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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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Photovoltaics Projects

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Glen Fryxell
Project type
Exploratory Research
The project is working to develop novel synthetic methodologies to synthesize and characterize nanostructured organic-inorganic semiconductor (NOIS) hybrid thin films, creating a new laboratory…

Development of data analysis and visualization software - SpectraMiner

Lead Institution
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Principal Investigator
Peter Imrich
Project type
Exploratory Research
Single Mass Spectrometers (SPMS) are capable of producing huge amounts of data in a short time, making data mining a daunting task. Analysis of SPMS data is particularly difficult because of their…

XPS characterization of diesel soot materials

Lead Institution
Seoul National University
Principal Investigator
Do Heui Kim
Project type
Exploratory Research
The soot material from diesel engine is the primary concern environmentally. The researchers are trying to reduce the soot emission by using the "Diesel particulate filter" or soot…

Holographic Imaging Radar Measurement System

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Michael Perkins
Project type
Exploratory Research
Engineers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a state-of-the art portable stealth tester that would provide unprecedented characterization of radar…

Identification of Mercury-Reactive Species in Natural Organic Matter

Lead Institution
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Baohua Gu
Project type
Exploratory Research
This study aims to utilize the state-of-the-art Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometers (FTICR-MS) to identify the specific molecules in naturally dissolved organic matter (DOM)…

Chemical Characteristics of Sediment Associated Organic Matter

Lead Institution
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Peter Nico
Project type
Exploratory Research
The goals of our proposed EMSL research are to develop methods for characterizing natural organic matter (NOM) that is associated with subsurface sediment using unique EMSL capabilities in FTICR MS,…

In Situ TEM Study of Anode Nanomaterials for Energy Storage

Lead Institution
University of Texas at Austin
Principal Investigator
Brian Korgel
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The goal of this project is to understand the physical and chemical changes, along with interfacial charge transfer, that occur in advanced anodes in lithium ion batteries (LIBs). For example,…

Computational Studies of Catalyzed Chemical Transformations of Biomass

Lead Institution
University of Alabama
Principal Investigator
David Dixon
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
There is a critical need to develop new, renewable sources of energy as well as feedstocks for the chemical industry. Biomass is a carbon neutral source of energy and can also address issues related…

Investigations of Metal-organic Frameworks Using High-field Solid State NMR

Lead Institution
University of California, Berkeley
Principal Investigator
Jeffrey Reimer
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are emerging materials for the applications of CO2 capture from post-combustion flue gases. The knowledge of gas binding mechanisms and the in-depth understanding of…

Effects of Time of Day on the Neurospora Metabolome

Lead Institution
Dartmouth College
Principal Investigator
Jay Dunlap
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Biofuel production using cellulases extracted from fungi has the potential to be a major resource to replace fossil fuels and regulating the synthesis of these and other enzymes is crucial for the…

Probing the Mesoscale Structure at Complex Electrode-Electrolyte Interfaces

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Vijayakumar Murugesan
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Molecular interactions at electrode-electrolyte interface are pivotal to the modern energy storage/conversion and microelectronic devices. However, our predictive understanding about the impact of…