MRI/RUI: Acquisition of Desktop X-ray Diffractometer

该主要研究仪器RUI赠款支持购买台式X射线衍射仪，该衍射仪将用于杰克逊州立大学（本科教学型大学）的材料科学和固态化学研究。这种衍射仪不需要水冷，并且非常简单，本科生可以在短期培训后使用它。 衍射仪将用于教学实验室以及研究。研究是多种多样的。一个例子是探索新形式的硅，包括含有40%分子氢的非晶硅。新的开放式骨架结构，如硅锗和锡笼形物也将被表征。该设备将与伯明翰的亚拉巴马大学和奥本大学共享使用。它应该加强三所大学之间正在进行的合作。这些设备还将与一个名为“亚拉巴马科学运动”的项目合作，用作高中生的演示工具，并将用于当地高中教师的继续教育硕士项目。

This Major Research Instrumentation RUI grant supports acquisition of a desk top x-ray diffractometer that will be used in materials science and solid-state chemistry research at Jackson State University, an undergraduate, teaching-oriented university. This diffractometer does not require water cooling and is sufficiently simple that undergraduate students can use it after a short training period. The diffractometer will be used in teaching laboratories as well as in research. The research is varied. One example is exploring new forms of silicon, including amorphous silicon that contains on the order of 40% molecular hydrogen. New open framework structures such as silicon-germanium and tin clathrates will also be characterized.This equipment will see shared use with the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Auburn University. It should enhance the on-going collaborations between the three universities. The equipment will also be used as a demonstration tool for high school students in collaboration with a program called "Alabama Science in Motion" and will be employed in the continuing education Masters Program for local high school teachers.