Recent Highlights
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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