IMR: Acquisition of Modern Gel Permeation Chromatography Instrumentation for the Butler Polymer Research Laboratory

材料研究仪器项目的这一奖项支持佛罗里达大学购买了一台凝胶渗透色谱(GPC)仪器，该仪器配备了四个检测器和高温能力，可以提供许多正在开发的新聚合物的分子量信息。这些项目的范围从模拟传统的聚烯烃，到具有特别低氧化电位的共轭和电活性聚合物，再到研究高度有序的核壳聚合物的结构。该仪器基于Waters高温GPC，能够在高达150摄氏度的温度下进行测量，并拥有由三家供应商组装的一系列检测系统(UV/VIS、折射率、光散射和差示粘度计)：Waters Corporation、Wyatt Technology Corporation和Viscotek Corporation。美国国家科学基金会发起或资助的几项聚合物科学研究将从使用该仪器中受益。此外，任何时候在巴特勒实验室的40-50名本科生、研究生(包括两名NSF研究生研究员)和博士后都将接受关于该仪器的培训。来自高分子科学与工程中心(特别是材料科学中心)的其他部门的研究人员将使用该设施。此外，杜兰教授领导着一个与法国有密切联系的NSF/REU网站，每个教员都指导REU的学生完成这项工作。在佛罗里达大学巴特勒聚合物研究实验室运营的研究团队将获得仪器，以测量他们工作所用的大聚合物分子的大小(所谓的分子量)。该仪器是一种凝胶渗透色谱(GPC)仪器，将完全配备现代研究能力。这些项目涵盖了对传统聚烯烃(如聚乙烯)、共轭聚合物和导电聚合物的研究，以及对胶体聚合物结构的研究。该仪器将基于Waters高温GPC，拥有由三家供应商组装的一系列检测系统：Waters Corporation、Wyatt Technology Corporation和Viscotek Corporation。NSF发起或资助的将从使用拟议仪器中受益的研究包括制造新塑料、用于药物释放的聚合物、用于制造全有机显示器的聚合物以及用于生物和化学传感器的聚合物的项目。此外，任何时候在巴特勒实验室的40-50名本科生、研究生(包括两名NSF研究生研究员)和博士后都将接受该仪器的培训。来自高分子科学与工程中心(特别是材料科学中心)的其他部门的研究人员将使用该设施。此外，杜兰教授领导着一个与法国有密切联系的NSF/REU网站，每个教职员工都在指导REU的学生完成这一过程。

This award from the Instrumentation for Materials Research program supports the University of Florida with the acquisition of of a gel permeation chromatography (GPC) instrument equipped with four detectors and high temperature capability to provide molecular weight information on a number of new polymers being developed. The projects span the range of modeling conventional polyolefins, to conjugated and electroactive polymers with especially low oxidation potentials, to examining the structure of highly organized core-shell polymers. The instrument is based on a Waters high temperature GPC, capable of making measurements at temperatures up to 150 degrees C, and possessing an array of detection systems (UV/Vis, refractive index, light scattering, and differential viscometry) assembled from three vendors: Waters Corporation, Wyatt Technology Corporation, and Viscotek Corporation. Several NSF initiated or funded research in polymers science will benefit from using the instrument. In addition 40-50 undergraduate students, graduate students (including two NSF Graduate Research Fellows) and postdocs present at any one time in the Butler Laboratory will attain training on this instrumentation. Researchers from other Departments in the Center for Macromolecular Science and Engineering (especially Materials Science) will use the facility. Further, Professor Duran leads an NSF/REU site with strong ties to France, and each of the faculty members directs REU students through this.%%%The research team that operates out of the Butler Polymer Research Laboratory at the University of Florida, will acquire instrumentation to measure the size (so called molecular weight) of the large polymeric molecules with which they work. The instrument is a gel permeation chromatography (GPC) instrument and will be fully equipped for modern research capability. The projects span studies of conventional polyolefins (e.g. polyethylene), to conjugated and electrically conducting polymers, to examining the structure of polymers for colloids. The instrument will be based on a Waters high temperature GPC possessing an array of detection systems assembled from three vendors: Waters Corporation, Wyatt Technology Corporation, and Viscotek Corporation. NSF initiated or funded research that will benefit from using the proposed instrument includes projects to make new plastics, polymers for drug release, polymers to make all-organic displays, and polymers for biological and chemical sensors. In addition 40-50 undergraduate students, graduate students (including two NSF Graduate Research Fellows) and postdocs present at any one time in the Butler Laboratory who will recieve training on this instrumentation. Researchers from other Departments in the Center for Macromolecular Science and Engineering (especially Materials Science) will use the facility. Further, Professor Duran leads an NSF/REU site with strong ties to France, and each of the faculty members directs REU students through this.