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Summaries of FY 1991 Research in the Chemical Sciences )Is - I~ )~i~TiI ~i*ii i~T -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-l 9~~~~~~~~~~rsrr A S.~~~~~~~:Ir I... - - 0~Iii Available to DOE and DOE contractors from the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, P.O. Box 62, Oak Ridge, TN 37831; prices available from (615) 576-8401, FTS 626-8401. Available to the public from the National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, 5285 Port Royal Rd., Springfield, VA 22161. DOE/ER-01 44/9 (DE91011221) August 1991 Distribution Categories UC-400 and UC-401 Summaries of FY 1991 Research in the Chemical Sciences U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Research b^~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~Division of Chemical Sciences I This report was compiled for the Office of Energy Research from project summaries contained in the Research-In-Progress (RIP)database of the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, Oak Ridge, ; ^<-<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~Tennessee. The RIP database describes new and jr';(;-i~~~~~~~~ l ~~~~~~ongoingenergy and energy-related research projects carried out or sponsored by the Department of Energy. s .» \ Contents PREFACE vii University of Arizona 34 CHEMICAL SCIENCES DIVISION viii Boston University 34 PROGRAM SUMMARIES ix Brandeis University 34 LABORATORY ADMINISTRATION xi California Institute of Technology 35 University of California, Berkeley 35 NATIONAL LABORATORIES University of California, Irvine 35 Photochemical and Radiation Sciences University of California, Los Angeles 36 Ames Laboratory 1 University of California, Santa Barbara 36 Argonne National Laboratory 2 Clemson University 36 Brookhaven National Laboratory 3 University of Colorado 37 Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory 4 Columbia University 37 Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory 5 Dartmouth College 38 Solar Energy Research Institute 7 University of Houston 38 Chemical Physics Marquette University 38 Ames Laboratory 8 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 39 Argonne National Laboratory 8 University of Massachusetts at Boston 39 Brookhaven National Laboratory 9 University of Minnesota 39 Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory 10 National Institute of Standards and 39 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 11 Technology, Gaithersburg Pacific Northwest Laboratory 12 University of North Carolina at Chapel 40 Hill Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore 12 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 40 Atomic Physics Northwestern University 40 Argonne National Laboratory 14Ohio State University41 Brookhaven National Laboratory 14 Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and 41 Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory 15 Technology Oak Ridge National Laboratory 15 Pennsylvania State University, University 41 Sandia National Laboratories, 16 Park Albuquerque University of Pittsburgh 42 Chemical Energy Portland State University 42 Ames Laboratory 16 Princeton University 42 Argonne National Laboratory 18 University of Rochester 43 Brookhaven National Laboratory 19 Rutgers University 44 Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory 19 University of South Florida 44 Los Alamos National Laboratory 21 Stanford University 44 Oak Ridge National Laboratory 21 Syracuse University 45 Pacific Northwest Laboratory 23 University of Tennessee 45 Solar Energy Research Institute 23 University of Texas at Austin 45 Separations and Analysis Washington State University 46 Ames Laboratory 23 Wayne State University 46 Argonne National Laboratory 24 Chemical Physics Brookhaven National Laboratory 25 Aerospace Corporation 47 Idaho National Engineering Laboratory 25 University of Akron 47 Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory 25 Arizona State University 47 Oak Ridge National Laboratory 26 University of Arizona 47 Pacific Northwest Laboratory 28 University of California, Los Angeles 48 Heavy Element Chemistry Catholic University of America 48 Argonne National Laboratory 29 University of Chicago 48 Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory 29 University of Colorado 49 Los Alamos National Laboratory 30 Columbia University 49 Oak Ridge National Laboratory 30 Cornell University 50 Chemical Engineering Sciences Emory University 50 Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory 31 Georgia Institute of Technology 51 Los Alamos National Laboratory 31 University of Georgia 51 Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore 32 Harvard University 51 OFFSITE INSTITUTIONS University of Illinois at Chicago 52 Photochemical and Radiation Sciences Johns Hopkins University 52 University of Akron 33 University of Kentucky 53 University of Alabama 33 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 53 Arizona State University 33 University of Massachusetts at Amherst 54 Research in Chemical Sciences iii CONTENTS University of Michigan 54 University of Minnesota 77 University of Minnesota 54 University of Missouri at Columbia 77 National Institute of Standards and 55 University of Nevada 77 Technology, Gaithersburg University of New Mexico 78 University of New Orleans 56 University of North Carolina at Chapel 78 University of North Carolina at Chapel 56 Hill Hill Northwestern University 78 University of Pennsylvania 56 University of Oklahoma 79 University of Pittsburgh 57 University of Oregon 79 Princeton University 57 Pennsylvania State University, University 80 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 58 Park Rice University 58 University of Pennsylvania 81 University of Rochester 59 University of Pittsburgh 82 SRI International 59 Purdue University 82 University of Southern California 59 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 83 Stanford University 60 University of Rochester 83 State University of New York at Buffalo 60 Rutgers University 83 State University of New York at Stony 61 University of South Carolina 84 Brook University of Southern California 84 University of Wisconsin at Madison 61 Southern Illinois University 84 Atomic Physics Stanford University 85 California State University, Fullerton 61 State University of New York at 85 Clark Atlanta University 62 Binghamton University of Colorado 62 State University of New York at Buffalo 86 Cornell University 62 Texas A & M University 86 Georgia Institute of Technology 63 University of Texas at Austin 87 Harvard University 63 Tulane University 87 Kansas State University 63 University of Utah 87 University of Louisville 64 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State 88 National Institute of Standards and 64 University Technology, Gaithersburg University of Washington 88 University of Nebraska 64 Wayne State University 89 University of Nevada 65 University of Wisconsin at Madison 89 University of New Mexico 65 University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee 90 University of Oregon 65 Yale University 90 Pennsylvania State University, Lehman 65 Separations and Analysis University of Pittsburgh 66 Auburn University 91 Rice University 66 Brigham Young University 91 University of Rochester 66 Brown University 92 University of Tennessee 66 University of California, Los Angeles 92 Texas A & M University 67 Columbia University 92 University of Texas at Austin 67 University of Delaware 92 University of Toledo 67 Duke University 93 Vanderbilt University 68 University of Florida 93 University of Virginia 68 The George Washington University 93 Western Michigan University 68 Georgia Institute of Technology 94 The College of William and Mary 68 Hampton University 94 Chemical Energy University of Houston 94 Auburn University 69 University of Idaho 95 California Institute of Technology 69 University of Illinois at 95 University of California, Irvine 69 Urbana-Champaign University of California, Santa Barbara 70 Kansas State University 95 Colorado State University 70 Lehigh University 96 University of Colorado 71 Michigan State University 96 University of Connecticut 71 University of Michigan 96 University of Delaware 71 University of Minnesota 96 Harvard University 72 University of Missouri at Rolla 97 University of Illinois at 72 National Institute of Standards and 97 Urbana-Champaign Technology, Gaithersburg Indiana University 73 University of North Carolina at Chapel 97 University of Iowa 74 Hill University of Kentucky 74 University of Oklahoma 98 Lehigh University 74 Purdue University 98 Louisiana State University 75 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 98 University of Louisville 75 State University of New York at Buffalo 99 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 75 Syracuse University 99 University of Massachusetts at Amherst 76 University of Tennessee 99 University of Michigan 76 Texas A & M University 100 iv Research in Chemical Sciences CONTENTS Texas Tech University 101 North Carolina State University 108 University of Texas at Austin 101 University of Pennsylvania 108 University of Utah 101 Princeton University 109 Virginia Commonwealth University 102 University of Wyoming 102 Purdue University 109 Heavy Element Chemistry Stanford University 109 Florida State University 103 State University of New York at Stony 109 University of New Mexico 103 Brook Ohio State University 103 University of Virginia 110 SRI International 103 University of Wisconsin at Madison 110 University of Tennessee 104 Yale University Yale University 110 Chemical Engineering Sciences University of California, San Diego 104 Small Business Innovation Research Clarkson University 104 Chromex, Inc. 111 Colorado State University 105 Membrane Technology & Research, Inc. 111 Cornell University 105 Southwest Sciences Inc. University of Delaware 106 University of Illinois at Chicago 106 Johns Hopkins University 106 ADDENDUM 113 University of Maryland 107 SPECIAL FACILITIES 115 University of Massachusetts at Amherst 107 FY1991 EQUIPMENT FUNDS 129 National Institute for Petroleum and 107 SELECTED TOPICS 131 Energy Research National Institute of Standards and 108 INSTITUTION INDEX 133 Technology,
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