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Projects

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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Hi-resolution infrared spectroscopy of nitrogen dioxide and water.

Lead Institution
NASA Langley Research Center
Principal Investigator
Mary Smith
Project type
Exploratory Research
Perform hi-resolution infrared spectroscopy of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) using a short path cell (1, 10, or 20 cm) and the Bruker IFS 120HR Fourier transform spectrometer located in EMSL 1130. …

High resolution infrared spectroscopy of methane.

Lead Institution
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Linda Brown
Project type
Exploratory Research
Conduct hi-resolution infrared spectroscopy of methane using the 200 meter White cell and the Bruker IFS 120HR Fourier transform spectrometer located in EMSL 1130. Rotationally resolved spectra of…

Mechanisms of sulfur poisoning of NOx adsorber materials

Lead Institution
University of Toronto
Principal Investigator
Ya-huei (Cathy) Chin
Project type
Exploratory Research
The program is in support of DOE?s FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies program. One of the most promising approaches to reduce NO in the presence of excess oxygen is based on the concept of NO…

Ion-Solid Interactions in Ceramics

Lead Institution
University of Tennessee
Principal Investigator
William Weber
Project type
Exploratory Research
Experimental project to investigate defects, defect properties, defect processes, and the evolution of nanostructures and phase transformations in ceramics under ion irradiation. The work primarily…

Ion-Solid Interactions in Ceramics

Lead Institution
University of Tennessee
Principal Investigator
William Weber
Project type
Exploratory Research
Experimental project to investigate defects, defect properties, defect processes, and the evolution of nanostructures and phase transformations in ceramics under ion irradiation. The work primarily…

Materials and Methods for Multivariate Chemical Sensing

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Jay Grate
Project type
Exploratory Research
This research entails an interdisciplinary effort in the development of multivariate trace detection methods suitable for or with the potential to be suitable for field analysis. Specifically, it…

Materials and Methods for Multivariate Chemical Sensing

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Jay Grate
Project type
Exploratory Research
This research entails an interdisciplinary effort in the development of multivariate trace detection methods suitable for or with the potential to be suitable for field analysis. Specifically, it…

Monolayer Protected Gold Nanoparticle Investigation and Characterization

Lead Institution
Southern Oregon University
Principal Investigator
Laura Hughes
Project type
Exploratory Research
Monolayer-protected gold nanoparticles will be synthesized and characterized at Southern Oregon University and PNNL. The electron microscopy facilities at PNNL will be used to characterize…

Monolayer Protected Gold Nanoparticle Investigation and Characterization

Lead Institution
Southern Oregon University
Principal Investigator
Laura Hughes
Project type
Exploratory Research
Monolayer-protected gold nanoparticles will be synthesized and characterized at Southern Oregon University and PNNL. The electron microscopy facilities at PNNL will be used to characterize…

Image for March 2003 issue of Resource Magazine

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Michael Perkins
Project type
Exploratory Research
Need to create an interesting image for the cover art to go with the feature article on bioproducts in the corn industry.

Measure the anisotropy of a membrane protein at a cell membrane.

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Jie Zheng
Project type
Exploratory Research
Cyclic nucleotide-gated channels play a key role in sensory transduction of both visual and olfactory systems. CNG channels have been labeled with dye molecules, and a control experiment is needed…

Ultrasonic Catalysis of Chemical Reactions

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Kayte Denslow
Project type
Exploratory Research
Using ultrasound, chemical reactions can be enhanced by decreasing activation energy and shifting chemical equilibrium. One specific area that will be focused on is the heterogeneous catalysis of…