Fundamental Studies of Molecules Tethered at Immersed Interfaces Using Overlayer-Enhanced ATR-FTR

化学系的分析与表面化学（ASC）项目将支持加州大学戴维斯分校Donald Land教授的研究项目。 Land 教授的研究项目侧重于开发覆盖层增强衰减全反射傅里叶变换红外 (OE-ATR-FTIR) 光谱技术，用于研究浸入水性液体中的固体界面。 该技术为当前使用的表面光谱方法（例如表面增强拉曼散射（SERS）和和频生成（SFG）光谱）提供了独特的补充功能。 兰德教授和他的学生将进行详细的实验和建模研究，以优化这种独特光谱的性能，以促进其在吸附到薄膜表面的生物分子表征方面的应用。该研究将为研究生和博士后学员提供一个极好的教育机会，以开展光谱方法开发项目，该项目有可能对涉及表面和界面上生物分子之间相互作用的研究产生重大影响。

The Analytical and Surface Chemistry (ASC) program of the Division of Chemistry will support the research program of Prof. Donald Land of the University of California at Davis. Prof. Land's research program focuses on the development of an overlayer-enhanced attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (OE-ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy technique for the study of solid interfaces that are immersed in aqueous fluids. This technique offers unique complementary capabilities to currently used surface spectroscopic methods like surface enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) and Sum Frequency Generation (SFG) Spectroscopy. Prof. Land and his students will perform detailed experimental and modeling studies to optimize the performance of this unique spectroscopy to facilitate its applications for the characterization of biomolecules that are adsorbed to the surface of thin films. The study will provide an excellent educational opportunity for graduate students and postdoctoral trainees to carry out a spectroscopic method development project with the potential to greatly impact studies involving interactions between biomolecules on surfaces and at interfaces.