The schools participating in the Exemplary Student Research Program utilize facilities and staff from many different divisions at Argonne and the Advanced Photon Source (APS). Below is a list of all beamline sectors that have been involved in ESRP projects:
Center for Nanoscale Materials
- Glenbard East High School (2023) - Effects of Hydrogen Termination on Resistivity in Nanodiamond Electronics
- Lakes Community High School (2023) - Heterogeneous Mixture of Amino Acids and Self-assembly on Metal Surfaces
- Waubonsie Valley High School (2023) - Testing a New Material for New Hope for Clean Energy for the Future
- West Aurora High School (2023) - Bioremediation of Polyurethane in Soil using P. Microspora
- Lakes Community High School (2022) - Exploring Fundamental Chiral Molecular Self-assembly: Proline on Cu(111) Surfaces
- Naperville Central High School (2022) - Studying Next Generation Solar Cells - Solving the World’s Energy Crisis Part 2
- Oak Lawn Community High School (2022) - Effects of KCl Additive on Chlorophyll Concentration and Plant Structure
- Tinley Park High School / Oak Forest High School (2022) - Imaging Perovskite Materials At The Atomic Scale Using Synchrotron X-ray Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
- Lincoln-Way East High School (2021) - Analyzing the Nanoscale Properties of Gold Nanoparticles Using UV-VIS Spectroscopy and Transmission Electron Microscopy
- Maine South High School (2021) - Structure Property Relationships and Antimicrobial Properties of Silver Nanoparticles
- Naperville Central High School (2021) - Studying Next Generation Solar Cells: Solving the World’s Energy Crisis
- Oak Forest High School / Tinley Park High School (2021) - Imaging Perovskite Materials at the Atomic Scale Using Synchrotron X-ray Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
- Downers Grove South High School (2020) - Mechanism of the Removal of Lead (II) Ion from Water Using a Renewable Organic Resource
- Lakes Community High School (2020) - Wear/Friction Studies of Steel vs. Steel Using Graphene as a Lubricant: Study of Lubricity Using Nanoscale Materials
- Tinley Park High School (2020) - Imaging Magnetic Nanoclusters at the Atomic Scale Using Synchrotron X-ray Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
- Naperville Central High School (2020) - Using Synchrotron X-Ray Scanning Tunneling Microscopy to Analyze the Elemental Composition of a Sample at the Nanoscale: A Nanoscale Approach to a Common Practice
- Glenbrook South High School (2018) - Fingerprinting Chemistry and Magnetism at the Nanoscale using SX-STM
- Hoffman Estates High School (2018) - Characterizing the Structure of Self-Assembled Lead (II) Sulfide Nanoparticle Superlattices Based on Variable Ligand Surface Coverage
- Lincoln-Way East High School (2018) - Uncovering Flaws and Failures in Catalytic Converters Using XANES
- Naperville Central High School (2018) - Analysis of Nanomagnetism on Cobalt Through SX-STM - “High School Goes Nano”
- Romeoville High School (2018) - Atomic-Scale Imaging of Phenylalanine Self-Assembly on a Copper Surface
- Carl Schurz High School (2017) - Soil mineral composition and its effect on biological mineral composition
- Glenbard East High School (2017) - The Self-Assembly and Chirality of Histidine on a Copper (111) Substrate
- Naperville Central High School (2017) - Secrets of the Pyramids: Analyzing Paint Samples of a Mummy Cartonnage to reveal Socio-Economic Status
- Romeoville High School (2017) - Threonine: An Amino Acid Autonomous Molecular Assembly
- Tinley Park High School (2017) - Observing the Effects of Diets High in Sugar on the Concentration of Trace Elements in Teeth
- Naperville Central High School (2016) - An “Inkling” About Historical Documents
- Oak Forest High School / Tinley Park High School (2016) - Estimating the Effect of Saliva on Silver Nanoparticle Concentration on Cloth Samples
- Naperville Central High School (2015) - Nanoscale Fingerprinting of Historic Ink
- Oak Forest High School / Tinley Park High School (2015) - Determining the suitability of fly ash for use in geopolymer concrete
Chemical Sciences and Engineering
- Neuqua Valley High School (2015) - Study of Amorphous Manganese in Li-Ion Batteries
- Downers Grove North High School (2013) - In-Situ X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Ti-Cr Based Cathodes for Li-ion Batteries
Sector 2 - Imaging / Microscopy
- Lemont High School (2023) - Root Uptake of Chromium in Common Plants and Vegetables
- Metea Valley High School (2023) - Root Uptake of Cobalt in Common Vegetables
- Naperville Central High School (2023) - Using Chelators to Enhance the Phytoremediation Utility of Broccoli, Mustard, and Thale Cress Plants
- Lemont High School (2022) - Root Uptake of Cobalt in Common Plants and Vegetables
- Romeoville High School (2022) - Study of the Adsorption of Co2 by Carbon Filters
- Lemont High School (2020) - Root Uptake of Arsenic in Common Plants and Vegetables
- Lemont High School (2019) - Root Uptake of Chromium and Nickel in Common Plants and Vegetables
- Glenbard South High School (2018) - X-Ray Study of the Elemental Compositions of the Digestive Tracts of Wastewater Microbes
- Lemont High School (2018) - Continued Observations from X-ray Elemental Analysis of Ash Tree species related to the Growth of Emerald Ash Borer Populations
- Carl Schurz High School (2017) - Soil mineral composition and its effect on biological mineral composition
- Lemont High School (2017) - Continued Observations from X-ray Elemental Analysis of Ash Tree species related to the Growth of Emerald Ash Borer populations
- Oak Lawn Community High School (2017) - Comparing Surface Area in Differing Samples of Surgical Mesh For Surgical Implementation
- Lemont High School (2016) - Observations from X-ray Elemental Analysis of Ash Tree species related to the Growth of Emerald Ash Borer Populations
- Oak Lawn Community High School (2016) - Comparing Bone Growth in Rat Spines with Scaffolds Surgically Added Using X-Ray Tomography
- Glenbard East High School (2015) - Phosphorus and metal detection in freshwater mussels and water willow and biologic mitigation efforts in an urban stream restoration
- Oak Lawn Community High School (2015) - Comparing Fossil Spiders To Modern Samples Using X-Ray Tomography
- Downers Grove South High School (2014) - Presence of Metals and Metalloids in Wild Salmon Compared to Farmed Salmon Studied with Hard X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy
- Lindblom Math & Science Academy (2013) - Is Zinc Retained in the Activated Zona Pellucida After Fertilization?
Sector 4-ID-E: Synchrotron X-ray Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (SX-STM)
- Romeoville High School - Study of Perovskites as a Possible Solar Cell Material, Focusing on Advantages and Disadvantages
- Waubonsie Valley High School (2023) - Testing a New Material for New Hope for Clean Energy for the Future
Sector 5 - DND-CAT
- Neuqua Valley High School (2022) - Absorption Analysis of Cadmium, Zinc and Chromium in Lichen Samples
- Neuqua Valley High School (2021) - Using Spectroscopy to Measure Heavy Metal Absorption in Lichens
- Lakes Community High School (2021) - X-Ray Diffraction & Recyclable Materials: Relationship Between Polymer Crystallinity and Supported Weight
- Neuqua Valley High School (2020) - Heavy Metals in Lichen Samples
- Neuqua Valley High School (2019) - Study of Industrial Metals in Soils Collected from Chicago Residential Areas
- Neuqua Valley High School (2018) - Study of Manganese in Soils Collected From Chicago Residential Areas
- Neuqua Valley High School (2017) - Using Spectroscopy to Determine the Effect of Monoculture on Soil Composition
Sector 8 - Microscopy / Time-Resolved Research
- Downers Grove South High School (2015) - The Effect of Phosphorus on Nickel and Zinc Uptake in Red Lettuce Leaves
- Downers Grove North High School (2014) - Lead Concentration and Placement in Terminal Root Sections of Brassica juncea
Sector 9 - Spectroscopy
- Lemont High School (2021) - Root Uptake of Cobalt in Common Plants and Vegetables
- Glenbard South High School (2020) - Study of Iron Oxidation State Change of Spinach in the Human Body Using X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy
- Lemont High School (2020) - Root Uptake of Arsenic in Common Plants and Vegetables
- Lincoln-Way East High School (2020) - Analyzing the Detoxification of Cr(VI) to Cr(III) and Mn(II) to Mn(III) Through Phytoremediation Using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
- Lincoln-Way East High School (2019) - Study of Ferrous Sulfate Oxidation under Extreme Conditions Using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
- Naperville Central High School (2019) - Copper Oxidation States Found in Wood Preservatives and their Relationship to Corrosion Factors
- Lincoln-Way East High School (2018) - Uncovering Flaws and Failures in Catalytic Converters Using XANES
- Tinley Park High School (2018) - An Examination Of The Heavy Metal Concentration In Primary And Permanent Molars From Pre-Industrial Societies
Sector 10 - MR-CAT
- Glenbrook South High School (2023) - Cycling Effects on Lithium Vanadium Oxide Phosphate Rechargeable Battery Cathodes
- University of Chicago Laboratory High School (2023) - Accumulator Analysis: A Comparison of Storage Capacity and Long Term Consistency Between Lithium and Sodium Anodes within Tungsten Vanadium/Niobium Batteries
- Whitney M. Young Magnet High School (2023) - EXAFS Studies of Wadsley-Roth Phase (W0.2V0.8)3O7 as a Battery Anode
- Glenbrook South High School (2022) - Cycling Effects on Battery Anode Structure for a High Entropy Oxide
- Lincoln-Way East High School (2022) - Exploring the Efficacy of Iron Doping in Gallium (III) Oxide as an Anode in Conversion-Type Rechargeable Batteries
- Maine South High School (2022) - The Study of Performance of a High Entropy Material for Anodes in Lithium Batteries
- Whitney Young Magnet High School (2022) - High-Entropy Oxides with Lithium Batteries
- Glenbrook South High School (2021) - Environmental Impact of Heavy Metal Composition and Iron Speciation in Soils
- Glenbrook South High School (2020) - Local Structure Analysis of Niobium-Based Battery Cathodes
- Riverside Brookfield High School (2020) - EXAFS studies of LiNbO3Li-ion battery cathodes
- Romeoville High School (2020) - Niobium Anode in Lithium Ion Battery
- Bolingbrook High School (2019) - Local Structural Studies of Pd Based Catalytic Nanoparticles
- Glenbrook South High School (2019) - Local Structure Analysis of Chromophore YGa1-xMnxO3
- Romeoville High School (2019) - Testing Graphene as a Protective Coating for LiMnO2 Batteries
Sector 11 - Structural Science
- Hoffman Estates High School (2021) - Using X-Ray Scattering to Determine the Correlation Between Battery Elemental Ratio and Performance
- Aqsa School (2018) - How Modern Batteries Work: The Effect of Particle Size on Battery Performance
- Maine East High School (2018) - X-Ray Study of the Behavior of a Commercial Ferrofluid
Sector 12 - Chemical and Materials Science
Sector 13 - GSECARS
- Harold L. Richards High School - X-Ray Analysis of Airborne Particulate Matter Collected by Passive Samplers in the Chicago Area
- Mundelein High School (2022) - Using X-ray Fluorescence Imaging to Analyze Metal Concentrations in Airborne Particulate Matter Collected in our Local Environment
- UChicago Lab High School (2022) - Using Particulates on Honeybees as a Measure of Local Air Pollution
- Lockport Township High School (2021) - Comparative Chemical Analysis of Soil Contamination Using Hyperaccumulators
- Glenbard East High School (2020) - The Effect of Cocropping On Metal Sequestration in Brassica Juncea
- Glenbard East High School (2019) - The Characterization of Phytochelatins Mediating Zinc Transport in Arabidopsis thaliana
- Downers Grove South High School (2018) - Connection Between Chlorosis in Illinois Birch Trees and Bioavailability of Iron In Adjacent Soil
- Glenbard East High School (2018) - The Characterization of Metal Concentration and Distribution in Lichens with Varying Tolerance to Air Pollution
- Downers Grove South High School (2016) - Interactions Between Metal Fasteners And Wood Treated With Micronized Copper Under Weathering Conditions
- Glenbard East High School (2016) - Soybean Cellular Homeostasis of Micronutrients as a Function of Soil pH
- Glenbard East High School (2014) - The Effects of Glyphosate on Growth, Metal Concentration and Distribution in Transgenic Soybean
- Oak Lawn Community High School (2014) - Trace Element Mapping of Fish Otoliths Using Synchrotron Microbeam X-ray Fluorescence as an Indicator of Fish Movement in the Illinois River System
- Downers Grove South High School (2013) - Prevalence of Biomarkers in Mazon Creek Fauna
- Glenbard East High School / Wheaton North High School (2013) - The absorption of common metals in leaf of the common dandelion as a measure of metals in soil
- Lindblom Math & Science Academy (2013) - Is Zinc Retained in the Activated Zona Pellucida After Fertilization?
- Neuqua Valley High School Team 1 (2013) - XRF Microanalysis of Copper Through Its Chelation of Melanin In Canine Hair
- Naperville North High School (2012) - Analyzing the Dehydrochlorination of Poly-(vinyl chloride) Piping Under Oxidative Stresses
- Neuqua Valley High School (2012) - Crystallographic Characterization of Carbon Compounds Using X-Ray Diffraction
Sector 15 - ChemMatCARS
- Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart (2023) - Determination of the Effect of Temperature on Potassium Aluminum Sulfate
- Hoffman Estates High School (2022) - Determining the Structure of Silver-Coated Gold Nanoparticles Using Anomalous Small Angle X-ray Scattering (ASAXS)
- Hoffman Estates High School (2020) - Using X-Ray Diffraction to Catalog the Structures of Complex Crystals
- Hoffman Estates High School (2019) - Examining the Crystallization of Gold Nanoparticles Based on Variable Surface Pressure
- Hoffman Estates High School (2018) - Characterizing the Structure of Self-Assembled Lead (II) Sulfide Nanoparticle Superlattices Based on Variable Ligand Surface Coverage
- Hoffman Estates High School (2017) - Using X-Ray Diffraction to Confirm the Structure of Cataloged Crystals and Determine the Structure of Unknown Crystals
- Hoffman Estates High School (2016) - Homogeneous Mixing and Phase Separation During Self-Assembly of Bi-Dispersed Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Films
Sector 16 - HP-CAT
- Bolingbrook High School (2023) - Study of Crystalline and Non-Crystalline Structures Using Diffraction
- Bolingbrook High School (2022) - Study of the Electronic Properties of Conductor, Insulator, and High-Temperature Superconductor Using Valence Electron Excitation
- Bolingbrook High School (2021) - Study of the Absorption Edge of Carbon Using X-ray Raman Scattering
- Bolingbrook High School (2020) - Studies of Simple Metals by Inelastic X-ray Scattering Under Low Pressure
- Lockport Township High School (2020) - Synthesis of New Chromium Polyhydrides at High Temperatures and Pressures
Sector 17 - IMCA-CAT
- Lyons Township High School (2022) - Attempted Crystallization of Gallus Gallus Domesticus Riboflavin Binding Protein and the Collection of Diffraction Data from Lysozyme Protein
- Metea Valley High School (2020) - Sulfur Single-Wavelength Anomalous Diffraction
- Lockport Township High School (2019) - Optimizing Data Collection at Beamline 17-ID Using Bovine Insulin
- Lockport Township High School (2018) - Calibration of Beamline 17 ID-BM using Bovine Insulin
- Lockport Township High School (2017) - X-ray Crystallography of Hen Egg-White Lysozyme with and without Ligands
Sector 18 - BioCAT
- Oak Lawn Community High School (2023) - The Effects of Piperine on Rodent Sarcomere Muscle Contraction Using Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction
- Metea Valley High School (2022) - Sarcomere Structure and Porcine Myocardium
- Metea Valley High School (2021) - Effect of Titin on Lattice Spacing in Sarcomere Structure
Sector 19 - SBC-CAT
- Lockport Township High School (2017) - X-ray Crystallography of Hen Egg-White Lysozyme with and without Ligands
- Maplewood Richmond Heights High School (2015) - X-ray Crystallography of Concanavalin-A and IF7
- Maplewood Richmond Heights High School (2014) - X-ray Crystallography of Concanavalin-A and IF7
Sector 20 - Spectroscopy / PNC
- Lyons Township High School - What’s in those socks? A synchrotron outreach study to analyze the properties of zinc in textiles under environmental pressure
- Downers Grove South High School (2022) - Determining the Distribution of Titanium Dioxide Particles within a Hydrogel Matrix
- Glenbard South High School (2020) - Study of Iron Oxidation State Change of Spinach in the Human Body Using X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy
- Maine South High School (2020) - Silver Nanoparticles: Correlation Between Structural and Antimicrobial Properties
- Neuqua Valley High School (2016) - Studies of Mississippian-aged Paint Samples Using μ−X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure
- Neuqua Valley High School (2015) - Study of Amorphous Manganese in Li-Ion Batteries
- Neuqua Valley High School Team 2 (2014) - The Sustainability of Silver Nanoparticles
- Downers Grove North High School (2013) - In-Situ X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Ti-Cr Based Cathodes for Li-ion Batteries
Sector 21 - LS-CAT
- Neuqua Valley High School Team 1 (2014) - The Effect of a Halogen Ion on Insulin Crystallography
- Amundsen High School (2013) - Identifying Protein Crystals Using Known Structures
- Neuqua Valley High School Team 2 (2013) - The Effect of pH on Lysozyme Crystallization
Sector 22 - SER-CAT
Sector 24: NE-CAT
- Lincoln-Way East High School - Role of Hydrogen Bonds in Electron Transfer Processes of Type I Copper Proteins
- Lockport Township High School (2022) - Influence of X-ray Energies on Radiation Damage Using Lysozyme as a Tool
- Amundsen High School (2013) - Identifying Protein Crystals Using Known Structures
Sector 26 - Microscopy
- Downers Grove South High School (2018) - Connection Between Chlorosis in Illinois Birch Trees and Bioavailability of Iron In Adjacent Soil
- Glenbard East High School (2018) - The Characterization of Metal Concentration and Distribution in Lichens with Varying Tolerance to Air Pollution
- Glenbrook South High School (2018) - Fingerprinting Chemistry and Magnetism at the Nanoscale using SX-STM
- Tinley Park High School (2017) - Observing the Effects of Diets High in Sugar on the Concentration of Trace Elements in Teeth
- Hinsdale South High School (2016) - The Effect of Glyphosate Concentration on GR Soybean Cotyledon Nutrient Levels
A full list of all APS sectors and contact information can be found here.