Purchase of a Picosecond Fluorescence Spectrometer

来自化学研究仪器和设施（CRIF）计划的这一奖项将使伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校化学系能够购买皮秒荧光光谱仪。 该设备将主要由初级教员克里斯托弗·巴特尔使用，他的研究重点是使用具有高时空分辨率的光学技术来观察材料科学和生物学中复杂系统的动态。 具体来说，Barnard博士将研究共轭聚合物中能量和电荷传输的动力学;以及生物介质中光敏剂的光化学。 在材料科学中，共轭聚合物和低聚物在发光二极管和平板显示器中的应用令人感兴趣。 在生物学中，荧光染料通常用作细胞内生物化学检查的标记物。 最近，光敏剂已被用于治疗许多疾病，包括癌症，在称为光动力疗法的过程中。

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program will enable the Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign to purchase a picosecond fluorescence spectrometer. This equipment will be used primarily by junior faculty member Christopher Bardeen, whose research focuses on the use of optical techniques with high temporal and spatial resolution to observe dynamics in complex systems in materials science and biology. Specifically, Dr. Bardeen will study the dynamics of energy and charge transport in conjugated polymers; and the photochemistry of photosensitizers in biological media. In materials science, conjugated polymers and oligomers are of interest for applications in light emitting diodes and flat panel displays. In biology, fluorescent dyes are commonly used as labels for examination of intracellular biochemistry. More recently, photosensitizers have been used for the treatment of many diseases, including cancer, in a procedure known as photodynamic therapy.