Acquisition of an Electrospray/Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer to Support Student-Faculty Research at Carleton College

有了化学研究仪器和设施（CRIF）计划的这一奖项，卡尔顿学院化学系将获得电喷雾/大气压化学电离离子阱质谱仪。这一设备将加强若干领域的研究，包括：（a）分析作为酶抑制剂合成的肽;（B）谷胱甘肽-一氧化氮化学;（c）电化学引发的金属卟啉聚合物形成;（d）分析钒（IV）离子螯合剂等合成产品;（e）分析大气气溶胶中的有机成分。 离子阱质谱仪也将用于卡尔顿大学的正式课程。 质谱（MS）是一种用于探测紧密结构细节并获得大量有机、生物有机和有机金属分子的分子组成的技术。这些研究的结果将对包括生物化学和大气化学在内的若干领域产生影响。

With this award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program, the Department of Chemistry at Carleton College will acquire an Electrospray/Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including a) the analysis of peptides synthesized as enzyme inhibitors; b) glutathione-nitric oxide chemistry; c) electrochemically-initiated metalloporphyrin polymer formation; d) analysis of synthetic products such as vanadium (IV) ion sequestering agents; and e) analysis of organic components in atmospheric aerosols. The ion trap mass spectrometer will also be used in formal course work at Carleton. Mass spectrometry (MS) is a technique used to probe intimate structural details and to obtain the molecular compositions of a vast array of organic, bioorganic, and organometallic molecules. The results from these studies will have an impact in a number of areas including biochemistry and atmospheric chemistry.