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As a scientific user facility, 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 user projects, visit EMSL's Science Central.

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Solid State NMR Characterization of Hydrogenase

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Wendy Shaw
Project type
Exploratory Research
Hydrogenase is a naturally occurring enzyme that efficiently converts H2->2H+ + 2e- and is reversible. Producing synthetic catalysts with these properties is highly desirable, but current analogs…

Isolation of Isotopically-Labeled Nucleic Acids

Lead Institution
Washington State University Tri-Cities
Principal Investigator
Kathleen McAteer
Project type
Exploratory Research
The primary goal of this project is to develop and implement new approaches for using isotopic labels in NMR-based DNA structure determination. 13C and 15N-labeled RNA and DNA will be isolated from…

Metal Ion Binding and Substrate Specificity in Hydroquinone Dioxygenases

Lead Institution
Whitman College
Principal Investigator
Timothy Machonkin
Project type
Exploratory Research
Bacterial pathways for the catabolism of aromatic hydrocarbons are of interest for use in bioremediation of pollutants such as chlorinated arenes. The oxidative ring cleavage step is often the major…

Advanced IMPROVE Studies

Lead Institution
Desert Research Institute
Principal Investigator
Douglas Lowenthal
Project type
Exploratory Research
The proposed collaboration with Dr. Lizabeth Alexander of PNNL will enable continuous measurement of size-resolved aerosol chemical composition using the EMSL high resolution time-of-flight Aerosol…

Fluorescence Microscopy of Cells and Particles.

Lead Institution
Harvard University
Principal Investigator
Gary Holtom
Project type
Exploratory Research
Response of live cells to particles will be studied by analyzing images taken with the fluorescence microscope.

Gold - Acounting and Allocation Management

Lead Institution
Cluster Resources, Inc.
Principal Investigator
Scott Jackson
Project type
Exploratory Research
Gold is an accounting and allocation manager being developed as part of the Scalable Systems Software SciDAC project. Gold is a next generation application which is slated as a replacement to the…

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…

Structure and Dynamics of Ions and Fluids at Organo-Mineral-Fluid Interfaces

Lead Institution
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Principal Investigator
Geoffrey Bowers
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Our research program strives to provide new insight into the fundamental molecular-scale dynamics, energetics, and reactivity of geochemically relevant solid-fluid interfaces through combined…

Cooperative Interactions of Marine Macromolecules at the Air-Water Interface

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Philip Rasch
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Sea spray aerosol (SSA) particles formed from bubbles bursting at the ocean surface contain a large fraction of organic matter. The presence of this organic matter is driven by the adsorption of…