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As a scientific user facility, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) provides expertise, instrumentation, and resources to 250 projects each year. 

EMSL projects displayed on the EMSL web site project page reflect project abstracts and information migrated to this page before April 30, 2024. To review current and past EMSL user projects, visit EMSL Science Central.™ 

 

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Microcalorimetric Sensors

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Michael Free
Project type
Exploratory Research

Theoretical Studies of Kinetic Processes in Nanoscale Ice Films

Lead Institution
University of Iceland
Principal Investigator
Hannes Jonsson
Project type
Exploratory Research
We will study the sticking probability of a water molecule on the basal plane of hexagonal ice using experiments and theory. The molecular sticking will be studied over a wide range in energy (0.5…

FTIR Characterization of Fe-films formed on ephemeral pool

Lead Institution
University of Greifswald
Principal Investigator
Georg Grathoff
Project type
Exploratory Research
This investigation is a part of a large nationally funded investigation of determining the origin, hydrology and engineering properties of the large Pleistocene and Holocene dune sheets on the West…

Characterization of synthesised mixed valent natuarlly occuring Fe-films

Lead Institution
University of Greifswald
Principal Investigator
Georg Grathoff
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
A new mixed-valent (ferric-ferrous) precursor to ferrihydrite, a floating iron film often misidentified as an oil film, has been identified and preliminarily characterized. This mixed-valent iron…

A proteome for specific cell types in Caenorhabditis elegans

Lead Institution
University of British Columbia
Principal Investigator
Donald Moerman
Project type
Exploratory Research
Our group is part of an effort to describe the complete transcriptome and eventually proteome for individual cell types during development in the free-living nematode C. elegans. At this point we and…

Characterization of Manganese Cobalt Oxides Using XPS

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Guanguang (Gordon) Xia
Project type
Exploratory Research
Recently, manganese cobalt oxides are found to be promising protective materials to detain Cr migration from the metal interconncet to the cathode of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). With different…

NMR Study of Novel Hydrogen Storage Materials

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Z. Gary Yang
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
In the past two years, PNNL has collaborated with the University of Connecticut with aims to develop nanostructured hydrides and to obtain insights into the hydrogen desorption and sorption of the…

DOE Matrix

Lead Institution
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Kenneth Roche
Project type
Exploratory Research
A matrix of information and data related to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) science programs and missions will be constructed. A secure web-interface will be developed that will allow this…