Charge Transfers at Soft Nanoscopic Interfaces

化学系的分析和表面化学(ASC)计划将支持纽约州立大学皇后学院迈克尔·米尔金教授的研究计划。米尔金教授的研究旨在开发新的电分析技术来测量离子和电子的传输过程，首先是在界面上，然后是在生物细胞中。为了实现这一目标，米尔金教授和他的学生将制造基于纳米管的探针，并将它们与扫描电化学显微镜(SECM)结合使用来对观察到的样品进行干涉。该项目将促进对基于纳米电极的探针和软界面之间相互作用的基本理解。从长远来看，它将使细胞生物学家能够研究细胞内离子和电子传输过程的动力学。这项研究将为希望在纳米电化学及其在生物学中的应用的前沿交叉学科领域进行培训的本科生、研究生和博士后研究员提供一个极好的教育机会。

The Analytical and Surface Chemistry (ASC) program of the Division of Chemistry will support the research program of Prof. Michael Mirkin of CUNY Queens College. Prof. Mirkin's research aims to develop new electroanalytical techniques to measure ion and electron transport processes, first at interfaces and later in biological cells. To realize this goal, Prof. Mirkin and his students will fabricate nanopipette-based probes and employ them in conjunction with scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) to interogate the observed samples. The project will advance basic understanding of the interactions between nanoelectrode based probes and soft interfaces. In the long term it will enable cell biologists to study the kinetics of ion and electron transport processes in cells. The study will provide an excellent educational opportunity for undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who wish to train in the cutting edge interdisciplinary area of nano-electrochemistry and its applications in biology.