Introduction of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy into Physical Chemistry Laboratory: Condensed Phase Experiments

为本科化学学生和相关领域的学生建立多样化和高质量的教育，是化学系的主要目标。化学主要是一门实验科学，它最重要的组成部分之一是本科实验室。该项目的目的是在实验室课程中引入物理化学实验，在微观水平上探测凝聚相，同时通过引入现代光谱方法继续实验室升级。具体而言，该项目的目标是建立五个新的光谱实验，其基础是扫描隧道显微镜和傅立叶变换红外光谱仪器包，这些仪器包大多数教育机构都能使用;发展这些实验，使其能够被事先不具备使用这些技术的专门知识的教员采用;让学生在入门和先进的物理化学实验室接触到应用于不同系统的物理化学现代技术;并通过在科学会议上的介绍和在《世界科学报》上的出版物，在区域和国家一级传播该项目的成果。化学教育杂志。 物理化学课程的改进和多样化可以鼓励更多的学生攻读化学研究生课程。

The establishment of a diverse and high quality education for undergraduate chemistry students, and students in related fields, is a primary goal of the Department of Chemistry. Chemistry's being primarily an experimental science, one of its most important components is the undergraduate laboratories. The purpose of this project is to introduce into the laboratory courses in physical chemistry experiments that probe condensed phases at the microscopic level and, at the same time, continue the laboratory upgrading by introducing modern spectroscopic methods. Specifically, the aims of the project are to create five new spectroscopic experiments based on scanning tunneling microscopy and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy instrument packages that are within the reach of most educational institutions; to develop these experiments to the point that they can be adopted by instructors who do not have the prior expertise using these techniques; to expose students in the introductory and advanced physical chemistry laboratories to modern techniques in physical chemistry as applied to diverse systems; and to communicate the results of this project both regionally and nationally through presentations at scientific meetings and publication in the Journal of Chemical Education. The improvements and diversification in the physical chemistry curriculum can be expected to encourage more students to pursue graduate studies in chemistry.