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

“这项奖励是根据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 Geiger教授在化学系分析和表面化学项目的支持下，开发了一种无标签非线性光学成像电压表，用于查询流体/固体界面。利用该仪器，Geiger教授和他的学生将确定当流体/固体界面发生酸碱化学反应时，界面电荷密度和界面势如何在空间和时间上演变。预计该项目的影响将远远超出直接的SHG社区。具体来说，从无标签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，产生新的研究项目，旨在理解，控制和预测静电在流体/固体界面的空间和时间演变。

"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.