RUI: Hydroperoxide photochemistry under solar wavelengths at dawn and dusk

RUI：黎明和黄昏太阳波长下的氢过氧化物光化学

• 批准号: 0910617
• 负责人: Robert Linck
• 金额: $ 19.88万
• 依托单位: Smith College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-07-01 至 2013-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0910617&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RUI; Hydroperoxide; photochemistry; under; solar

This award, funded by the Experimental Physical Chemistry Program of the Division of Chemistry, supports a project by Dr. Shizuka Hsieh and her students at Smith College, an undergraduate liberal arts college for women. The aim is to quantify the photochemistry of organic hydroperoxides, atmospheric molecules that are potential sources and sinks of radicals, at solar wavelengths available at dawn and at dusk. For the near-IR and visible wavelengths that excite high vibrational states, existing laser-based and computational tools enable characterization of the initial absorption process, the nature of the vibrational states, and any subsequent radical formation. New equipment will extend capabilities to quantifying radical production at near-UV wavelengths. Target molecules are atmospheric hydroperoxides for which little is currently known: ethyl, propyl, and fluorinated methyl hydroperoxides. Two to four undergraduates at a time will be co-workers on this project, and a priority will be recruiting students from under-represented groups through the AEMES (Achieving Excellence in Math, Engineering, and Science) and Early Mentoring programs at Smith.Quantifying the photochemistry of these organic hydroperoxides will contribute to the larger body of data relevant for atmospheric studies, in particular predictions of how these molecules contribute to hydroxyl radical formation. The project is designed so undergraduate women gain experience with laser-based experiments and an appreciation of how fundamental photochemistry, spectroscopy, and quantum mechanics are essential to modeling and understanding atmospheric processes.

该奖项由化学系实验物理化学项目资助，支持谢静香博士和她在史密斯学院的学生的一个项目，史密斯学院是一所女子本科文科学院。 其目的是量化有机氢过氧化物的光化学，大气分子是自由基的潜在来源和汇，在黎明和黄昏时可用的太阳波长。 对于激发高振动态的近红外和可见光波长，现有的基于激光的计算工具能够表征初始吸收过程、振动态的性质以及任何随后的自由基形成。 新设备将扩大能力，以量化近紫外波长的自由基生产。 目标分子是目前知之甚少的大气氢过氧化物：乙基、丙基和氟化甲基氢过氧化物。 一次两到四名本科生将成为这个项目的合作者，并且优先考虑通过AEMES从代表性不足的群体中招募学生（在数学，工程和科学方面取得卓越成就）和史密斯的早期指导计划。量化这些有机氢过氧化物的光化学将有助于更大规模的大气研究相关数据，特别是预测这些分子如何促进羟基自由基的形成。 该项目的目的是让本科女性获得基于激光的实验经验，并了解基本的光化学，光谱学和量子力学对建模和理解大气过程至关重要。