Acquisition of a Mass-Spectrometer

在化学研究仪器和设施(CRIF)计划的这一奖励下，位于尤金的俄勒冈大学化学系将获得一台带有大气电喷雾和化学电离源的质谱仪、一台接口液相色谱仪和一台带有数据分析软件的中央计算机控制器。该设备将加强一些领域的研究，包括a)新的芳香族和金属-芳香族体系；b)小环金属环；c)有机和药物化学；d)可光化学降解聚合物中自由基笼效应的研究；e)固态无机材料；f)共轭聚合物固体和二维肽晶体的分子组织。质谱学是一种用于探测大量有机、生物有机和有机金属分子的密切结构细节和获得其分子组成的技术。这些研究的结果将对包括医药、聚合物和固态化学在内的许多领域产生影响。

With this award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program, the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oregon in Eugene will acquire a mass spectrometer with atmospheric electrospray and chemical ionization sources, an interfaced liquid chromatography instrument and a central computer controller with data analysis software. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including a) novel aromatic and metalla-aromatic systems; b) small-ring metallacycles; c) organic and medicinal chemistry; d) studies of radical cage effects in photochemically degradable polymers; e) solid-state inorganic materials; and f) molecular organization of conjugated polymer solids and two-dimensional peptide crystals. Mass spectrometry is a technique used to probe intimate structural details and to obtain the molecular compositions of a vast array of organic, bioorganic, and organometallic molecules. The results from these studies will have an impact in a number of areas including medicinal, polymer and solid-state chemistry.