MRI: Acquisition of FTIR Spectroscopic Imaging System towards material characterization with contributions to health, clean energy generation, and efficient processing techniques

MRI：收购 FTIR 光谱成像系统，用于材料表征，为健康、清洁能源生成和高效加工技术做出贡献

• 批准号: 1827134
• 负责人: Zahrasadat Alavi
• 金额: $ 17.53万
• 依托单位: Chico State Enterprises
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-10-15 至 2020-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1827134&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; FTIR; Spectroscopic; Imaging

The project will acquire a Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic imaging system. The FTIR spectroscopic imaging system will enable faculty and students at California State University, Chico (CSUC) to contribute to the knowledge base required to improve the health of humans, animals, and plants, contribute to the development of clean green energy generation, increase the lifespan and efficiency of materials in harsh environments, and develop more efficient processing techniques to fabricate various chemicals and materials. The acquired spectroscopic imaging system will support the development of interdisciplinary collaborations between faculty in the College of Agriculture, College of Natural Sciences, and College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Construction Management. Approximately 650 students from Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering will use the FTIR spectroscopic imaging system or analyze data collected by this system. CSUC has significant student populations from underrepresented and underserved groups, including those who are first-in-family to enter college, veterans, and Hispanics. CSUC students will gain exposure to this state-of-the-art system and enhance their skills for both theoretical and experimental work. The proposed FTIR spectroscopic imaging system will enable many research projects. The FTIR system with its ability to perform fast FTIR hyperspectral imaging makes it a powerful tool for the identification of key compounds in highly variable heterogeneous biomaterials as well as identification of unknown materials in a homogeneous matrix. An added benefit of FTIR spectroscopic imaging systems is that it is a non-invasive characterization tool, which makes it an emerging technology used in the structural analysis of biological samples. The research projects that will benefit from this system include: (a) the characterization of the plants containing terpene, a chemical that provide protections from herbivores and may have reduce healing inflammation and bacterial infections; (b) the study of bifunctional organic linker molecules as they bind to nanomaterials for photovoltaic and biochemical sensing applications; (c) the elucidation of reaction mechanisms including those involved in the synthesis of natural products such as antioxidants and the catalysis/generation of reactive oxygen species by wide bandgap nanoparticles; (d) the analysis of the surface configuration of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles (e.g., tin, which is an anode material for Li-ion batteries); and (e) the study of oxidation and reduction of particles in air and other environments coupled with the evaluation of techniques to improve the particles' stability or their reactivity. This system will be used to support several active research projects, to develop an undergraduate and graduate teaching laboratory, and to initiate new areas of research within the CSUC Electrical and Computer Engineering Department in collaboration with several other departments, schools, and colleges across the university.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目将获得傅里叶变换红外(FTIR)光谱成像系统。FTIR光谱成像系统将使加州州立大学CHICO分校(CSUC)的教职员工和学生能够为改善人类、动物和植物的健康所需的知识库做出贡献，为清洁绿色能源发电的发展做出贡献，提高材料在恶劣环境中的使用寿命和效率，并开发更高效的加工技术来制造各种化学品和材料。收购的光谱成像系统将支持农业学院、自然科学学院和工程、计算机科学和建筑管理学院教员之间跨学科合作的发展。来自化学、生物化学、生物、计算机工程、电气工程和机械工程的约650名学生将使用FTIR光谱成像系统或分析该系统收集的数据。CSUC有大量的学生群体，他们来自代表不足和服务不足的群体，包括那些第一个进入大学的家庭成员、退伍军人和西班牙裔美国人。CSUC的学生将接触到这个最先进的系统，并提高他们的理论和实验工作技能。拟议的FTIR光谱成像系统将使许多研究项目成为可能。FTIR系统具有快速FTIR高光谱成像的能力，使其成为鉴定高度可变的非均质生物材料中的关键化合物以及均质基质中未知物质的有力工具。FTIR光谱成像系统的另一个好处是它是一种非侵入性的表征工具，使其成为一种用于生物样品结构分析的新兴技术。将受益于该系统的研究项目包括：(A)含有萜烯的植物的特征，萜烯是一种化学物质，可保护植物免受食草动物的伤害，并可能减少愈合过程中的炎症和细菌感染；(B)研究双功能有机连接物分子与用于光伏和生物化学传感应用的纳米材料的结合；(C)阐明反应机理，包括参与合成天然产物(如抗氧化剂)和通过宽禁带纳米颗粒催化/产生活性氧物种的反应机理；(D)分析金属和金属氧化物纳米颗粒(例如，作为锂离子电池负极材料的锡)的表面形态；(E)研究空气和其他环境中颗粒的氧化和还原，同时评估提高颗粒稳定性或其反应性的技术。该系统将用于支持几个正在进行的研究项目，开发一个本科生和研究生教学实验室，并在CSUC电气和计算机工程系内与全校其他几个系、学校和学院合作，启动新的研究领域。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Multidisciplinary Research and Teaching by Means of Employing FTIR Spectroscopic Imaging System and Characterization Techniques

利用 FTIR 光谱成像系统和表征技术进行多学科研究和教学

• DOI: 10.18260/1-2--34988
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings
• 作者: Alavi, Zahrasadat

Impact of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Course on Undergraduate Engineering Education

纳米科学与工程课程对本科工程教育的影响

• DOI: 10.18260/1-2--34756
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings
• 作者: Yasar-Inceoglu, Ozgul