Renovation of Chemistry Research Facilities at Saint Louis University

圣路易斯大学化学研究设施改造

• 批准号: 0963363
• 负责人: Steven Buckner
• 金额: $ 79.18万
• 依托单位: Saint Louis University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0963363&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Renovation; Chemistry; Research; Facilities; Saint

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). This award supports renovation of laboratory space in Monsanto Hall on the campus of Saint Louis University. Under the present conditions, the laboratories have large temperature fluctuations, poor humidity control, excessive dust and leakage of air and water from windows, and condensation dripping from pipes in the ceiling. Funding from this award will enable the Department to complete renovation of aging labs, improve the environmental quality of the space and accuracy of experimental results, and increase the amount of available research space by renovating old, laboratories currently used for research. The research areas that will be directly affected include biochemistry, the synthesis and application of nanomaterials, the synthesis and characterization of metallacarborane complexes, the effects of self-organization (such as oscillations and pattern formation) on the reactive properties of complex electrochemical systems, studies of rotational diffusion, non-covalent interactions of aromatic compounds, the use of microchip-based analytical systems to study various biological systems, molecular biology, bioelectrocatalysis, and the thermodynamics and structural features of RNA motifs. In addition to graduate and undergraduate students, the Chemistry Department involves high school students from across the St. Louis area in research. The location of the University within the urban core of St. Louis enables natural participation from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in science and technology. The laboratory improvements will allow training of more undergraduate, graduate, and high school students.

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。 该奖项支持圣刘易斯大学校园内孟山都大厅实验室空间的翻新。 在目前的条件下，实验室的温度波动很大，湿度控制很差，灰尘过多，窗户漏气漏水，天花板上的管道有冷凝水滴落。 该奖项的资金将使该部门能够完成老化实验室的翻新，提高空间的环境质量和实验结果的准确性，并通过翻新目前用于研究的旧实验室来增加可用的研究空间。 将直接受到影响的研究领域包括生物化学、纳米材料的合成与应用、金属碳硼烷配合物的合成与表征、自组织效应等（如振荡和图案形成）对复杂电化学系统的反应特性，旋转扩散的研究，芳族化合物的非共价相互作用，使用基于微芯片的分析系统来研究各种生物系统、分子生物学、生物电催化以及RNA基序的热力学和结构特征。 除了研究生和本科生，化学系还包括来自圣路易斯地区的高中生。圣路易斯的城市核心内的大学的位置使传统上在科学和技术代表性不足的群体的自然参与。 实验室的改进将使更多的本科生，研究生和高中生的培训。