Structure and Photodynamics of Aggregated Molecules

少数族裔机构研究改进计划(RIMI)的设立是为了提供支持，以加强以少数族裔为主的机构或有大量少数族裔学生入学的机构的研究环境和能力。符合条件的机构还必须有理科研究生课程或工程学课程。基金为教师在科学和工程领域的研究提供资金，并用于购置研究仪器。城市学院将利用RIMI支持购买设备，使他们的学生接触到最先进的激光、小型机和光谱技术。城市学院的研究人员将使用菁染料作为光谱增感剂，将可移动电子注入半导体衬底。由此产生的可移动电子可能会导致半导体表面的反应，这具有广泛的科学和商业意义。这个关于光动力学的项目将满足一流城市机构的研究需求，该机构教育处于物理学前沿的少数民族。首席研究员是少数族裔，是拉曼表面散射方面的专家，在学术界和工业界都有经验。基金会之所以支持这一项目，是因为少数族裔教师和学生将通过参与有价值的实验和理论活动来提高他们的研究能力。

The Research Improvement in Minority Institutions (RIMI) program was established to provide support to strengthen the research environments and capabilities of predominantly minority institutions or institutions that have substantial minority student enrollments. Eligible institutions must also have graduate programs in science or programs in engineering. Funding is provided for faculty research in fields of science and engineering supported by the Foundation and for the acquisition of research instrumentation. City College will utilize RIMI support to purchase equipment that will expose their students to state-of-the-art laser, minicomputer, and spectroscopic techniques. Researchers at City College will use cyanine dyes as spectral sensitizers to inject mobile electrons into seminconductor substrates. The resultant mobile electrons can lead to reactions at the surface of semiconductors that have wide scientific and commerical implications. This project on photodynamics will meet the research needs of a first rate urban institution that educates minorities at the leading edge of the physical sciences. The principal investigator, who is a minority, is an expert in Raman surface scattering and has experience in the academic and industrial sectors. The Foundation has supported this project because minority faculty and students will have their research capabilities enhanced by their participation in meritorious experimental and theoretical activities.