MRI: Acquisition of a Single-Crystal Diffractometer for Chemistry and Materials Research

获得主要研究仪器（MRI）项目、化学研究仪器（CRIF）项目以及刺激竞争性研究实验项目（EPSCoR）的奖励后，肯塔基大学的Sean Parkin教授及其同事John Anthony、Susan Odom、Edith Glazer和Oleg Tsodikov获得了一个配备互补金属氧化物传感器（CMOS）的微源单晶x射线衍射仪。x射线衍射是研究固体材料原子结构的有力工具。这个工具能够探测到化合物和材料的表面之下。材料的基本原子结构的知识是了解其性质和发展改进的基础。因此，x射线源、探测器和计算机技术的现代发展使得x射线衍射仪对化学和材料研究具有重要意义。微观结构知识的应用范围从化学到生物学、材料和医学，到开发更好的农用化学品、电子设备或药品等许多领域。这个最先进的系统用于以实验室为基础的晶体学课程的教学，本科无机化学教学实验室的课堂作业，以及教师、博士后、学生、访问学者、暑期学生、高中高年级实习生和英国高中STEAM学院的学生的特别培训。该衍射仪的收购将推进研究，特别是在肯塔基大学的领域，如：(a)有机电子材料的研究，(b)用于基因调控和癌症治疗的光活化剂的研究，(c)储能材料的设计和(d)生物学相关天然产物的分析。它还将被广泛应用于该校化学系、物理系、生物化学系、药剂系、先进材料中心（CAM）和应用能源研究中心（CAER）的其他各种研究小组，以及该地区和州外的其他机构。

With this award from the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program, the Chemistry Research Instrumentation (CRIF) Program as well as the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), Professor Sean Parkin from the University of Kentucky and colleagues John Anthony, Susan Odom, Edith Glazer and Oleg Tsodikov have acquired a microsource single crystal X-ray diffractometer equipped with a complementary metal oxide sensor (CMOS). X-ray diffraction is a powerful tool to investigate the atomic structure of solid materials. This tool is able to probe beneath the surface of compounds and materials. The knowledge of the underlying atomic structure of materials is fundamental to understanding their properties and developing improvements. Consequently, modern developments in the development of X-ray sources, detectors and computer technology have made X-ray diffractometers important for chemical and materials research. The applications of microscopic structural knowledge ranges across fields from chemistry to biology, materials and medicine, to applications such as developing better agrochemicals, electronic devices or pharmaceuticals and many others. This state-of-the-art system is used for teaching in a laboratory-based crystallography course, for class assignments in undergraduate inorganic chemistry teaching laboratories, as well as in ad-hoc training of Faculty, post-docs, students, visiting scholars, summer students, high-school senior interns, and students from UK's high-school STEAM academy.The acquisition of this diffractometer will advance research, especially in areas at the University of Kentucky such as (a) studies of organic electronic materials, (b) investigations of light-activated agents for gene regulation and cancer treatment, (c) design of energy storage materials and (d) analysis of biologically relevant natural products. It will also be used broadly in other varied research groups in departments of Chemistry, Physics, Biochemistry, Pharmacy, the Center for Advanced Materials (CAM), and the Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) at the University as well as at other institutions in the region and out-of-state.