MRI-R2: Acquistion of modern high-performance liquid chromatography instrumentation for research and education at IUP

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。来自宾夕法尼亚州印第安纳州大学的福特和同事Jaeju Ko将获得一台配备自动进样器和脉冲安培检测器的高效液相色谱（HPLC）仪器。该仪器将用于支持研究活动，如纤维素和cyclodrextrins的动力学研究以及金刚石的表面化学。这些研究的结果也将用于酶活性位点的计算研究。HPLC系统将允许将物质的混合物分离成单个组分，以通过分析这些物质相互作用提供的特征痕迹来促进其研究。该技术采用在高压下通过分离柱的液体样品。这项研究将在许多领域产生重大影响，特别是有机化学，材料化学和生物化学。该仪器将成为教学和研究的一个组成部分。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).With this award from the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program Professor John C. Ford and colleague Jaeju Ko from Indiana University of Pennsylvania will acquire a high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) instrument equipped with an automatic injector and pulsed amperometric detectors. The instrument will be used to support research activities such as kinetic studies of celluloses and cyclodrextrins as well as surface chemistry of diamond. Results of these studies will be also be used in computational studies of enzyme active-sites.An HPLC system will allow separation of mixtures of substances into individual components to facilitate their study by analyzing the characteristic traces provided by the interaction of such substances. The technique employs liquid samples which are run through separation columns at high pressure. This research will have a significant impact in a number of areas, especially organic chemistry, materials chemistry and biochemistry. This instrument will be an integral part of teaching as well as research.