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

为本科化学学生及相关专业的学生提供多样化、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，其最重要的组成部分之一是本科实验室。本课题的目的是在实验课程中引入在微观层面上探索凝聚态的物理化学实验，同时通过引入现代光谱学方法，继续提高实验室的水平。具体来说，该项目的目标是创建五个基于扫描隧道显微镜和傅里叶变换红外光谱仪器包的新光谱实验，这些实验在大多数教育机构的范围内；发展这些实验，使它们能够被没有使用这些技术的专业知识的教师所采用；使学生在入门和高级物理化学实验室中了解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的演讲和在《化学教育杂志》上的出版物，在区域和全国范围内传播该项目的成果。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.