Acquisition of a SQUID Magnetometer/AC Susceptometer

化学研究仪器和设施(CRIF)计划的这一奖项将帮助德克萨斯农工大学化学系获得超导量子干涉器件(SQUID)磁强计/交流磁化率计。该设备将加强以下领域的研究项目：层状MN硫化物体系的固态和团簇化学；含铁金属化合物；柱撑和层间磷酸锆盐；有机金属分子线的研究；基于分子的材料的磁性：分子组装和基于分子的聚合物材料的设计、合成和表征；磁性和超导的相互作用；金属间化合物和相关材料的磁性和电子性质。超导量子干涉装置(SQUID)磁力计测量非常小的电流或电压，并允许对材料进行精确的磁性测量。

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program will assist the Department of Chemistry at Texas A&M University acquire a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) magnetometer/AC susceptometer. This equipment will enhance research projects ranging from the solid state & cluster chemistry of layered MN chalcogenide systems; Fe-containing metal-rich compounds; pillared and interstratified zirconium phosphates; studies of organometallic molecular wires; magnetic properties of molecule-based materials: design, synthesis and characterization of molecular assemblies and molecule-based polymeric materials; interplay of magnetism and superconductivity; and magnetic and electronic properties of intermetallics and related materials. The superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) magnetometer measures very small currents or voltages and permits precise magnetic measurements of materials.