ChemMatCARS: A synchrotron X-ray national facility for chemistry and materials research at the Advanced Photon Source

ChemMatCARS：先进光子源化学和材料研究的同步加速器 X 射线国家设施

• 批准号: 1346572
• 负责人: Matthew Tirrell
• 金额: $ 607.34万
• 依托单位: University of Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-04-01 至 2019-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1346572&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ChemMatCARS; synchrotron; ray; national; facility

The Division of Chemistry and the Division of Materials Research with support from the MPS Office of Multidisciplinary Activities provides continuing support to ChemMatCARS, a national user facility for frontier research in chemistry and materials science employing synchrotron X-rays at the Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory. Various stations at ChemMatCARS serve a broad national and international community of scientists. Research activities address vital societal issues, including the development of new energy sources such as solar-to-hydrogen production, biomolecular materials inspired by biological processes, environmental remediation processes, and new materials and catalysts important for a wide range of industries. The facility serves as a training ground for researchers at all levels and carries out numerous activities to develop and diversify the future STEM workforce.This user facility provides a unique high brilliance X-ray resource for the study of advanced small-molecule crystallography, liquid surface and interface scattering, and ultra-small to wide-angle scattering from bulk materials. Advanced instrumentation at ChemMatCARS enables forefront research of ordered and disordered solids, liquids and interfaces on the atomic, molecular and mesoscopic length scales over a range of time scales from nanoseconds to minutes. Users of ChemMatCARS take advantage of its unique capabilities to address a wide variety of scientific problems. Research topics include studies of interfacial chemistry important for environmental and life processes, biomolecular materials, metal-organic frameworks for gas adsorption and separation, inorganic materials for catalytic, electronic and magnetic applications, photo-responsive materials for switches, sensors, and energy production, directed assembly for tunable mesoscale structures, and new processes and materials for energy production and storage.

化学部和材料研究部在MPS多学科活动办公室的支持下，为ChemMatCARS提供持续的支持，ChemMatCARS是一个国家用户设施，用于在阿贡国家实验室先进光子源采用同步加速器X射线进行化学和材料科学前沿研究。ChemMatCARS的各个站点为广泛的国家和国际科学家社区提供服务。研究活动解决重要的社会问题，包括新能源的开发，如太阳能制氢，生物过程启发的生物分子材料，环境修复过程，以及对广泛行业重要的新材料和催化剂。该实验室是各级研究人员的培训基地，并开展了大量活动，以发展和多样化未来的STEM劳动力。该用户设施提供了独特的高亮度X射线资源，用于研究先进的小分子晶体学，液体表面和界面散射，以及体材料的超小到广角散射。ChemMatCARS的先进仪器能够在从纳秒到分钟的时间尺度范围内对原子、分子和介观长度尺度上的有序和无序固体、液体和界面进行前沿研究。ChemMatCARS的用户利用其独特的功能来解决各种科学问题。 研究课题包括对环境和生命过程重要的界面化学研究，生物分子材料，气体吸附和分离的金属有机框架，催化，电子和磁性应用的无机材料，开关，传感器和能源生产的光响应材料，可调介观结构的定向组装，以及能源生产和储存的新工艺和材料。