MRI: Development of a Multidimensional Nonlinear Spectrometer Spanning the Ultraviolet to the Infrared

密歇根大学的Jennifer Ogilvie教授和他的同事Stephen Forrest、Kevin Kubarych、Theodore Norris和Vanessa Sih将获得美国主要研究仪器项目的资助和化学研究仪器项目的支持，他们将开发一种多光谱多维非线性（MMDS）光谱仪，用于研究原子、分子和材料系统在飞秒到秒之间的动力学过程。从紫外线（UV）到红外线（IR）。这将有助于深入了解DNA光损伤和修复机制以及金属酶的功能。混合和匹配红外线、可见光和紫外线波长的能力将是一种新颖的、潜在的非常强大的技术。调查人员将创建模块，为K-12学生提供拓展活动。重要的是，学生和博士后在这个项目中的参与将有助于培养新一代的乐器演奏家。该奖项旨在加强各级的研究和教育，特别是在复杂凝聚相系统研究等领域。该仪器还将用于探测生物物质的组成部分：氨基酸和核酸的动力学，以深入了解DNA光损伤和修复机制以及金属酶的功能，并将为研究纳米结构的物理学提供工具。还指出，该仪器将处理与提高有机光电装置效率有关的关键问题。

With this award from the Major Research Instrumentation Program and support from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation Program, Professor Jennifer Ogilvie from the University of Michigan and colleagues Stephen Forrest, Kevin Kubarych, Theodore Norris and Vanessa Sih will develop a multispectral multidimensional non-linear (MMDS) spectrometer to enable studies of dynamical processes in atomic, molecular, and material systems spanning femtoseconds to seconds, from the ultraviolet (UV) to the infrared (IR) regimes. This will allow insight into DNA photodamage and repair mechanisms and metalloenzyme function. The ability to mix and match infrared, visible and ultraviolet wavelengths will be a novel and potentially very powerful technique. The investigators will create modules that will serve for outreach activities to K-12 students. Importantly, participation of students and postdoctoral associates in this project will serve to educate a new generation of instrumentalists.The award is aimed at enhancing research and education at all levels, especially in areas such as the study of complex condensed phase systems. The instrument will also be used to probe the dynamics of the building blocks of biological matter: amino and nucleic acids, to gain insight into DNA photodamage and repair mechanisms and metalloenzyme function and will provide a tool for studying the physics of nanostructures. It is also noted that the instrument would address key questions relevant to improving the efficiency of organic photovoltaic devices.