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

为本科生和相关领域的学生建立一个多样化和高质量的教育，是化学系的首要目标。化学主要是一门实验科学，其最重要的组成部分之一是本科生实验室。本项目的目的是在物理化学实验课程中引入从微观层面探测凝聚态的实验，同时通过引入现代光谱方法来继续实验室升级。具体地说，该项目的目标是在扫描隧道显微镜和傅立叶变换红外光谱分析仪器包的基础上创建五个新的光谱实验，这些实验是大多数教育机构可以利用的；开发这些实验，使没有使用这些技术的先前专门知识的教师可以采用这些实验；使初级和高级物理化学实验室的学生接触到应用于不同系统的现代物理化学技术；并通过在科学会议上发表演讲和在《化学教育杂志》上发表文章，在区域和国家范围内交流这一项目的结果。物理化学课程的改进和多样化有望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.