Recent Highlights
Understanding Uranium Complex Formation Through Combined Modeling and Gas-Phase Experiments
Complex Uranium
Released: May 20, 2008
Using experiment and computation, EMSL researchers obtain fundamental insight into the formation of uranium oxide complexes
Alcohol Chemistry on Rutile TiO2(110): The Influence of Alkyl Substituents on Reactivity and Selectivity
On the Surface
Released: May 20, 2008
Using EMSL resources to understand the common catalyst, TiO2, increases fundamental understanding of elementary surface reactions and may lead to improvements and new applications in heterogeneous catalysis
Probing Reaction Pathways Using in situ 1H NMR Spectroscopy
Hydrogen Does the Two Step
Released: May 20, 2008
EMSL tools enable real-time observation of the reaction mechanisms for the two-step generation of hydrogen, helping researchiers identify potential hydrogen storage materials
Conductivity of Oriented Samaria-Doped Ceria Thin Films Grown by Oxygen-Plasma-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy
The Good Samaria
Released: May 20, 2008
EMSL users study high-quality epitaxial thin films of samaria-doped cerium oxide to explore the fundamental mechanisms that control ionic conduction in solid-oxide fuel cell electrolytes
The Synergy Between Molecular Theory and Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy
Model System for NMR
Released: May 20, 2008
NMR and NWChem computational chemistry software help EMSL users better understand DNA repair proteins
Energetics and Dynamics of Electron Transfer and Proton Transfer in Dissociation of MetalIII(salen)-Peptide Complexes in the Gas Phase
Getting a Charge
Released: May 20, 2008
Work performed at EMSL deepens the understanding of the fundamental energetics and dynamics of model peptides
Researchers Utilize Proteomics to Reveal a Core Proteome
Bacteria at the Core
Released: May 20, 2008
Researchers leverage proteomics technology at EMSL to reveal the existence of a core proteome among 17 diverse bacteria
A New Mechanism for Ozonolysis of Unsaturated Organics on Solids: Phosphocholines on NaCl as a Model for Sea Salt Particles
Up in the Air
Released: May 20, 2008
EMSL users find new mechanism for ozonolysis of unsaturated organics on aerosols that may increase understanding of chemistry, photochemistry, and toxicity