Projects

Nanolayered, self-healing radiation resistant materials

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Charles Henager

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Recent discovery and research indicate that materials can be hardened against radiation damage by building nanolayered structures with an optimized layer thickness to increase point defect…

Investigating the Effects of Geologic CO2 Sequestration on Microbial Physiology, Metabolism and Functionality.

Lead Institution

Colorado State University

Principal Investigator

Michael Wilkins

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The injection of greenhouse gases into deep geologic formations offers a promising strategy for reducing emissions into the atmosphere that contribute to global warming. The injection of CO2 as a…

Computational Studies of "Covalent Hydration" Reactions Involving Non-innocent 2-2'-bipyridine Ligands Within Ru Water Oxidation Catalysts

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Aurora Clark

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The notion that bipyridine ligands in catalysts such as [Ru(bpy)3]3+ and the "blue dimer" [(bpy)2Ru(OH2)]2O4+ might participate in water oxidation through formation of OH-substituted…

Integrating intact protein proteomics with ChIP-Seq for identification and functional characterization of epigenetic histone modifications

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

David Stenoien

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Biological systems are exceedingly more complex than defined by the genome due to differential protein expression and degradation, altered mRNA splicing, and the presence of multiple post…

In-Situ Pore-Scale Measurement of Multi-Fluid Distributions, Configurations, and Mobilization in Multiphase Porous Media Systems

Lead Institution

University of Arizona

Principal Investigator

Mark Brusseau

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Multi-fluid flow and contaminant fate and transport in the environment are controlled at a fundamental level by pore-scale properties such as immiscible-fluid distribution and morphology. Though…

Fe oxide and organic carbon interactions: implications for global carbon sequestration

Lead Institution

Colorado State University

Principal Investigator

Thomas Borch

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Iron (Fe) minerals can have large specific surface areas and reactive functional groups, which make them strong sorbents for soil nutrients, contaminants, and organic matter (OM), therefore,…

Solid State NMR Characterization of SOC in a Subalpine Forest Wetland to Determine Mobility

Lead Institution

Colorado State University

Principal Investigator

Thomas Borch

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The influence of wetland soils on the global carbon cycle is greatly underestimated. As hydrological regimes are predicted to change with a warming global environment, understanding the impact of…

Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Defect Chemistry of LaFeO3 (010) Surfaces

Lead Institution

University of Florida

Principal Investigator

Susan Sinnott

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

LaFeO3 is the base material of La(1-x)SrxCoyFe(1-y)O3, which is a potential candidate for solid oxide fuel cell cathode. The proposed work aims to investigate the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) on…

Formation, Stability, and Reactivity of atomically dispersed transition metals stabilized on oxide supports

Lead Institution

University of New Mexico

Principal Investigator

Abhaya Datye

Project type

Exploratory Research

In the course of our previous studies, we learned that the support may be modified during reaction especially after elevated temperature treatments due to the incorporation of atomically dispersed…

Development of Novel Non Pt Group Metal Electrocatalysts for PEM Fuel Cell Applications

Lead Institution

University of New Mexico

Principal Investigator

Barr Halevi

Project type

Exploratory Research

Some of the most promising non-PGM electrocatalysts are Metallo-nitrogen-carbon compounds made using pyrolysis of metal salts and carbon-nitrogen precursors.[1-4] The goal of this work is to…

Quantifying the Reactive Surface Area of Environmental Materials

Lead Institution

University of California, Merced

Principal Investigator

Peggy O'Day

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

A large number of natural and anthropogenic processes in our environment are dominated by chemical reactions at the interface between solid and aqueous phases. These reactions include the adsorption…

Molecular-Scale Assessment of Technetium and Iodine Phase Chemistry in Fluidized Bed Steam Reformer Waste Form

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

James Amonette

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Technetium (99Tc) and radioactive iodine (129I) are long-lived fission products found in nuclear waste. Their abundance coupled with their long half-lives and aqueous mobility, make them the two…

Structure and Function of Macromolecular Complexes by Multidimensional High-Field Magic-Angle Spinning NMR

Lead Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Principal Investigator

Chad Rienstra

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

We aim to explore the limits of performance for high-field (900 MHz) magic-angle spinning NMR studies of non-crystalline solid proteins, in order to solve high-resolution structures of macromolecular…

Quantify cellular and sub-cellular nanoparticle dose for developing predictive models to support accurate dose-response assessments

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Justin Teeguarden

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Nanomaterials represent a new class of materials with unique physical and chemical properties with the now widely acknowledged potential to enable new technological advancements in multiple…

NMR-based metabolomics of the enteropathogens Salmonella and Yersinia

Lead Institution

Washington State University Tri-Cities

Principal Investigator

Kathleen McAteer

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The goal of this research is to analyze and reconstruct intercellular and intracellular networks in Salmonella and Yersinia using multiple types of -omics data. Although we hope to gain a more…

Studies of the effect of an interfacial layer on interfacial reaction and diffusion kinetics in Cu-In based liquid phase sintered composites for high performance thermal management materials

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Indranath Dutta

Project type

Exploratory Research

This proposal aims to (1) systematically study the elemental diffusion profiles across the interface in Cu-In composites above and below the melting point of In, (2) measure the interfacial…

Influence of Conformal Coatings on the Mechanisms of Nucleation and Growth of Sn Whiskers, and Potential Impact on Mitigation

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Indranath Dutta

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The worldwide acceptance of the European Union's Restriction of Hazardous Substances act (RoHS), meant to reduce Pb contamination in the environment, has resulted in reemergence of the of…

Novel flow based biomolecule immobilization on nanoporous scaffolds
for enhanced biosensor performance and drug delivery applications

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Amy Shen

Project type

Exploratory Research

Biosensors play indispensible roles in disease diagnosis, drug screening, and forensic applications. One important area of biosensor research is the immobilization of biomolecules (i.e. enzyme, DNA)…

Elucidation of Catalyst Fouling Mechanisms in Bio-Oil Hydroprocessing

Lead Institution

Seoul National University

Principal Investigator

Do Heui Kim

Project type

Exploratory Research

As a part of the scope of work for the project, "Catalytic Deoxygenation of Pyrolysis Oils," which was funded through the DOE-EERE Office of the Biomass Program solicitation DE-FOA-0000342,…

Characterization of a new precipitate phase in the high temperature shape memory alloys NiTiHf and NiTiHfPd

Lead Institution

The Ohio State University

Principal Investigator

Michael Mills

Project type

Exploratory Research

The development of high temperature shape memory alloys (HTSMAs) could open up many applications for these materials as energy efficient actuators. Recent work indicates that ternary alloys based on…