Engineering Research Equipment Grants: Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer

鲍德温 研究摘要：这是一个工程设备补助金。 的 傅里叶变换红外分光光度计将用于 一个用户组对一系列广泛的主题进行了研究， 化学、物理和化学工程系。 具体项目的例子，其中仪器 将使用如下。 存在于 将探测金属/电解质和金属/聚合物界面 在掠射角镜面反射模式下使用FTIR。 第二个项目将使用该仪器检查 催化剂表面的吸附物种。 另外两个项目 将利用这一工具的能力， 结合光声FTIR用于识别和分析 聚合物/颜料交联机理的研究， 煤和煤液化残渣的表征 反应性相关利用的目的。 仪器 也将在一个研究项目中找到应用， 非晶硅基 半导体合金正在研究，以及在一个 一些项目仅进行常规化学分析， 需要复杂的混合物和纯化合物。 概念 对于仪器的使用是围绕一个 灵活的，多用户的校园研究资源，而不是一个 一种专门用于任何一个项目或计划的工具。 新奇/创新：每个研究项目 所述建议具有自己的新奇和创新性 功能. 作为这方面的例子，聚合物/颜料的研究 与FTIR的相互作用允许检查这些机制

BALDWIN Research Summary: This is an Engineering Equipment Grant. The Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer will be used for research on a broad range of topics by a user group from the departments of Chemistry, Physics, and Chemical Engineering. Examples of the specific projects where the instrumentation will be used are as follows. The interactions which exist at metal/electrolyte and metal/polymer interfaces will be probed using the FTIR in the grazing angle specular reflectance mode. A second program will employ the instrument for examination of adsorbed species on catalyst surfaces. Two additional projects will take advantage of the ability of this instrument to incorporate photoacoustic FTIR for identification and analysis of polymer/pigment crosslinking mechanisms and for the characterization of coal and coal liquefaction residues for purposes of reactivity correlation utilization. The instrument will also find application in a research project where the nature of the structure of amorphous silicon-based semiconductor alloys is being investigated, as well as in a number of projects where only routine chemical analysis of complex mixtures and pure compounds is required. The concept for utilization of the instrument is centered around a flexible, multi-user campus research resource rather than an instrument dedicated to any one single project or program. Novelty/Innovation: Each of the individual research programs described in the proposal has its own novelty and innovative features. As examples of this, the study of polymer/pigment interactions with FTIR permits examination of these mechanisms