Acqusitiion of an X-Ray Photoelectron Spectrometer

X射线光电子能谱(XPS)使化学家能够获得与表面有关的基本信息。通过使用现代XPS仪器，可以加强电化学、多相催化和表面科学等多个领域的研究。德克萨斯农工大学化学系将利用化学共享仪器计划授予的这一奖项，帮助获得一台X射线光电子能谱仪。收购将加强的化学领域包括：1)ESCA在电化学研究中的应用2)双功能配体桥联的双金属配合物和三核配合物3)表面氧离子在甲烷催化活化中的作用4)贵金属电催化的表面配位/有机金属化学。

X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) enables chemists to obtain fundamental information related to surfaces. Areas as diverse as electrochemistry, heterogeneous catalysis, and surface science can be enhanced by access to modern XPS instrumentation. The Department of Chemistry of Texas A&M University will use this award from the Chemistry Shared Instrumentation Program to help acquire an X-ray photoelectron spectrometer. Among the areas of chemistry that will be enhanced by the acquisition are the following: 1) Use of ESCA in electrochemical studies 2) Bimetallic complexes bridged by difunctional ligands and trinuclear complexes 3) The role of surface oxygen ions in the catalytic activation of methane 4) Surface coordination/organometallic chemistry of Noble-metal electrocatalysis.