CRIF:MU Acquisition of Particle Sizing and Characterization Instrumentation for Chemistry Research and Education

有了化学研究仪器和设施：多用户(CRIF：MU)计划颁发的这一奖项，爱荷华大学化学系将获得一套仪器，用于确定颗粒大小并表征小颗粒的表面和性质。所要求的设备包括动态光散射仪、扫描迁移率粒度仪、空气动力学粒度仪、电感耦合等离子体光学发射光谱仪和BET表面科学面积分析仪。该仪器将用于研究项目，包括1)纳米沸石的合成和应用；2)粒子的大气和环境化学；3)纳米结构无机材料的新合成途径；4)粒子表面改性；5)量子点在生物传感中的应用；6)在本科化学课程中开发新的实验。这套仪器将被纳入化学系推广项目，该项目将把地区性本科机构的教职员工和学生带到爱荷华大学，参加实践研讨会，涉及他们的母校没有的先进仪器。

With this award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities: Multi User (CRIF:MU) program, the Chemistry Department at the University of Iowa will acquire a suite of instruments to determine particle size and to characterize the surface and properties of small particles. The requested equipment includes a dynamic light scattering instrument, a scanning mobility particle sizer, an aerodynamic particle sizer, an inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer and a BET surface science area analyzer. This instrumentation will be used in research projects including 1) synthesis and applications for nanocrystalline zeolites; 2) atmospheric and environmental chemistry of particles; 3) new synthetic routes to nanostructured inorganic materials; 4) particle surface modifications; 5) applications of quantum dots in biosensing, and, 6) development of new experiments in the undergraduate chemistry curriculum. The set of instruments will be incorporated into the Department of Chemistry outreach programs that bring faculty and students from regional undergraduate institutions to the University of Iowa for hands-on workshops involving advanced instrumentation not available at their home institutions.