Projects

Characterization of Surface, Interfacial, and Bulk Phenomena for Next Generation Electronic Systems

Lead Institution

Oregon State University

Principal Investigator

Gregory Herman

Project type

Exploratory Research

This project aims to improve the fundamental understanding of materials, chemistries, and interfacial phenomena for novel electronic devices and systems. Our initial efforts focus on the synthesis,…

Probing the Selective Action of Cerium Oxide in Cancer and Normal Cells

Lead Institution

University of Central Florida

Principal Investigator

Sudipta Seal

Project type

Exploratory Research

There is an imminent need to determine the mechanisms that define the interaction of nanomaterials with biological systems. Several nanomaterials show unique and perplexing characteristics in…

Polarization-Induced Interfacial Reactions between Nickel and Sulfur in Fuel Cell Electrodes and Mitigation of Sulfur Poisoning via Ni Surface Modification

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Olga Marina

Project type

Exploratory Research

The purpose of this project is 1) to gain understanding how the electrode chemistry is affected by exposure to fuel gas impurities under polarization, and 2) how to efficiently minimize the negative…

Interfacial Investigations of Nuclear Waste Forms

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Joseph Ryan

Project type

Exploratory Research

EMSL resources are requested to enable an international team of collaborators to solve fundamental problems in interfacial glass corrosion chemistry. With the recent dismissal of Yucca Mountain as…

Advanced microstructural analysis of environmental degradation using site-specific transmission electron microscopy and atom-probe tomography

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Daniel Schreiber

Project type

Exploratory Research

Environmental degradation of Ni-based alloys continues to be a major problem in high-temperature water environments such as those found in nuclear reactors and steam generators. Despite several…

Probing Mechanical Deformation and Evolution of Physical/Chemical Properties in High Capacity Li Battery Materials during Electrochemical Cycling Using In-Situ TEM

Lead Institution

Stanford University

Principal Investigator

Yi Cui

Project type

Exploratory Research

The goal of this work is to probe electrochemical transformations in next-generation Li-ion battery materials in-situ to correlate morphology, structural changes, and physical degradation to…

Investigation of Surface/Interface Structure and Chemistry of Tungsten-Based Oxides and Oxynitrides

Lead Institution

University of Texas at El Paso

Principal Investigator

Chintalapalle Ramana

Project type

Exploratory Research

The focus of the present project is on the tungsten (W) based oxide and oxynitride thin-films, which will have numerous applications in energy conversion and utilization technologies. The goal of the…

Characterization of Catalyst Materials in the Electron and Atom Probe Microscopes

Lead Institution

Argonne National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Ilke Arslan

Project type

Exploratory Research

The aim of this proposal is to combine existing techniques in the electron and atom-probe microscopes to afford novel methods for a fundamental understanding of catalyst interactions with atomic…

Unraveling Oxygen Reduction Reaction at Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathodes

Lead Institution

Boston University

Principal Investigator

Srikanth Gopalan

Project type

Exploratory Research

We seek to uncover the role of the structure and chemistry of the surfaces of solid oxide fuel cell cathodes in the oxygen reduction reaction. In particular we seek to understand the relationship of…

Soybean Proteomics

Lead Institution

University of Missouri - Columbia

Principal Investigator

Gary Stacey

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The USA is the world's largest producer of soybean (Glycine max) according to the UN food and agriculture organization with a production of 83.9 million metric tons per year. Soybean is an…

Three-dimensional Imaging of Anatase Planes in TiO2 Nanotubes by Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD)

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Jeanne McHale

Project type

Exploratory Research

Anodization of titanium foils in fluoride containing electrolytes results in ordered anatase TiO2 nanotubes with wall thickness from 10-40 nm, diameter of 100-200 nm. These nanotubes can be grown up…

Investigation of the structure of bi- and tri-metallic alloys for electrooxidation of alcohols

Lead Institution

University of New Mexico

Principal Investigator

Kateryna Artyushkova

Project type

Exploratory Research

The main objective of this research project is to develop non-PGM multimetallic catalysts for electro-oxidation of ethanol in Alkaline media, and to understand the contributions of different…

Molecular simulation of microbial membrane proteins and protein-DNA complexes

Lead Institution

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

T. Straatsma

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Two biochemical systems that are crucial for the integrity of microbial cells in complex environments are studied using molecular dynamics simulations. The first system is the homologous…

Microstructures and Their Stability of Ion-implanted Energy and Storage Materials

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Weilin Jiang

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Two parallel studies, respectively funded by Office of Basic Energy Sciences and Office of Nuclear Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, will be performed under this user proposal. The objectives of the…

Dynamics of Mineral Precipitation Reaction Fronts In Porous Media

Lead Institution

Idaho National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

George Redden

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Two projects at INL will be significantly enhanced through access to EMSL facilities. Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Scientific Focus Area (SFA), sponsored by DOE's Subsurface Biogeochemistry…

Development of Ion-Bombardment Surface Treatments for Suppression of Secondary Electron Emission in Accelerator Vacuum Chambers and Other Structures

Lead Institution

Cornell University

Principal Investigator

Mark Palmer

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Particle accelerators have become an increasingly essential tool for basic and applied research. Charged particle beams in accelerators can be adversely affected by the build-up of clouds of…

Dirigent Protein Structure and Mechanism

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Norman Lewis

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The biochemistry of vascular plants has evolved in such a way as to rely extensively upon unique phenoxy radical coupling reactions thereby generating substances for structural support, for formation…

Understanding microbial dynamics in a biostimulated aquifer using combined Omics approaches

Lead Institution

University of California, Berkeley

Principal Investigator

Jillian Banfield

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

At the Rifle Integrated Field Research Challenge (IFRC) site in Colorado, carbon amendments to the subsurface are used to stimulate growth of the indigenous microbial community. The microbial…

Investigation of role of lanthanum oxide in cobalt/cobalt carbide active cobalt-based catalyst for higher alcohol synthesis from biomass derived syngas

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Vanessa Dagle

Project type

Exploratory Research

With the depletion of petroleum reserves and increasing concern about the global climate change, catalytic conversion of coal and biomass derived syngas into mixed alcohols may play an important role…

Combined Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of Nanoscale Structure-Activity Relationships for Fuel Cell Applications

Lead Institution

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Principal Investigator

Thomas Allison

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The proposed work will advance the understanding of metallic nanoparticle catalysts through direct comparison of experimental data and the results of quantum chemistry calculations. This will be…