Fluorescence and Emission Lifetime Methods for Laboratory Instruction

本项目旨在提高本科教学质量，利用荧光分光光度计在几个上层本科实验室进行稳态和时间分辨荧光测量。学生有机会亲身接触他们通常难以掌握的基本概念。特别是，与分子的电子性质和光与分子的相互作用有关的量子力学理论的概念在本科课程中被赋予了生命。受影响的课程包括仪器分析、物理化学、无机化学和独立学习与研究。从研究文献和《化学教育杂志》中精心挑选的一组实验正在被改编成课程。通过稳态和时间分辨发射技术的实验室应用，学生可以更详细地了解光谱学、动力学、量子力学和分子和材料的结构/光学特性。

This project is enhancing the quality of undergraduate instruction by using a fluorescence spectrophotometer to carry out steady state and time resolved fluorescence measurements in several upper level undergraduate laboratories. Students have hands-on exposure to fundamental concepts which they often have difficulty grasping. Particularly, concepts involving quantum mechanical theory related to electronic properties of molecules and the interaction of light with molecules are being brought to life in the undergraduate curriculum. The courses affected are Instrumental Analysis, Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Independent Study and Research. A carefully chosen set of experiments from the research literature and from the Journal of Chemical Education is being adapted into the courses. Students gain a more detailed understanding of spectroscopy, kinetics, quantum mechanics and structural/optical properties of molecules and materials through laboratory applications of steady state and time resolved emission techniques.