U.S.-Australia Cooperative Research: Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Gas-Surface Reaction

该奖项将使麻省理工学院的Jeffrey I.Steinfeld博士和韦恩州立大学的Joseph S.Francisco博士与格里菲斯大学(澳大利亚布里斯班)的A.W.Knight博士合作，开发研究薄膜和表面光诱导化学转变的新研究方法。澳大利亚合作者在脉冲分子束技术方面的专业知识将补充美国正在进行的表面和超高真空实验。美国合作者还将受益于澳大利亚在分析和解释大分子多原子分子的高分辨率光谱方面的经验。最后，参与该项目的学生将提高他们对两国工业研究和发展的目标和问题的认识和欣赏。

This award will enable Dr. Jeffrey I. Steinfeld of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Dr. Joseph S. Francisco of Wayne State University to collaborate with Dr. A.W. Knight of Griffith University (Brisbane, Australia) on developing new research approaches to the study of light-induced chemical transformations in thin films and at surfaces. Expertise of the Australian collaborator in pulsed molecular beam techniques will complement surface and ultra-high-vacuum experiments under way in the U.S. The U.S. collaborators will also benefit from the Australians' experience in analysis and interpretation of the high-resolution spectroscopy of large polyatomic molecules. Finally, students involved in the project will enhance their knowledge and appreciation of the goals and problems associated with industrial research and development in both countries.