MRI/RUI: Acquisition of a Combination Raman and FTIR for Research, Education, and Training

1338014 Tabbetha Dobbins技术总结：主要研究仪器项目的这一奖项将支持罗文大学的研究人员购买一台拉曼和FTIR光谱组合仪器，位于卡姆登的罗格斯大学的合作者将获得该仪器。罗文正在迅速成长为新泽西州南部的一所研究和研究培训大学。在生物医学、化学、能源、环境和制药科学方面的研究正在进行中。获得最先进的仪器将成像和振动光谱结合在一起，能够在亚微米级别收集拉曼和FTIR信号，这将直接影响学院的研究项目。这些项目包括：(I)确定燃料电池和电池应用的纳米结构和掺杂金属氢化物的声子态密度；(Ii)测量菱面体扭曲钙钛矿结构中的晶格动力学和声子、磁振子和电磁振子相互作用；(Iii)评估质子离子液体溶液的结构，以更好地理解质子溶剂化机理；(Iv)产生非对称光学边带，该边带可以根据构型相对于载流子种子光红移或蓝移；(V)测量蛋白质和聚合物材料在不同温度下的动态结构转变，以形成可调节的生物材料，如薄膜、凝胶、颗粒、纤维或复合材料，可广泛用于组织再生药物、受控药物输送、生物传感器和生物光子学；以及(Vi)通过测量一种名为“湿”的新型街头药物的振动光谱特征，了解其全部组成及其生理效应。伙伴机构的研究人员正在积极从事纳米材料和纳米设备的开发、用于能源研究的新型化学品以及需要进行光学性能测量的先进测量设备的设计。此次收购将支持罗文大学的实验研究机会和能力的增长，并加强与附近坎登仅20分钟车程的罗格斯大学的合作。非技术摘要：有了这项来自主要研究仪器计划的仪器收购奖，罗文大学的研究人员和卡姆登罗格斯大学的合作者现在将拥有利用两种强大技术相结合的新系统用光研究分子的能力。这种组合仪器使科学家能够研究分子是如何振动的。通过了解振动频率，科学家可以对材料的身份、键类型、掺杂原子位置和键强度等方面进行物理和化学方面的了解。该仪器使罗文大学和合作机构在材料科学、物理、化学、生物学和生物医学科学与工程领域的研究和培训成为可能。还将提供教育机会，在生物物理学、细胞生物学、遗传学、生物信息学和法医学课程的教学中使用拉曼光谱和傅里叶变换红外光谱；以及为从事研究工作的高级学生开设实验室课程。受这一仪器收购影响的教职员工、学生和博士后研究人员包括：14名教职员工调查人员，24名本科生和16名研究生，以及每年开设的物理、化学、生物、法医学、电气和计算机工程课程的216名学生。

1338014Tabbetha Dobbins TECHNICAL SUMMARY:This award from the Major Research Instrumentation program will support researchers at Rowan University with the acquisition of a combined Raman and FTIR spectroscopy instrument and collaborators at Rutgers University in Camden will access the instrument. Rowan is rapidly growing as a research and research training university in southern New Jersey. Research is ongoing in biomedical science, chemistry, energy, environmental, and pharmaceutical science. Acquisition of the state-of-the-art instrumentation, which combines imaging and vibrational spectroscopy to enable collection of both Raman and FTIR signals at the sub-micron levels, will directly impact the faculty research projects. These projects include: (i) determining phonon density of states for nanostructured and doped metal hydrides for fuel cell and battery applications; (ii) measuring lattice dynamics and phonon, magnon and electro-magnon interactions in the rhombohedrally distorted perovskite structures; (iii) evaluating the structures of protic ionic liquid solutions to better understand proton-solvation mechanisms; (iv) generating asymmetric optical sidebands which can be red-shifted or blue-shifted relative to the carrier seed light depending on configuration; (v) measuring dynamic structural transitions in protein and polymer materials at various temperatures to form tunable biomaterials such as films, gels, particles, fibers, or composites which can be widely used for tissue regeneration medicine, controlled drug delivery, biosensors, and biophotonics; and (vi) understanding the full composition, and therefore physiological effects, of a new street drug, called "wet" by measuring its vibrational spectroscopic signature. Researchers at the partner institutions are actively working on nanomaterial and nanodevice development, novel chemicals for energy research, and design of advanced measurement devices for which optical property measurement is necessary. This acquisition will support the growth in experimental research opportunities and capabilities at Rowan University and to enhance collaboration with Rutgers University located only 20 minutes away in nearby Camden.NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY:With this instrument acquisition award from the Major Research Instrumentation program researchers at Rowan University and collaborators at Rutgers University in Camden will now have expanded capabilities for studying molecules with light using a new system combining two powerful techniques. This combined instrument allows scientists to study how molecules vibrate. By learning about the vibrational frequencies, scientists can gain physical and chemical insights into materials regarding their identities, bond types, dopant atom positioning and bond strength. This instrument makes it possible to advance research and training at Rowan University and collaborating institutions in areas of materials science, physics, chemistry, biology, and biomedical science and engineering. Educational opportunities will also be available by including Raman and FTIR in the teaching of biophysics, cell biology, genetics, bioinformatics and forensic science courses; as well as in laboratory courses for senior-level students working in a research format. The faculty, students, and post-doctoral researchers impacted by this instrumental acquisition include: 14 faculty investigators, 24 undergraduate and 16 graduate research students and 216 students per year in courses offered in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Forensic Science, and Electrical and Computer Engineering.