Core Capability for Chemistry Research - University College London

这项应用的目的是改善伦敦大学学院化学系的设备基础设施，使其既可供伦敦大学学院使用，也可供伙伴大学-昆士兰大学、昆士兰大学、肯特大学、格林威治大学和开放大学使用。特别是我们将获得新的粉末衍射和单晶X射线衍射设备，两个新的质谱仪和一个原子力显微镜。该设备将支持大约300名博士/工程博士学生以及大约80名博士后研究科学家和100多名学术人员的研究。此外，80多家英国公司赞助伦敦大学学院及其合作大学的博士生-兴趣广泛，从用于家庭的新节能涂料、新的能源产生方法、头发护理产品、新的可回收啤酒瓶、癌症和多发性硬化症的新疗法，新的电池材料和植入物在单晶X射线衍射中，新设备将支持以下研究：(1)生命的化学起源(2)新的生物启发催化剂(3)新的药物材料和更容易被人体吸收的药物的晶型(4)关键分子的手性测定-了解它们如何作为药物工作在粉末X射线衍射中，新设备将支持[1]发动机用新的耐磨和低摩擦涂层的研究[2]用于节能的新材料[3]减少化学品能源消耗的研究(减少碳足迹)[4]新的电池材料和催化剂在质谱学中，新设备将支持[1]传感大气中的污染物[2]新的化学传感器--用于个人健康监测[3]开发新的、更有效的催化剂[4]开发新的化学反应和了解化学过程在原子力显微镜中，新设备将支持高度有序的[1]网络的自组装研究，这些网络可以被诱导形成共价有机骨架(COF)[2]与反应和COF的形成相关的结构变化。[3]COFS自组装热力学的测量

The purpose of this application is to improve the equipment infrastructure within the UCL chemistry department so that this can be used both by UCL but also the partner universities- KCL, QMUL, Kent, Greenwich and the Open University.In particular we will obtain new powder diffraction and single crystal X-ray diffraction equipment, two new mass spectrometers and an atomic force microscope. This equipment will underpin the research of around 300 Ph.D/Eng.D students as well as some 80 post doctoral research scientists and over 100 academic members of staff. Furthermore over 80 Uk based companies sponsor Ph.D. students at UCL and the partner universities - with wide ranging interests from new energy efficient coatings for homes, new methods of energy generation, hair care products, new recyclable beer bottles, new treatments for cancer and multiple sclerosis, new battery materials and implantsIn single crystal XRD the new equipment will underpin studies on(1) The chemical origins of life(2) New bio-inspired catalysts(3) New drug materials and polymorphs of drugs that could be more easily absorbed by the body(4) Determination on the chirality of key molecules-to understand how they work as drugsIn powder XRD the new equipment will underpin studies on[1] new hard wearing and low friction coatings- for engines[2] new materials for use in energy conservation [3] studies that reduce energy use in making chemicals (reducing the carbon footprint)[4] new battery materials and catalystsIn mass spectrometery the new equipment will underpin studies on[1] sensing pollutants in the atmosphere[2] new chemical sensors - for personal health monitoring[3] developing new and more efficient catalysts[4] developing new chemical reactions and understanding chemical processesIn AFM the new equipment will underpin research in self-assembly of highly ordered [1] networks that can be induced to react to form covalent organic frameworks (COFS)[2] structural changes associated with reactions and the formation of COFs. [3] measurement of the thermodynamics of self assembly in COFs