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Nanospray Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry
The Nanospray Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometer (nanoDESI) is used for a variety of environmental research projects that are relevant to atmospheric aerosol chemistry, aquatic and soil chemistry, and mass spectrometry imaging of biological samples. This resource is available to researchers worldwide through the EMSL User Program.
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Lipidomics
The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) offers liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS) for lipidomics research, which is available through the EMSL User Program.
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High Resolution SEM/FIB with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy
The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory offers a scanning electron microscope with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDX) detector to conduct surface analysis with high resolution imaging to study biogeochemical transformation processes in soils and to understand interactions in environmental systems.
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Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope and Focused Ion Beam
The environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM) is used to image, analyze, and perform sample manipulations under controlled environments. It has the advantage of performing analysis at…
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Confocal Raman Spectrometry
Confocal Raman spectroscopy resources are available to researchers through the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory's open calls for proposals.
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Atom Probe Tomography
Atom proble tomography is a material analysis technique available at the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) through the EMSL User Program.
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Mass Spectrometry Imaging
The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory's mass spectrometry capabilities allow researchers to investigate the spatial distribution of molecules within biological samples. Mass spectrometry imaging resources are available to researchers who submit proposals and are awarded funding through the EMSL User Program.
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Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy for Atmospheric Research
The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory's scanning electron microscope offers a variety of detectors and an integrated custom-built platform for atmospheric research. These resources are available to the research community through open calls for proposals.
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Ice Nucleation Chamber
The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) has a custom-built ice nucleation chamber that researchers can use to study properties of atmospheric particles or aerosols in situ, under user-defined conditions. The chamber can be accessed through the EMSL User Program's open calls for proposals.
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Single Particle Mass Spectrometry
The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory's single particle mass spectrometer, miniSPLAT, is used to characterize in situ and real-time physicochemical properties of individual particles, with unparalleled sensitivity, sizing precision, mass-spectral quality, and temporal resolution.
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Photoacoustic Spectrometer
The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory's Photoacoustic Extinctiometer (PAX) measures optical properties of aerosols in real-time. PAX is available to researchers through the EMSL User Program.
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Elemental Analysis
The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) offers instrumentation for measuring elements in solid and liquid samples. These resources are available to researchers through the EMSL User Program's open calls for proposals.
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Fluorescence Spectroscopy
The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory offers fluorescence spectroscopy resources for studying nutrient dynamics, characterizing plant phenotypes, and for investigating chemical compounds as they move and change in the environment.
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Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry
The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory's inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer is available to researchers through the EMSL User Program. The spectrometer can be used for all research areas that require the analysis of trace metals within liquid samples at low concentrations.
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Ion Chromatography
EMSL’s ion chromatography capability includes an ICS-3000 chromatography system and allows for a fully automated separation and analysis of anions, organic acids, inorganic cations, ammonium, amines,…
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Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory offers pyrolysis–gas chromatography–mass spectrometry for method of chemical analysis of environmental applications, including the identification and characterization of micro- and nano-plastic contamination.
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Real Time Mass Spectrometry
The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)'s real time mass spectrometry resources are available to researchers around the world through the EMSL User Program for understanding gas exchanges in diverse biological and environmental systems
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Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Microscopy
The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory offers Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrometry instrumentation for studying atmospheric chemistry, biological processes, and bioenergy production. This resource is available through the EMSL User Program.
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Super resolution structured illumination and Airyscan fluorescence microscope
The Airyscan module, mounted on the confocal fluorescence microscope, provides 3D imaging with a superior detection sensitivity and speed compared when compared to the standalone structured illumination microscopy system or classic confocal microscope. This capability is available at the Environmental Molecule Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) through the EMSL User Program.
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Atomic Force Microscopy
The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory's atomic force microscopy provides three-dimensional topographic imaging of surfaces. This resource is available to the scientific community through the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory's open calls for proposals.
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