Acquisition of X-ray Diffractometer for Chemistry and Materials Research

这份来自化学研究仪器和设施（CRIF）项目和主要研究仪器项目的合同将帮助位于洛杉矶的加州大学化学系获得一台带有电荷耦合器件（CCD）区域探测器的单晶x射线衍射仪。该设备将加强以下几个领域的研究：(1)新型金属碳硼烷的合成、反应性和催化，(2)富勒烯的全合成和功能化化学研究，(3)用作聚合物LED透明阴极的n型可掺杂导电聚合物，(4)催化中的过渡金属，以及(5)有机晶体化学。x射线衍射仪用于对分子的完整三维结构进行精确的测量。所获得的信息给出了给定分子的所有键距和键角的精确值，并给出了分子相对于邻近分子的空间排列的准确信息。

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program and the Major Research Instrumentation Program will assist the Department of Chemistry at The University of California in Los Angeles to acquire a single-crystal X-ray diffractometer with a charge-coupled device (CCD) area detector. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including the following: (1) synthesis, reactivity and catalysis of novel metallacarboranes, (2) studies on the total synthesis and functionalization chemistry of fullerenes, (3) N-type dopable conducting polymers for use as transparent cathodes in polymer LED's, (4) transition metals in catalysis, and (5) organic crystal chemistry. The X-ray diffractometer is used to make accurate and precise measurements of the full three dimensional structure of a molecule. The information obtained gives the precise values of all the bond distances and bond angles of a given molecule and it gives accurate information about the spatial arrangement of the molecule relative to the neighboring molecules.