Fluorescence and Emission Lifetime Methods for Laboratory Instruction

该项目通过使用荧光分光光度计在几个高级本科实验室进行稳态和时间分辨荧光测量来提高本科教学质量。 学生有动手接触的基本概念，他们往往很难掌握。特别是，涉及量子力学理论的概念有关的电子性质的分子和光与分子的相互作用正在带来生活在本科课程。受影响的课程有仪器分析、物理化学、无机化学和独立学习与研究。从研究文献和《化学教育杂志》中精心挑选的一组实验正在适应课程。 学生通过稳态和时间分辨发射技术的实验室应用获得光谱学，动力学，量子力学和分子和材料的结构/光学性质的更详细的理解。

This project is enhancing the quality of undergraduate instruction by using a fluorescence spectrophotometer to carry out steady state and time resolved fluorescence measurements in several upper level undergraduate laboratories. Students have hands-on exposure to fundamental concepts which they often have difficulty grasping. Particularly, concepts involving quantum mechanical theory related to electronic properties of molecules and the interaction of light with molecules are being brought to life in the undergraduate curriculum. The courses affected are Instrumental Analysis, Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Independent Study and Research. A carefully chosen set of experiments from the research literature and from the Journal of Chemical Education is being adapted into the courses. Students gain a more detailed understanding of spectroscopy, kinetics, quantum mechanics and structural/optical properties of molecules and materials through laboratory applications of steady state and time resolved emission techniques.