Projects

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Lead Institution

Michigan Technological University

Principal Investigator

Rudy Luck

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The reaction between an oxygen atom and an olefin to form an epoxide remains an important research area in industrial and synthetic chemistry, because epoxides are the main ingredients in epoxy…

Foam Delivery of Calcium Polysulfide for Cr(VI) Remediation in Unsaturated Porous Media - 2-D Flow Cell Experimental Study

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Lirong Zhong

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Deep vadose zone chromium [Cr(VI)] remediation at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Hanford Site is critical to end ongoing sources of groundwater contamination and to prevent Cr(VI) migration to…

Secondary Organic Aerosol Production in Biomass Combustion Plumes

Lead Institution

Colorado State University

Principal Investigator

Jeffrey Collett

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The goal of this research project is to identify chemical composition of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) produced in smoke plumes from biomass combustion. The project will focus on identifying new…

Structure and Dynamics of Ca in Clays, Mineral Phases of Concrete, and Ca-NOM Complexes: Combined Natural Abundance 43Ca NMR and Computational Molecular Modeling Studies

Lead Institution

St. Mary's College of Maryland

Principal Investigator

Geoffrey Bowers

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The objective of this research is to use natural abundance 43Ca NMR and molecular dynamics (MD) modeling to study Ca2+ structure and dynamics in environmentally and technologically important…

Fundamental Mechanistic Studies of Catalytic Hydrogen Production and Utilization

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Charles Peden

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This project will apply a unique capability at PNNL for heterogeneous catalysis R&D employing isotopic transient kinetic analysis (ITKA) techniques with mass spectroscopic and in-situ…

Epoxy-Zirconate Sol-Gel Studies

Lead Institution

University of Dayton

Principal Investigator

Michael Donley

Project type

Exploratory Research

Epoxy-zirconate sol-gel based surface treatments are being investigated as a potential replacement for the current chromate-based approach for aerospace aluminum alloys. These sol-gel surface…

Transformation of meta-stable Al to kaolinite: Molecular structure and reaction pathways from solid-state NMR.

Lead Institution

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Robert Maxwell

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Disposal of environmental pollutants and radioactive waste relies on our ability to understand the complex chemistry of rock-water interactions. Reactions such as sorption of metal ions and the…

Fuel Cell Concept Animation (GVL3030)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Michael Perkins

Project type

Exploratory Research

Project will model a fuel cell and the animation will show the basic concept of a working system.

Molecular analysis of initiation factor complexes contain eIF3

Lead Institution

University of California, Davis

Principal Investigator

Suzanne Miyamoto

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The large multi-subunit eukaryotic initiation factor eIF3 is an essential component of translation initiation in all cells. In mammalian cells it is responsible for recruiting the eIF2-GTP-tRNA(i…

Study of the electronic properties of graphene-based materials

Lead Institution

CySilicoTech

Principal Investigator

Constantinos Zeinalipour

Project type

Exploratory Research

The aim of this proposal is to study the electronic structure of graphite, graphene and graphite intercalation compounds (GICs), in order to elucidate the origin of contrast in Scanning Tunneling…

Burkholderia Proteomoics

Lead Institution

University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey Medical School

Principal Investigator

Steven Schutzer

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Burkholderia mallei, a biothreat agent, is the causative bacterial agent of glanders. Currently, there is no rapid discriminating diagnostic assay, no vaccine, and no reliable therapy. Gaps in our…

INVESTIGATING NOX EFFECTS ON SOA FORMATION IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES USING WRF-CHEM REGIONAL MODELING

Lead Institution

Reed College

Principal Investigator

Juliane Fry

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The proposed research investigates effects of human-produced air pollution on Earths climate, via the interaction of nitrogen oxides (NOx = NO2 + NO) with the chemistry of atmospheric aerosol…

Combined Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Laser Desorption from Metal Oxide Surfaces

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Petr Sushko

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Laser ablation and desorption techniques are used to produce novel materials, perform sophisticated chemical analysis, and modify nanostructured materials. Although laser ablation/desorption…

Evaluation of Newly Developed Multiuse Affinity Probes for Subdiffraction Imaging

Lead Institution

Western University of Health Sciences

Principal Investigator

Thomas Squier

Project type

Exploratory Research

We plan to apply our newly developed cyanine derivatives to take advantage of recent developments by Zhuang and coworkers involving photoswitchable dyes for subdiffraction limited fluorescence…

Growth-phase regulation of the proteome of Rhodobacter capsulatus.

Lead Institution

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Principal Investigator

Andrew Lang

Project type

Exploratory Research

The alpha-proteobacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus uses a histidyl-aspartyl signaling system for growth-phase-dependent regulation of expression of some genes. The response regulator protein CtrA is…

Growth of Single Crystal La2CuO(4+delta) films

Lead Institution

Argonne National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Steve Heald

Project type

Exploratory Research

Recently La2CuO(4+delta) was found to undergo an interesting light-induced transient phase transition. We propose to use XAFS to look at the local structural changes occurring about the Cu and La…

Single Molecule Studies of Multi-Chromophoric Foldamers

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Alexander Li

Project type

Exploratory Research

Folding is a strategy ubiquitously used by nature to accomplish remarkable functions such as molecular recognition and enzymatic chemical catalysis. Since we are unable to design synthetic polymers…

The oxidation of self assembled organic monolayers by nitrate radicals using time of flight secondary ion mass spectrometry

Lead Institution

University of British Columbia

Principal Investigator

Allan Bertram

Project type

Exploratory Research

Field measurements have shown that organic material is abundant in the atmosphere, comprising 10-70% of the total fine particulate mass. This organic material can be in the form of pure organic…

Computer Simulation of Defects and Interfaces in Nuclear Fuel Materials

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Ram Devanathan

Project type

Exploratory Research

The objective of this proposal is to simulate the synergistic effects of radiation damage, elevated temperature and stress on microstructural evolution and fission gas bubble evolution in nuclear…

Developing an in situ assay for determining spatial and temporal autoinducer concentrations in wound biofilms

Lead Institution

Texas Technical University Health Sciences Center

Principal Investigator

Kendra Rumbaugh

Project type

Exploratory Research

Most living organisms possess sophisticated cell-signaling networks in which lipid-based signals modulate hundreds of biological effects such as cell differentiation, reproduction and immune…