Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometer for Undergraduate Teaching Laboratories

对化学和生物化学的较高级别的内容进行了重大修订，以更明确地说明各种材料的电子结构与物理和化学性质之间的联系。该项目购买了一台.63T电子顺磁共振(EPR)光谱仪，这是一种在应用和基础研究中日益广泛使用的仪器，非常适合于照亮许多重要材料的电子结构。与学院先前拥有的仪器相结合，EPR光谱仪使学院能够开发包含无机化学最新进展的新实验室，以帮助学生更好地了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开发一门创新的生物无机化学沉浸式课程，并在短期内提供。这门为期5周、每周5天、每天6小时的强化课程为学生提供了接触生物无机化学概念和技术的机会。本课程既适用于化学专业的学生，也适用于越来越多的生物化学专业的学生。为这门课程开发的项目可以作为本科生生物无机课程的样板。将基于电子顺磁共振的项目纳入现有的高级光谱学课程，为以分子束光谱学和电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱学为基础的现有项目提供了一个重要的额外方面。此外，EPR光谱仪显著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. *