Inclusion of Raman Spectroscopy in the Upper-Level Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratories

化学(12)作为改善化学专业实验室体验的持续努力的一部分，拉曼光谱学正在被纳入本科生的高级实验课程，购买了一台将拉曼、荧光、发射和吸收光谱的光学与CCD相机检测相结合的仪器。虽然有些稀少，但专注于拉曼光谱的实验正在从研究和教育文献中改编，并被实施到物理化学、无机化学和仪器分析实验室，每个实验室都强调拉曼光谱理论和使用的不同方面。拉曼光谱学已经出现在这些课程的讲课部分，但在此之前，没有任何仪器可用于说明其在实验室中的应用。最近在仪器和探测器设计方面的进步使拉曼光谱在工业和研究实验室中更有价值，这为本科生了解这项技术提供了强大的动力。拉曼光谱学的实验室经验在大多数本科生实验室中并不常见，因此正在改编和实施的实验可能会被移植到其他本科生项目中。

Chemistry (12)As part of a continuing effort to improve the laboratory experience of chemistry majors, Raman spectroscopy is being incorporated into the undergraduate, upper-level laboratory curriculum with the purchase of an instrument that combines the optics for Raman, fluorescence, emission, and absorption spectroscopy with CCD camera detection. Although somewhat sparse, experiments focusing on Raman spectroscopy are being adapted from the research and educational literature and are being implemented into the physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, and instrumental analysis laboratories, with each emphasizing a different aspect of the theory and use of Raman spectroscopy. Raman spectroscopy is already presented in the lecture portion of these courses but prior to this award, no instrumentation to illustrate its applications in the laboratory was available. Recent advances in instrument and detector design have made Raman spectroscopy more valuable in industrial and research laboratories, providing a strong motivation to make undergraduate students knowledgeable about the technique. Laboratory experience with Raman spectroscopy is not common in most undergraduate laboratories so the experiments being adapted and implemented are likely to be transportable to other undergraduate programs.