Purchase of a Tunable Ultrafast Laser System for Time- Resolved Spectroscopy and Microscopy

这份来自化学研究仪器和设施（CRIF）项目和多学科活动办公室（OMA）的合同将帮助堪萨斯州立大学化学系获得用于时间分辨光谱和显微镜的可调谐超快激光器。该设备将加强许多领域的研究，包括：(1)技术上重要的介观结构薄膜材料的微观/光谱表征；(2)使用色氨酸残基作为探针对蛋白质物理性质的光谱表征。激光可以提供有关化学反应性的重要信息。它的使用可能使我们对分子的反应性和非反应性的理解取得突破。

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program and and the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (OMA) will assist the Department of Chemistry at Kansas State University to acquire a tunable ultrafast laser for time-resolved spectroscopy and microscopy. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including the following: (1) the microscopic/spectroscopic characterization of technologically important mesostructured thin film materials and (2) the spectroscopic characterization of the physical propoerties of proteins using the tryptophanyl residues as probes. A laser can provide important information about chemical reactivity. Its use may enable breakthroughs in our understanding of the properties of reactivity and non-reactivity of molecules.