Acquisition of an Electron Spin Resonance Spectrometer

电子自旋共振(ESR)光谱技术使化学家能够对含有未配对电子的材料(顺磁化合物)进行极其精确的高分辨率研究。这样的研究揭示了任何其他技术无法获得的分子结构信息。化学仪器计划的这一奖项将帮助新不伦瑞克州罗格斯大学化学系获得一台ESR光谱仪。收购将加强的化学研究领域包括：1)自由基和自由基离子的结构和动力学由激光闪光光解产生的2)基态和磷光三重态的结构3)含铜和锰蛋白质的磁性相互作用4)取代自由基亲核反应的机理5)多孔固体表面产生的自由基6)陶瓷导体的磁性。

The technique of Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) spectroscopy allows chemists to conduct extremely precise high resolution studies on materials containing unpaired electrons (paramagnetic compounds). Such studies reveal information on molecular structure that is unavailable by any other technique. This award from the Chemical Instrumentation Program will help the Department of Chemistry at Rutgers University, New Brunswick to acquire an ESR spectrometer. The areas of chemical research that will be enhanced by the acquisition include the following: 1) Structure and dynamics of free radicals and radical ions generated by laser flash photolysis 2) Structure and of ground state and phosphorescent triplets 3) Magnetic interactions in copper and manganese containing proteins 4) Mechanism of the substitution radical nucleophile reaction 5) Free radicals generated on the surface of porous solids 6) Magnetic properties of ceramic conductors.