Recent Highlights
Submicrometer and Nanoscale Inorganic Particles Exploit the Actin Machinery to be Propelled Along Microvilli into Alveolar Cells
Tiny Particle, Big Problem?
Released: October 06, 2008
Scientists use EMSL resources to weigh the risks of nanoparticles by studying how cells from the alveoli in the lungs respond to them
Microstructures of ZnO Films Deposited on (0001) and r-cut α-Al2O3 Using Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition
Sapphires & Sunscreen
Released: October 06, 2008
Deposition and characterization tools at EMSL help scientists understand how sapphire substrate orientation affects zinc oxide thin film formation, knowledge needed to design thin films for specific functions
Laser and Electrical Current-Induced Phase Transformation of In2Se3 Semiconductor Thin Film on Si(111)
Quick Change Artist
Released: October 06, 2008
EMSL's photoelectron emission microscope reveals details about the morphology of In2Se3, a potential material for high-density, high-speed, phase-change data storage and memory devices
Experimental Studies of Heterogeneous Gas-to-Particle Reactions Using Novel Particle-on-Substrate Stagnation Flow Reactor Approach
What Are the Chances?
Released: October 06, 2008
Novel experimental approach developed at EMSL to measure gas-to-particle reaction probabilities
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
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
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
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
