EAGER: Proposal for Nonlinear Optical Imaging of Interfacial Acid Base Chemistry

“该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。“西北大学的Franz盖革教授得到化学系分析和表面化学项目的支持，开发了一种用于询问流体/固体界面的无标记非线性光学成像电压表。使用该仪器，盖革教授和他的学生将确定流体/固体界面的界面电荷密度和界面电位如何在空间和时间中随着流体/固体界面进行酸碱化学而演变。该项目的影响预计将远远超出直接的SHG社区。具体而言，从无标记非线性光学成像电压表获得的结果可能会影响化学，生物学和物理学领域的许多领域，通过产生新的研究项目，旨在了解，控制和预测静电如何在流体/固体界面的空间和时间中演变。

"This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)." Professor Franz Geiger of Northwestern University is supported by the Analytical and Surface Chemistry Program in the Division of Chemistry to develop a label-free non-linear optical imaging voltmeter for interrogating fluid/solid interfaces. Using this instrument, Prof. Geiger and his students will determine how the interfacial charge density and the interfacial potential of fluid/solid interfaces evolve in space and time as fluid/solid interfaces undergo acid-base chemistry. The project impact is expected to reach far beyond the immediate SHG community. Specifically, the results obtained from the label-free non linear optical imaging voltmeter are likely to impact many areas in the fields of chemistry, biology, and physics by spawning new research projects aimed at understanding, controlling, and predicting how electrostatics evolve in space and time at fluid/solid interfaces.