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

这份来自化学研究仪器和设施：多用户（CRIF:MU）计划的奖励，将使爱荷华大学化学系获得一套仪器来确定颗粒大小，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、气动粒度仪、电感耦合等离子体光学发射光谱仪和BET表面科学区域分析仪。该仪器将用于以下研究项目：1)纳米晶沸石的合成和应用；2)粒子的大气与环境化学；3)纳米结构无机材料的新合成途径；4)颗粒表面修饰；5)量子点在生物传感中的应用；6)开发本科化学课程中的新实验。这套仪器将被纳入化学系的外展计划，该计划将来自地区本科院校的教师和学生带到爱荷华大学，参加涉及先进仪器的实践研讨会，这些仪器在他们的家乡院校是没有的。

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.