Purchase of FTIR Instruments for a Vibrational Spectroscopy Facility

傅里叶变换红外光谱（FTIR）是一种利用吸收红外能量来探测分子结构的技术。红外分光光度计的购置对于改善现代化学系的研究环境至关重要。在北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校化学系，FTIR仪器将成为包含FTIR和拉曼仪器的设施的一部分，并将加强以下领域的一线化学研究：1)气相低温红外光谱，扩散捕获分子。2)配体偶联反应的振动研究。3)肽和蛋白质合成。4)电活性膜和功能固态电化学电池的原位振动光谱电化学。

Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is a technique that uses absorption of infrared energy to probe molecular structure. The acquisition of an FTIR spectrophotometer is crucial for enhancing the research environment of the modern chemistry department. In the Department of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the FTIR instrument will be part of a facility containing FTIR and Raman instrumentation and will enhance front-line chemical research in the following areas: 1) Low temperature Infrared Spectroscopy of gas phase, diffusion trapped molecules. 2) Vibrational studies of ligand coupling reactions. 3) Peptide and protein synthesis. 4) In situ vibrational spectroelectrochemistry of electroactive films and of functioning solid state electrochemical cells.