IMR: Acquisition of a Gel Permeation Chromatography with Multiple Detection System for Polymer Research and Education

该提案要求支持购买具有MALS， RI和粘度检测器的凝胶渗透色谱装置，用于聚合物材料的研究和教育。对该仪器的需求是基于使用GPC来表征定制设计的聚合物的需求显著增加。这份提案中列出的调查人员中有7人是在过去五年内被马萨诸塞大学聘用的，这一事实证明了这一要求。这些定制设计的聚合物的应用范围从材料科学到生物学。该仪器还将作为以科学普及为目标的高中外展项目的示范设备。该提案要求一种凝胶渗透色谱设备来表征聚合物材料。马萨诸塞大学的几个研究小组对聚合物的设计和合成很感兴趣，这些聚合物在各种各样的应用中都很有兴趣。这些应用范围从材料科学（如发光二极管和光伏材料）到生物学（如靶向递送化疗药物到癌细胞）。在教育方面，该设备将用于“科学普及”推广计划的演示，该计划由该提案的PI和合作PI运行。＊＊＊

This proposal requests support for acquiring a gel permeation chromatography set-up with MALS, RI, and viscosity detectors for polymer materials research and education. The need for the instrumentation is based on significantly increased demand in using GPC for characterizing custom-designed polymers. This demand is evidenced by the fact that seven of the investigators listed in this proposal were hired by the University of Massachusetts within the past five years. The applications of these custom-designed polymers range from material science to biology. This instrument will also serve as a demonstration equipment for high school outreach programs targeted on science popularization. %%%This proposal requests a Gel Permeation Chromatography equipment to characterize polymeric materials. Several research groups at the University of Massachusetts are interested in the design and synthesis of polymers that are of interest in a wide variety of applications. These applications range from material science (e.g. light emitting diodes and photovoltaic materials) to biology (e.g. targeted delivery of chemotherapeutic drugs to cancer cells). On the educational side, this equipment will be used for demonstrations in a 'science popularization' outreach program that is being run by the PI and co-PIs of this proposal. ***