Upgrade of a Raman Spectrometer

化学研究仪器和设施计划(CRIF)颁发的这一奖项将帮助加州大学河滨分校的化学系获得拉曼光谱仪。该设备将加强以下领域的研究：(1)高压拉曼光谱，(2)微电极的拉曼成像，(3)共轭分子和聚合物的拉曼研究，(4)维生素D类固醇与受体的结合，(5)气相色谱-矩阵隔离-拉曼光谱分析，以及(6)分子光子器件的拉曼研究。拉曼光谱仪可以提供有关散射光通过透明介质时的化学反应的重要信息，这些散射光是由散射分子的转动或振动能量变化引起的。它的使用可能会使我们对活性和非活性分子的性质的理解有所突破。

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities Program (CRIF) will assist the Department of Chemistry at University of California @ Riverside acquire a Raman spectrometer. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including the following: (1) Raman spectroscopy at high pressures, (2) Raman imaging of microelectrodes, (3) Raman studies of conjugated molecules and polymers, (4) Binding of vitamin D steroids to receptors, (5) Gas-chromatograph-matrix isolation-Raman spectroscopy, and (6) Raman studies of molecular photonic devices. A Raman spectrometer can provide important information about chemical reactivity from the scattered light as it passes through a transparent medium caused by changes in rotational or vibrational energy of the scattering molecules. Its use may enable breakthroughs in our understanding of the properties of reactive and nonreactive molecules.