan Nixon

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

We propose to capitalize on preliminary work defining in vitro cellulose synthesis from membrane protein purified from the nonvascular plant Physcomitrella patens. This system grants access to…