Acquisition of Materials Characterization Instrumentation for a Central Materials Analysis Facility at CSU

科罗拉多州立大学(CSU)化学系将在这个由重大研究仪器计划资助的项目中获得三台用于材料表征的互补仪器：热分析、振动光谱和椭圆偏振光谱。所要求的仪器将加强现有仪器，以建立支持教学和研究的重要的跨学科核心设施，称为中央材料分析设施(CMAF)。该设施将支持该系对材料化学教学和研究的坚定承诺。该设施还将满足CSU其他部门、附近机构和当地工业的材料研究需求。热分析设备将用于本科生和研究生教学，以及涉及聚合物、胶体相和固态无机材料的研究，并将影响九个确定的用户群体的研究。11个已确定的跨学科研究小组将使用振动光谱学设备。表面表征能力对于现有的本科生和研究生分析化学课程以及研究都是必不可少的。光谱椭偏仪将用于研究生教学和校园内的七个跨学科研究团队，用于测定薄膜聚合物、金属、半导体和陶瓷材料的厚度和光学性质。这套仪器将通过国家科学基金会的主要研究仪器计划获得，将极大地扩展该部门中央材料分析设施的教学、分析和研究能力。该项目将对科罗拉多州立大学化学系内的一大批跨学科教师和材料研究人员以及周边机构和行业产生重大影响。*

9870997DorhoutThe Department of Chemistry at Colorado State University (CSU) will acquire, in this project funded by the Major Research Instrumentation program, three complementary instruments for materials characterization: thermal analysis, vibrational spectroscopy, and spectroscopic ellipsometry. The requested instruments will augment existing instrumentation to build the important interdisciplinary core facility supporting teaching and research called the Central Materials Analysis Facility (CMAF). The facility will support the Department's strong commitment to teaching and research in materials chemistry. The facility will also serve materials research needs in other departments at CSU, at nearby institutions, and in local industry. The thermal analysis equipment will be used in undergraduate and graduate teaching, as well as research involving polymers, colloidal phases, and solid-state inorganic materials and will affect the research of nine identified user groups. Vibrational spectroscopy equipment will be used by eleven identified interdisciplinary research groups. The surface characterization capabilities are essential for existing undergraduate and graduate analytical chemistry courses as well as research. The spectroscopic ellipsometer will be used in graduate teaching and by seven interdisciplinary research teams on campus for determination of thickness and optical properties of thin film polymer, metal, semiconductor and ceramic materials. %%%This set of instruments, to be acquired through the National Science Foundation's Major Research Instrumentation program, will significantly expand the teaching, analytical and research capabilities in the department's Central Materials Analysis Facility. This project will have a strong impact upon a large group of interdisciplinary faculty and materials researchers within the Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, and surrounding institutions and industry.***