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Instruments & Resources

The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) is home to the user facility’s 150 instruments that can be leveraged for biological, environmental, and computing research needs. The instruments and resources are available to researchers who are awarded funding through EMSL’s open call for proposals. The categories below reflect instrument groups for specific research areas. When selected, the instrument group is filtered by the instruments that fall under that category. By reviewing the instrument pages, researchers can learn how the instrumentation can be applied to research. The instrument and resource pages can also be used to identify the instrument owners and Integrated Research Platform area leads to follow up with questions before submitting an abstract to a call for proposal.

Confocal Raman Spectrometry

Confocal Raman spectroscopy resources are available to researchers through the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory's open calls for proposals.
Related Instrument Groups
Analytical

Atom Probe Tomography

Atom proble tomography is a material analysis technique available at the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) through the EMSL User Program.
Related Instrument Groups
Chemical Imaging
Structural Tomography & Topography

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.
Related Instrument Groups
Chemical Imaging
Omics & Organic Matter Analysis

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.
Related Instrument Groups
Analytical

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.
Related Instrument Groups
Analytical

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.
Related Instrument Groups
Analytical

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,…
Related Instrument Groups
Analytical

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.
Related Instrument Groups
Aerosol Characterization
Analytical

Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering and Stimulated Raman

Inverted scanning confocal microscope equipped for chemical and biological imaging. Label-based, label-free, and time-resolved imaging of cellular and subcellular dynamics possible in biosystems…
Related Instrument Groups
Chemical Imaging

Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry

The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory offers access and use of isotope ratio mass spectrometry resources through the EMSL User Program.
Related Instrument Groups
Analytical

Mossbauer Spectroscopy

The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) offers a variety of Mössbauer spectroscopy resources for researchers to use through the EMSL User Program.
Related Instrument Groups
Analytical

Nanoscale Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

Nanoscale Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (nano-FTIR) is a high-resolution chemical imaging system, which combines the nanoscale spatial resolution of atomic force microscopy with the…
Related Instrument Groups
Chemical Imaging
Structural Tomography & Topography

Nanoscale Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) offers the nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry (NanoSIMS) capability through the EMSL User Program's open calls for proposals.
Related Instrument Groups
Chemical Imaging

Raman Atomic Force Microscopy

The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory's Raman atomic force microscopy resources are available to the scientific community through open calls for proposals.
Related Instrument Groups
Chemical Imaging
Structural Tomography & Topography

Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

Time-of-flight (ToF) secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) is available at the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory through open calls for proposals.
Related Instrument Groups
Chemical Imaging

X-Ray Diffraction

The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) offers X-ray diffraction resources to researchers through the EMSL User Program.
Related Instrument Groups
Analytical

X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Researchers can access X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy at the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) to provide information on the chemical nature and state of detected elements. This resource is available through the EMSL User Program.
Related Instrument Groups
Chemical Imaging

TerraForms

TerraForms is a group of platforms of custom-designed synthetic environments, microfluidics technologies, and in-house instrumentation to simulate soil properties and visualize soil microbial and plant community dynamics.
Related Instrument Groups
TerraForms (Synthetic Habitats)
Emerging Capabilities