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As a scientific user facility, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (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 EMSL user projects, visit Science Central™.

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Characterization of protein confinement in functionalized nanoporous supports

Lead Institution
Guilin University of Technology
Principal Investigator
Chenghong Lei
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
One of the key fundamental scientific questions is how isolated proteins maintain their native active conformations in solution or in immobilization matrix. Molecular crowding and confinement theory…

AFM and XPS Corrosion Research on Rock Bolt for Yucca Mountain Repository

Lead Institution
University of Nevada, Reno
Principal Investigator
Dhanesh Chandra
Project type
Exploratory Research
Conventional electrochemical studies performed to understand corrosion behavior of metals do not give dynamic structural feedback due to presence of causing hydrogen embrittlement. We propose to…

Chemical State Image Analysis of Biologically Relevant Patterned Surfaces

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Bronwyn Wickes
Project type
Exploratory Research
Static ToF-SIMS imaging enables the spatial analysis of multiple surface species. ToF-SIMS images can be challenging to analyze because of their size, complexity and signal to noise. Images of…

Magnetics Nanoparticles Characterization

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Yuping Bao
Project type
Exploratory Research
Using TEM to chracterize the magnetic nanoparticles shape size , orientation.

XPS characterization of hydroquinone-treated hematite

Lead Institution
University of Wyoming
Principal Investigator
Carrick Eggleston
Project type
Exploratory Research
We are studying the adsorption and reaction of hydroquinone with hematite mineral surfaces in connection with questions regarding biological electron transport for iron reducing bacteria. Our…

Identification of proteins differentially expressed in response IR.

Lead Institution
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Matthew Coleman
Project type
Exploratory Research
Our laboratory has used cDNA microarray studies to identify ionizing radiation (IR) modulation transcripts for genes such as transcription factors, oncogenes, intercellular signaling factors and…

Plastic film near-infrared signatures

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Richard Ozanich
Project type
Exploratory Research
Measure an assortment of plastic film samples having different polymer thin-layer coatings to determine if their near-infrared spectrum can be used to identify the particular samples. Objectives are…

SEM image acquisition, X-ray elemental analysis

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Richard Ozanich
Project type
Exploratory Research
Acquire images and determine elemental composition of 200-300 nm nanoparticles.

Long Term Monitoring of Permeable Reactive Barriers

Lead Institution
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Wiwat Kamolpornwijit
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objectives are to evaluate the long-termperformance of PRBs (Fe0) and develope a proper monitoring plan. The reseacrh work include the investigation on numbers of existing PRBs (Fe0) and…

Irradiation Induced Nanostructures

Lead Institution
University of Michigan
Principal Investigator
Lumin Wang
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The ion beam technique has been proven to be a very effective tool for the fabrication of nanostructures of various kinds. The two general types of these nanostructures are those consist of…

Non-empirical simulations of nuclear fuel materials

Lead Institution
European Commission Joint Research Centre
Principal Investigator
Paul Van Uffelen
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Using DFT computer simulation methods implemented in VASP4.6 and NWChem codes we will study the atomic, electronic and magnetic structure of nuclear fuel materials (UO2 and UN) investigating what…

High Resolution Electron Microscopy Study of Nanostructured Materials

Lead Institution
Yale University
Principal Investigator
Jun Liu
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The objective of this proposal is to use EMSLs advanced electron microscopy facility to characterize the compositions and properties of the nanostructured catalysts and nanostructured materials and…

THE CHARACTERIZATION OF ADSORBED FE(II) AND ITS REACTIVITY WITH NITRITE

Lead Institution
University of Kentucky
Principal Investigator
Christopher Matocha
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Nitrate-dependent, iron(II) oxidation is an important process in the inhibition of soil iron(III) reduction. One important reaction that contributes to this process is chemical reoxidation of…