MRI: Acquisition of an Imaging XPS for Materials Research and Training

杜克大学和北卡罗来纳州立大学的一组研究人员申请资助购买成像X射线光电子能谱仪(XPS)，供教职员工共享使用。这一要求的动机是在参与教员的研究中迫切需要现代表面分析工具，特别是XPS，而目前杜克大学或研究三角地区缺乏此类仪器供共享使用。拟议的Axis Ultra(Kratos Analytical Inc.)该仪器允许导体和绝缘体的XPS，能量分辨率为1 eV，空间分辨率为~10微米。该仪器将由杜克大学9个教员的研究小组在以下系使用：生物医学工程(奇尔科蒂、莱切特和特鲁斯基)、化学(克雷格、格林斯塔夫、刘和皮龙)、材料科学与工程(佐斯彻)和电气工程(马苏德)。此外，北卡罗来纳州立大学化学工程(Genzer)和化学(Gorman)的两名教员也是这项提议的核心研究员，因为他们在研究中迫切需要高空间和能量分辨率的XPS。该仪器将安装在杜克大学莱文科学研究中心的共享材料仪器设施中，并将用于需要高空间和能量分辨率XPS的各种项目。

0216197ChilkotiA group of investigators at Duke University and North Carolina State University request funding to purchase an imaging X-ray photoelectron spectrometer (XPS) for the shared use of faculty. This request is motivated by an urgent need for contemporary surface analysis tools, especially XPS, in the research of participating faculty and the lack of such instrumentation currently at Duke University or in the Research Triangle area for shared use. The proposed Axis Ultra (Kratos Analytical Inc.) instrument allows XPS of both conductors and insulators with an energy resolution of 1 eV and a spatial resolution of ~10 um. This instrument will be used by the research groups of nine faculty at Duke University in the following departments: Biomedical Engineering (Chilkoti, Reichert and Truskey), Chemistry (Craig, Grinstaff, Liu, and Pirrung), Materials Science and Engineering (Zauscher), and Electrical Engineering (Massoud). In addition, two faculty at North Carolina State University in Chemical Engineering (Genzer) and Chemistry (Gorman) are also core investigators in this proposal, because of their pressing need for high spatial- and energy-resolution XPS in their research. The instrument will be located in the Shared Materials Instrumentation Facility in the Levine Science Research Center at Duke University, and will be used in diverse projects that require high spatial and energy resolution XPS.