Purchase of Instrumentation for High Brilliance X-Ray Diffractometry

化学研究仪器计划的这个奖项 将帮助化学系在大学 州立大学环境科学与林业 纽约需要一台高亮度旋转阳极X射线 发电机组 该仪器将配备用于 计算机控制的X射线衍射， 小角度模式，完成控制和数据处理 软件，用于粉末，纤维， 和电影。 化学研究的领域， 通过收购，以下方面得到加强： 1)建筑材料的结晶度研究 用于有机和共沸的节能膜 液体分离; 2)膜模拟体系的结构表征 用于能量转换; 3)复合材料的结晶和形貌表征 聚合物合金和共混物等材料，以及表面 催化剂; 4)纤维状聚合物的晶体结构分析 膜和聚合物共混物; 5)用于增强的聚合物的晶体结构分析 石油回收计划。 单晶X射线是最强大的分析方法， 固体结构测定。 在合成无机物中， 有机，生物无机和有机金属化学，单一 晶体X射线衍射是一个非常宝贵的工具， 分子结构 从知识中获得的信息 分子间的组成和结构有助于 开发潜在的普遍感兴趣的新反应， 催化或有机合成。

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation Program will help the Department of Chemistry at the College of Environmental Science and Forestry of the State University of New York acquire a high-brillance, rotating anode X-ray generator unit. This instrument will be equipped for computer-controlled X-ray diffraction in both wide angle and small angle modes, complete with control and data processing software, for use in diffraction analysis of powders, fibers, and films. The areas of chemical research that will be enhanced by the acquisition are the following: 1) Crystallinity studies of materials for the construction of energy efficient membranes used in organic and azeotropic liquid separation; 2) Structural characterization of membrane mimetic systems for energy conversion; 3) Crystallinity and morphology characterization of composite materials such as polymer alloys and blends, and surfaces of catalysts; 4) Crystal structure analysis of fibrous polymers used in membranes and polymers blends; 5) Crystal structure analysis of polymers used in enhanced oil recovery programs. Single crystal X-ray is the most powerful analytical method for structure determination of solids. In synthetic inorganic, organic, bioinorganic and organometallic chemistry, single crystal X-ray diffraction is an invaluable tool to characterize molecular structure. The information gained from the knowledge of the intermolecular composition and structure helps to develop new reactions of potentially general interest in catalysis or organic synthesis.