Purchase of Instrumentation for High Brilliance X-Ray Diffractometry

化学研究仪器项目的这一奖项将帮助纽约州立大学环境科学与林业学院化学系获得一台高亮度、旋转式阳极X射线发生器。该仪器将配备计算机控制的广角和小角X射线衍射，并配有控制和数据处理软件，用于粉末、纤维和薄膜的衍射分析。此次收购将加强以下化学研究领域：1)用于构建用于有机和共沸液体分离的高能效膜的材料的结晶性研究；2)用于能量转换的膜模拟体系的结构表征；3)聚合物合金和共混物等复合材料以及催化剂表面的结晶度和形态表征；4)用于膜和聚合物共混的纤维聚合物的晶体结构分析；5)三次采油用聚合物的晶体结构分析。单晶X射线是测定固体结构的最有力的分析方法。在合成无机化学、有机化学、生物无机化学和有机金属化学中，单晶X射线衍射是表征分子结构的宝贵工具。从分子间组成和结构的知识中获得的信息有助于开发在催化或有机合成中潜在的普遍感兴趣的新反应。

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation Program will help the Department of Chemistry at the College of Environmental Science and Forestry of the State University of New York acquire a high-brillance, rotating anode X-ray generator unit. This instrument will be equipped for computer-controlled X-ray diffraction in both wide angle and small angle modes, complete with control and data processing software, for use in diffraction analysis of powders, fibers, and films. The areas of chemical research that will be enhanced by the acquisition are the following: 1) Crystallinity studies of materials for the construction of energy efficient membranes used in organic and azeotropic liquid separation; 2) Structural characterization of membrane mimetic systems for energy conversion; 3) Crystallinity and morphology characterization of composite materials such as polymer alloys and blends, and surfaces of catalysts; 4) Crystal structure analysis of fibrous polymers used in membranes and polymers blends; 5) Crystal structure analysis of polymers used in enhanced oil recovery programs. Single crystal X-ray is the most powerful analytical method for structure determination of solids. In synthetic inorganic, organic, bioinorganic and organometallic chemistry, single crystal X-ray diffraction is an invaluable tool to characterize molecular structure. The information gained from the knowledge of the intermolecular composition and structure helps to develop new reactions of potentially general interest in catalysis or organic synthesis.