MRI: Acquisition of a Raman Spectrometer for Research and Training at the University of Mississippi

根据主要研究仪器（MRI）项目和化学研究仪器和设施（CRIF）项目的合同，密西西比大学将获得一台拉曼光谱仪。拉曼光谱已成为学术化学部门、工业和法医实验室分析材料以及基础和应用研究中不可或缺的分析工具。该仪器使用激光与材料相互作用并散射光以产生光谱。光谱提供了样品中材料的组成和结构的基本信息。该仪器将被研究生和本科生用于他们的研究。它将被纳入本科实验课和法医学课程，以训练学生使用现代设备。来自至少四所密西西比州主要本科院校（PUIs）和传统黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）的学生将使用这种先进的分析仪器。该机构将成为需要该技术的研究人员的区域资源。该奖项旨在加强以下领域的研究：(a)阐明弱非共价相互作用对生物构建块的影响；(b)描述新开发的纳米材料，包括太阳能电池构件、二氧化碳还原催化剂、新型有机半导体和金纳米颗粒；(c)发展胶束聚合合成技术；(d)研究二氧化碳被吸收到含碳物质中的影响；(e)研究离子液体及其分子间相互作用。

With this award from the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program and the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program, the University of Mississippi will acquire a Raman spectrometer. Raman spectroscopy has become an integral analytical tool in academic chemistry departments, in industry, and in forensic laboratories for the analysis of materials and for basic and applied research. The instrument uses a laser to interact and scatter light from the material to produce a spectrum. The spectrum provides basic information on the composition and structure of the material in a sample. The instrument will be employed in their research by graduate and undergraduate students. It will be incorporated into undergraduate laboratory classes and a Forensic Science program to train students with modern equipment. Students from at least four Mississippi Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will use this advanced analytical instrumentation. The institution will become a regional resource for researchers in need of the technique. The award is aimed at enhancing research in areas such as (a) elucidating effects of weak noncovalent interactions on biological building blocks; (b) characterizating newly developed nanomaterials including solar cell building blocks, catalysts for carbon dioxide reduction, new organic semiconductor, and gold nanoparticles; (c) developing admicellar polymerization synthetic techniques; (d) studying the effects of carbon dioxide uptake into carbonaceous materials; and (e) studying ionic liquids and their intermolecular interactions.