Purchase of an ESR Spectrometer (Chemistry)

电子自旋共振（ESR）光谱是化学家用来研究含有未配对电子的电子结构的分子性质的一种技术。通过这种方式，可以了解各种中间体的结构。加州大学圣巴巴拉分校的化学系将利用化学共享仪器项目、生物仪器项目和材料研究仪器项目共同资助的这一奖项来帮助获得ESR光谱仪。此次收购将加强的一些研究领域包括：1)生物化学重要氧化还原反应机制2)金属蛋白研究3)新型微孔宿主的设计、合成和表征4)铁磁性金属分子中间体表征5)亲核芳香族取代6)金属配合物的光反应7)1,3-二基捕获反应相关研究。

Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) spectroscopy is a technique used by chemists to study the properties of molecules having an electronic configuration containing unpaired electrons. In this manner, the structures of a wide variety of intermediates can be understood. The Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Santa Barbara will use this award that is joint-funded by the Chemistry Shared Instrumentation Program, the Biology Instrumentation Program, and the Instrumentation for Materials Research Program to help acquire an ESR spectrometer. Some of the areas of research that will be enhanced by the acquisition include: 1) Mechanisms of biochemically important oxidation-reduction reactions 2) Metallo-protein studies 3) Design, synthesis, and characterization of new microporous hosts 4) Characterization of ferromagnetic metal molecular intermediates 5) Nucleophilic aromatic substitution 6) Photoreactions of metal complexes 7) Studies related to the 1,3-diyl trapping reaction.