Fabrication of a Powder X-ray Diffraction System

该奖项支持粉末X射线衍射的建设 系统 完整的系统将提供高样品通量， 允许控制样品环境，例如温度。 的 薄碳材料研究中使用的仪器是必不可少的 在硅和氟化钙衬底上生长的膜， 固态合成中反应产物的表征， 聚合物海绵的研究（晶格的溶剂化和去溶剂化 calathrates）。 该仪器将存放在该部门的 晶体学实验室，并提供给所有合格的用户。 它 也将被设计成一种训练工具， 本系提供的本科化学教学课程。

This award supports the construction of a powder X-ray diffraction system. The completed system will provide high sample throughput and allow for control of the sample environment such as temperature. The instrument is essential for use in materials studies of thin carbon films grown on silicon and calcium fluoride substrates, characterization of reaction products in solid state synthesis, studies of polymeric sponges (solvation and desolvation of lattice calathrates). The instrument will be housed in the department's crystallography laboratory, and available to all qualified users. It will also be designed to be used as a training instrument for an undergraduate chemistry instructional course given by the department.