Projects

First Principles Calculations of Nanostructured Y2O3 Interface with Ferritic Matrix

Lead Institution

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Blas Uberuaga

Project type

Exploratory Research

To generate exceedingly high energy throughput to meet our energy needs almost all the advanced nuclear reactor concepts require operations under severe conditions of temperatures and radiation. The…

First-principle Studies for Actinide Materials

Lead Institution

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Enrique Batista

Project type

Exploratory Research

Actinide oxides, nitrides, and carbides are of both fundamental and applied interest. However, their physical and chemical complexity make them challenging systems to characterize both experimentally…

Multi-scale modeling of catalytic interfaces based on 2-D sub-nano surface-deposited clusters

Lead Institution

University of California, Los Angeles

Principal Investigator

Anastassia Alexandrova

Project type

Exploratory Research

The ultimate objective of the proposed research is fundamental understanding and design of novel catalytic interfaces based on ultra-small, sub-nano surface-deposited clusters (i-SNSDC), with a…

High Resolution Electron Microscopy Study of Complex Nanostructured Materials and Their Structural Transformations

Lead Institution

Yale University

Principal Investigator

Jun Liu

Project type

Exploratory Research

The objective of this proposal is to use EMSL's advanced electron microscopy facility to characterize the compositions and properties of the nanostructured catalysts and nanostructured materials…

Liquid Sampling-Atmospheric Pressure Glow Discharge (LS-APGD) Ionization Source for Elemental Analysis

Lead Institution

Clemson University

Principal Investigator

Richard Marcus

Project type

Exploratory Research

The development of a novel low power, low flow 'elemental' ionization source for applications in the areas of metallomics and transportable mass spectrometry is proposed. The liquid…

Characterization of Model Superacid Catalysts

Lead Institution

Oregon State University

Principal Investigator

Gregory Herman

Project type

Exploratory Research

The isomerization of n-alkanes is of much interest for the formation of branched hydrocarbons for improved quality fuels. Sulfated-zirconia is a promising next generation catalyst for these and…

Developing More Efficient Fuel Cells Using Computational Methods

Lead Institution

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Neil Henson

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This project proposes to use a number of state-of-the-art, highly parallelised computational chemistry tools in order to rationalise the fundamental chemical processes occurring at the atomic level…

Pressure Sensor

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Allan Evans

Project type

Exploratory Research

We propose the development and fundamental demonstration of a MEMS pressure sensor technology that will operate in extreme pressures and temperatures. The initial performance target will be less…

Structure-reactivity relations for catalytic surfaces modified with self-assembled monolayers

Lead Institution

University of Colorado at Boulder

Principal Investigator

James Medlin

Project type

Exploratory Research

This Rapid Access proposal is aimed at conducting proof-of-concept studies to explore catalytic chemistry at model interfaces that are of great interest for improving understanding and developing new…

Epitaxial thin films as model battery electrodes - The reaction front and ionic diffusion

Lead Institution

University of Colorado at Boulder

Principal Investigator

Michael Toney

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Energy conversion and storage is of great importance to a sustainable environment and meeting our energy needs. However, fundamental scientific understanding of rechargeable batteries is far behind…

The Lignin Enigma: Turning the Corner

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Norman Lewis

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Lignins (Nature's second most abundant terrestrial plant substances) provide structural support for plants to stand upright, to conduct water/nutrients, and as barriers to opportunistic…

Connecting genomic capabilities to physiology, photosynthesis and carbon cycling

Lead Institution

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Principal Investigator

Alexandra Worden

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

More than 50% of global primary production is performed by land plants and green algae. Of all algae green algae are the most closely related to land plants and therefore provide powerful single cell…

The Organic Surfactant Pool on Secondary Organic Aerosol Particles

Lead Institution

Northwestern University

Principal Investigator

Franz Geiger

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) particles particles rank among the least understood atmospheric constituents in the climate system. Key questions concern their poorly quantified roles in cloud…

A Molecular-to-Regional Scale Understanding of Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Jerome Fast

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Our hypothesis is that a better understanding of fast-reacting processes is needed to make a breakthrough in parameterizing secondary organic aerosols (SOA) for the next generation climate models. To…

Ice Nucleation Propensity of Biological Particles

Lead Institution

Xiamen University

Principal Investigator

Bingbing Wang

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The proposed study will investigate the ice nucleation propensity of atmospheric biological particles using a novel experimental platform developed in EMSL by our group. We will determine…

Organic enrichment of sea spray aerosols: from the air-water interface to spray generation

Lead Institution

Montana State University

Principal Investigator

Robert Walker

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This proposal describes coupled studies intended to identify and quantify the origin of organic solutes in sea spray aerosols (SSA) and to predict the consequences of aerosol organic enrichment on…

Chemical and physical characterization of fertile soil-derived ice residuals from the Fifth International Ice Nucleation workshop in November 2014 (FIN-1)

Lead Institution

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Ottmar Mohler

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

A minor fraction of the atmospheric aerosol, so-called ice nucleating particles (INPs), can have a major impact on clouds, precipitation and climate. In particular, fertile soil particles are…

Epitaxial oxide/oxide and oxide/semiconductor heterostructures for water electrolysis

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Scott Chambers

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This proposal focuses on the design, fabrication and evaluation of structurally and compositionally well-defined complex oxide heterostructures that can facilitate the harvesting of visible sunlight,…

Determination of interactions between lignin model compounds and catalytically active Metal-Organic Frameworks using NMR and EPR

Lead Institution

Sandia National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Mark Allendorf

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Lignin is the most abundant source of renewable aromatics, with 200-300Mtons/yr projected production by a US biofuels industry that would process ~1B tons of biomass to meet DOE goals. However, there…

Molecular Level Investigations of Structural and Chemical Evolution of Interfacial Processes Relevant to Energy Storage Systems

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Wu Xu

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The objectives of this proposal are to understand the reactions occurring at the electrode/electrolyte interphases in lithium-oxygen (Li-O2) batteries, and to investigate the transform mechanisms of…