International Cooperative Research Program on High-Pressure, Laser-Induced Fluorescence Studies of Nitric Oxide and Molecular Fuel Tracers

0230550汉森该奖项支持PI和斯坦福大学的研究生与德国海德堡大学物理与化学研究所的Juergen Wolfrum合作。德国和美国集团的联合努力将集中在两个容易受到它们互补专长影响的问题上。一个是在高压下激光诱导的一氧化氮荧光定量测量的发展，其中压力展宽产生来自分子氧的干扰。另一个是将分子燃料示踪剂的特性扩展到高压，用于燃料/空气混合的成像。德国和美国的研究小组选择了具有不同化学结构的分子示踪剂，合作研究将促进两种不同方法的直接比较。在这个项目的头一年半时间里，在这两个问题上都完成了重要的工作。第三年将以这一出色的记录为基础，完成一氧化氮和燃料示踪剂的工作。该项目还有一个教育目的。该项目将使参与的研究生受益于在另一个国家进行研究。他们将在学习重要的新技术技能的同时，提高对周围世界的欣赏。

0230550HansonThis award supports the PI and graduate students from Stanford University in a collaboration with Juergen Wolfrum of the Institute for Physics and Chemistry at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. The combined efforts of the German and US groups will focus on two problems susceptible to their complementary expertise. One is the development of quantitative laser-induced fluorescence measurements of nitric oxide at high pressures where pressure broadening produces interference from molecular oxygen. The other is to extend to high pressure the characterization of molecular fuel tracers for imaging of the fuel/air mixing. The German and US groups have chosen molecular tracers with different chemical structure, and the collaborative research will facilitate direct comparison of the two different methods. During the first year and a half of this project, significant work was completed on both problems. The third year will build on this excellent track record and bring the work on nitric oxide and the fuel tracers towards closure.The project also has an educational objective. The project will allow the graduate students involved to benefit from performing research in another country. They will develop a heightened appreciation of the world around them while also learning important new technical skills.