Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometer for Undergraduate Teaching Laboratories

重要的修订提供了在化学和生物化学的高级产品，使更明确的电子结构和物理和化学性质之间的联系，在广泛的材料。本项目购买a。63 T电子顺磁共振（EPR）谱仪是一种在应用和基础研究中日益广泛应用的仪器，非常适合于阐明许多重要材料的电子结构。结合学院原有的仪器，EPR光谱仪使学院能够开发新的实验室，结合无机化学的最新进展，帮助学生更好地理解化学结构和功能之间的联系。除了现有的设备外，EPR光谱仪还使学院能够在短期内开发一门创新的生物无机化学浸入式课程。每周5天，每天6小时，为期5周的课程为学生提供了接触生物无机化学概念和技术的机会。本课程既面向化学专业的学生，也面向越来越多的生物化学专业的学生。本课程开发的项目可作为本科生物无机课程的样板。在现有的高级光谱学课程中加入基于epr的项目，为现有的基于分子束光谱学和电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱学的项目提供了一个重要的额外维度。此外，EPR光谱仪显着增加了自然科学学生的研究机会。*

Significant revisions are provided to the upper-level offerings in chemistry and biochemistry to make more explicit the connection between electronic structure and physical and chemical properties in a wide range of materials. This project purchases a .63 T electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrometer, an instrument of increasingly wide-use in both applied and basic research, ideally suited to illuminating the electronic structure of many important materials. In conjunction with the prior instrument holdings of the college, an EPR spectrometer enables the college to develop new laboratories incorporating recent advances in inorganic chemistry to help students better understand connections between chemical structure and function. An EPR spectrometer, in addition to existing equipment, also enables the college to develop an innovate immersion course in bioinorganic chemistry to be offered during the short-term. This intensive 5 days per week, 6 hours per day, 5-week course provides students with exposure to both the concepts and techniques of bioinorganic chemistry. This course serves both chemistry majors and the growing number of biochemistry majors. Projects developed for this course can serve as a model for undergraduate bioinorganic courses. Incorporation of an EPR-based project into the existing upper-level spectroscopy course provides an important additional dimension to the existing projects based on molecular beam spectroscopy and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy. Additionally, the EPR spectrometer markedly enhances the research opportunities available to students in the natural sciences. *