CAREER: Structure, Dynamics and Reactivity at Electrode Interfaces

这个由分析和表面化学项目支持的教师早期职业发展（Career）项目，侧重于水在电化学界面的行为的非常基础的研究。匹兹堡大学的Borguet教授和他的学生将使用光学二次谐波产生（SHG）和和频产生方法来探测金属电极界面水层的取向、结构和动力学。电解质浓度和电极电位各自的作用将被评估。这个CAREER项目将通过开发包含大多数科学学科的统一课程来提高非科学专业学生的科学素养。博格特教授将通过在匹兹堡大学化学Van项目中更多地使用现代仪器，向高中生进行推广。水与金属表面的相互作用在技术上具有重要意义，但在基本层面上仍然没有得到很好的理解。匹兹堡大学的Borguet教授和他的学生将使用一套光学技术来研究电极表面水分子的物理结构。这个CAREER项目为研究生提供了一个将基础化学反应性与具有重要技术意义的课题紧密联系在一起的系统；腐蚀。Borguet教授将通过课程开发来提高非科学专业学生的科学素养，并通过参与匹兹堡大学化学Van项目来吸引高中生的兴趣。

This Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) project, supported by the Analytical and Surface Chemistry Program, focuses on very fundamental studies of the behavior of water at electrochemical interfaces. Professor Borguet and his students at the University of Pittsburgh will use optical second harmonic generation (SHG) and sum frequency generation methods to probe the orientation, structure, and dynamics of the interfacial water layer at metal electrode interfaces. The respective roles of electrolyte concentration and electrode potential will be evaluated. This CAREER project will seek to improve science literacy for non-science majors by developing a unified course inclusive of most of the science disciplines. Outreach to high school students will be undertaken by Professor Borguet through greater use of modern instrumentation in the University of Pittsburgh Chemistry Van Program. The interaction of water with metallic surfaces is of great technological importance, but is still not well understood on a fundamental level. Professor Borguet and his students at the University of Pittsburgh will use a suite of optical techniques to study the physical structure of water molecules at electrode surfaces. This CAREER project provides graduate students with a system which intimately ties fundamental chemical reactivity with a topic of great technological importance; corrosion. Professor Borguet will make contributions to improving the scientific literacy of non-science majors through curriculum development and capturing the interest of high school students through participation in the University of Pittsburgh Chemistry Van Program.