MRI: Acquisition of a Nanosecond Laser System

有了这个主要研究仪器（MRI）计划的奖项，卡拉马祖学院的化学系将获得纳秒激光系统。研究活动将涉及测量挥发性有机金属亚硝基化合物光解过程中的矢量相关性，特别是角动量与速度之间的相关性以及跃迁偶极与速度之间的相关性。 这些实验结果将揭示Jahn-Teller畸变在激发态有机金属亚硝酰化合物中的作用，并可能揭示金属-NO解离的时间尺度。 这些结果可以扩展到理解化学气相沉积和NO-金属在生物系统中的相互作用。 这个主要是本科院校的学生研究人员将参与这些研究。 纳秒激光提供相干可见光或红外光的超快脉冲，使研究人员能够获得有关快速发生的化学反应的重要信息。 它的使用可能使我们对反应性和非反应性分子性质的理解取得突破。 这些研究将对材料化学和生物化学产生影响。

With this award from the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program, the Department of Chemistry at Kalamazoo College will acquire a nanosecond laser system. The research activities will involve measurement of vector correlations in the photodissociation of volatile organometallic nitrosyls, especially the correlations between angular momentum and velocity and between the transition dipole and velocity. The results obtained in these experiments will reveal the role of Jahn-Teller distortions in excited organometallic nitrosyl compounds and may reveal the timescale for metal-NO dissociation. These results can be extended into understanding chemical vapor deposition and NO-metal interactions in biological systems. Student researchers at this primarily undergraduate institution will participate in these studies. A nanosecond laser provides ultrafast pulses of coherent visible or infrared light, which enables researchers to obtain important information about fast occurring chemical reactions. Its use may enable breakthroughs in our understanding of the properties of reactive and nonreactive molecules. These studies will have an impact in materials chemistry and biochemistry.