MRI: Acquisition of Tunable Laser System and Atomic Force Microscope

这一重大研究仪器计划将支持奥克伍德学院购买原子力显微镜(AFM)、可调谐激光器和探测器系统。原子力显微镜将在奥克伍德学院用于分析基质，包括合成和生物膜、聚合物和液-液界面。此次收购将使本科生更好地了解物质的原子性；它将为理工科和数学系的学生提供收集图像和图像后数据分析的实践经验；加强和加强对奥克伍德学院生物、化学、数学和计算机科学系未被充分代表的少数族裔学生的研究、研究教育和培训。这项收购还将促进国家对传感化学和生物战剂感兴趣的前沿研究。研究仪器是进行前沿纳米科学研究的必要工具，以促进材料研究的知识。将直接受益于所要求的仪器的具体研究项目包括：i)新型化学传感材料的原子力显微镜表征；ii)探测油/水界面的选择性催化性能；iii)激光诱导绿色植物中的生化信号；以及iv)高分辨率光谱分析用于超快存储设备的薄膜。主要研究仪器计划将使奥克伍德学院获得原子力显微镜(AFM)、可调激光和探测器系统。这些仪器将设在库珀科学综合体，将用于启动多学科研究活动，涉及来自化学、生物、数学和计算机科学系的少数族裔学生。AFM、激光和探测器系统将作为大学课程中用于研究和教育目的的常规工具。此次收购将扩大奥克伍德学院在使用纳米晶体、晶体、玻璃、聚合物材料和薄膜的高性能数据存储、光开关、光过滤器和路由器方面的研究范围。这项收购将通过引入新课程使学生受益，这些课程将使他们能够从事具有挑战性的学术和工业研究、暑期实习和未来的职业生涯。它将帮助支持奥克伍德学院正在进行的研究和其他项目。它还将增加该机构的基础设施，并加强对学生和教师的招聘和留住。这将增强一种有利于本科生教学、培训和发展年轻的、在科学方面非常有才华的头脑的研究氛围。

This Major Research Instrumentation program will support the acquisition of an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), tunable laser, and detector system at Oakwood College. The AFM will be used at Oakwood College to analyze substrates including synthetic and biological membranes, polymers, and liquid-liquid interfaces. This acquisition will provide a better understanding of atomic nature of matter to undergraduate students; it will give hands-on experience in collecting images and post-image data analysis to science, engineering and mathematics major students; strengthen and increase research, research education and training of underrepresented minority students from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Computer Science departments at Oakwood College. This acquisition will also facilitate cutting-edge research of national interest towards sensing chemical and biological warfare agents. The research instrumentation is necessary to conduct cutting edge nanoscience research for advancing the knowledge of materials research. The specific research projects that will directly benefit from the requested instrumentation include: i) AFM characterization of novel chemical sensing materials; ii) probing the selective catalytic properties of oil/water interfaces; iii) Laser induced biochemical signaling in green plants; and iv) High resolution spectroscopy to analyze thin films for ultra fast memory devices. The Major Research Instrumentation program will enable Oakwood College to acquire Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), tunable laser and detector system. These instruments will be located in the Cooper Science Complex and will be used to initiate multidisciplinary research activities involving underrepresented minority students from Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics and Computer Science departments. The AFM, laser and detector system will be used as routine tools in the college curriculum for research and education purposes. This acquisition will expand the scope of research at Oakwood College in high performance data storage, optical switches, optical filters and routers using nanocrystals, crystals, glasses, polymer materials and thin films. This acquisition will benefit the students by the introduction of new courses that will equip them to pursue challenging academic and industrial research summer internships and future careers. It will aid in supporting ongoing research and other programs at Oakwood College. It will also increase the infrastructure of the institution and enhance the recruitment and retention of students and faculty. This will enhance a research atmosphere complimentary to undergraduate teaching, training and development of young, highly talented minds in the sciences.