Raman Spectroscopy Implemented into Undergraduate Science Education

化学（12）在这个项目中，新的微尺度成像和化学鉴定能力正在通过创新的课程，由波茨坦的纽约州立大学获得的拉曼散射显微镜和拉曼光谱仪器的基础上开发。 创新的课程包括两个科学系（化学和生物学）和人类学系的学生的拉曼仪器的实践经验。 正在开发一系列新的实验，用于低年级本科课程，一系列新的实验室，采用先进技术正在引入高年级课程。 新的仪器功能也被用来吸引学生在纳米科学现象领域的本科研究，以提高学生的准备，以解决未来的挑战，在工作场所，工业实验室或学术界。 与此同时，正在为人类学学生进行示范，目的是传播关于化合物鉴定和微观分析的独特特点和突出可能性的信息。 虽然高分辨率拉曼成像技术和化学鉴定的物种下降到单分子水平已在教科书和研究论文，为学生创造了新的实践经验，以提高学生的化学理解在纳米水平的机会，使他们能够获得新的实验室技能。 这些经验整合在整个课程正在推进学习过程中的纳米科学发现和新兴的纳米技术的爆炸需要新的方法来识别和监测纳米结构中的活性化学物质的挑战。

Chemistry (12)In this project, new microscale imaging and chemical identification capabilities are being developed through the innovative coursework based on the Raman Scattering microscopy and Raman spectroscopy instrumentation acquired by the State University of New York at Potsdam. The innovative coursework involves hands-on experience with Raman instrumentation for students of two science departments (Chemistry and Biology) and the Anthropology department. A series of new experiments are being developed for use in lower division undergraduate courses, and a series of new laboratories incorporating advanced technologies are being introduced in upper division courses. The new instrumental capabilities are also being utilized to engage students in undergraduate research in the fields of nanoscience phenomena to enhance students' preparation for solving future challenges in the work place, industrial labs or academia. At the same time, demonstrations are being carried out for anthropology students with the aim to spread the information about the unique features and outstanding possibilities of compound identification and microscale analysis. While the high resolution Raman imaging techniques and chemical identification of species down to single molecule level have been presented in textbooks and research papers, the new hands-on experiences for students creates the opportunity to enhance students' comprehension of chemistry at the nanoscale level and enables them to gain new laboratory skills. These experiences integrated across the curriculum are advancing the learning process to the challenges of the explosion of nanoscience discoveries and emerging nanotechnologies requiring new approaches to the identification and monitoring of active chemical species in nanostructures.