| AVS 64th International Symposium & Exhibition | |
| Manufacturing Science and Technology Group | Thursday Sessions |
| Session MS-ThA |
| Session: | Working with Government Labs and User Facilities |
| Presenter: | Scott Lea, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| Authors: | C.R. Anderton, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory D.R. Baer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory M.H. Engelhard, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory S. Lea, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| Correspondent: | Click to Email |
Tackling many of the most difficult and pressing scientific challenges of today requires an array of advanced instrumentation and expertise. The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) is a US Department of Energy national scientific user facility with a wide range of advanced research capabilities that provides access to users with specialized research needs. EMSL’s mission is to lead molecular-level discoveries for the Department of Energy and its Office of Biological and Environmental Research that translate to predictive understanding and accelerated solutions for national biological, energy, and environmental challenges. To achieve this goal, EMSL science is focused into four Science themes: atmospheric aerosol systems, biological dynamics and design, terrestrial and subsurface ecosystems, and molecular transformations (www.emsl.pnnl.gov). Dynamic processes that occur at interfaces underpin research in these science focus areas. EMSL provides an array of unique and advanced capabilities to facilitate interfacial research, including state of the art spectroscopy, microscopy, magnetic resonance, and computational capabilities. EMSL has also made significant strides in the development of in situ capabilities designed to interrogate these interfaces in real-time and in a variety of environments. By providing integrated experimental and computational resources for discovery and technological innovation in molecular sciences, EMSL particularly encourages endeavors that utilize multiple capabilities. This talk will focus attention on the application of several surface sensitive and interface tools to biological systems. Like other DOE national user facilities, access to EMSL capabilities is through a proposal and peer review process and can be no-cost for work to be disseminated to the scientific community through open literature publication. Numerous national scientific user facilities are making efforts to increase industrial utilization, and EMSL has recently taken steps to facilitate access to its capabilities for industrial users.