Quiet Wing
EMSL’s Quiet Wing supports a wide range of research areas, including climate, biological, environmental and energy systems, of importance to the Department of Energy. It is among the most advanced quiet laboratories in the world for high-resolution imaging capabilities.
The Quiet Wing is a unique research environment housing a suite of ultrasensitive microscopy and scanning instruments. It was designed to help accelerate critical science by allowing state-of-the-art ultrasensitive microscopy equipment to operate at optimal resolution. A temperature-controlled facility, the wing’s design eliminates or reduces to a minimum the vibrations, acoustics and electromagnetic noise that can interfere with the resolution of ultrasensitive scientific instrumentation.
The 9,500-square-foot facility features eight quiet laboratory cells and a sample preparation area. The wing currently houses seven microscopy instruments and has room for one more. These microscopes are just a few of the extensive suite of microscopy instruments at EMSL available for scientific inquiry.
EMSL's microscopy capabilities, including those in the Quiet Wing, are available to the scientific community at typically no cost for openly published research. Scientists gain access to instruments and collaborate with onsite microscopy experts through a peer-reviewed proposal process. Learn more about becoming an EMSL user.
Learn more about each instrument and the science it advances on EMSL's YouTube channel and watch the video below on the Quiet Wing.
A new DTEM – Dynamic Transmission Electron Microscope – is under development at EMSL in collaboration with scientific colleagues at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. It will be housed in the Quiet Wing. To learn more about this system, the science it will advance and its historical development, visit the DTEM page.
Related information:
- Quiet Wing brochure
EMSL’s Quiet Wing supports a wide range of research areas, including climate, biological, environmental and energy systems, of importance to the Department of Energy. It is among the most advanced quiet laboratories in the world for high-resolution imaging capabilities.
The Quiet Wing is a unique research environment housing a suite of ultrasensitive microscopy and scanning instruments. It was designed to help accelerate critical science by allowing state-of-the-art ultrasensitive microscopy equipment to operate at optimal resolution. A temperature-controlled facility, the wing’s design eliminates or reduces to a minimum the vibrations, acoustics and electromagnetic noise that can interfere with the resolution of ultrasensitive scientific instrumentation.
The 9,500-square-foot facility features eight quiet laboratory cells and a sample preparation area. The wing currently houses seven microscopy instruments and has room for one more. These microscopes are just a few of the extensive suite of microscopy instruments at EMSL available for scientific inquiry.
EMSL's microscopy capabilities, including those in the Quiet Wing, are available to the scientific community at typically no cost for openly published research. Scientists gain access to instruments and collaborate with onsite microscopy experts through a peer-reviewed proposal process. Learn more about becoming an EMSL user.
Learn more about each instrument and the science it advances on EMSL's YouTube channel and watch the video below on the Quiet Wing.
A new DTEM – Dynamic Transmission Electron Microscope – is under development at EMSL in collaboration with scientific colleagues at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. It will be housed in the Quiet Wing. To learn more about this system, the science it will advance and its historical development, visit the DTEM page.
Related information:
- Quiet Wing brochure
Featured Video:
Vapor phase ketonization of acetic acid on ceria based metal oxides.
Abstract:
The activities of CeO2, Mn2O3-CeO2 and ZrO2-CeO2 were measured for acetic acid ketonization under reaction conditions relevant to pyrolysis vapor upgrading. We show that the catalyst ranking changed depending on the reaction conditions. Mn2O3-CeO2 was the most active catalyst at 350 oC, while ZrO2 - CeO2 was the most active catalyst at 450 oC. Under high CO2 and steam concentration in the reactants, Mn2O3-CeO2 was the most active catalyst at 350 and 450 °C. The binding energies of steam and CO2 with the active phase were calculated to provide the insight into the tolerance of Mn2O3-CeO2 to steam and CO2.
Citation:
Liu C, AM Karim, VMC Lebarbier, D Mei, and Y Wang.2013."Vapor phase ketonization of acetic acid on ceria based metal oxides."Topics in Catalysis 56(18-20):1782-1789. doi:10.1007/s11244-013-0114-2
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2013
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