Engineering Research Equipment Grant: In Situ Infrared Anaylsis of Reaction and Transport in Advanced Materials

在该方案中，寻求新型的原位红外分析系统。这套系统将由五名研究人员及其学生使用，以调查先进材料加工的一般领域的若干研究项目。反应和运输过程领域的几个项目将受益于该系统的使用。以多甲基丙烯酸酯的反应为例，用FTIR研究凝胶点前后的凝胶形成动力学。陶瓷凝胶的动力学和结构也将进行类似的研究。我们将研究砷化镓表面和朗缪尔-布洛吉特薄膜的基本性质。将研究微电子工艺，并将研究环氧网中水分浓度的分布。最后，利用ATR-FTIR研究蛋白质在聚合物生物材料上的吸附。

In this proposal novel in situ infrared analysis system is sought. This system will be used by a group of five investigators and their students in order to investigate a number of research projects in the general area of processing of advanced materials. Several projects in the field of reaction and transport processes will benefit from the availability of this system. The kinetics of gel formation before and after the gelation point will be studied with FTIR using the reaction of multimethacrylates as a model example. The kinetics and structure of ceramic gels will be studied similarly. The fundamental properties of GaAs surfaces and Langmuir-Blodgett films will be investigated. Microelectronic processing will be studied and the distribution of moisture concentration in epoxy networks will be investigated. Finally, protein adsorption on polymeric biomaterial will be studied using ATR-FTIR.