Acquisition of a Fourier Transform Infrared Imaging System for Multicomponent Polymer Dynamics Research and Student Education

该奖项来自材料研究仪器计划，支持阿克伦大学多组分聚合物动力学研究和学生教育的傅里叶变换红外成像系统的仪器采购。研究人员将组装世界上最强大的FTIR成像系统之一，该系统将具有前所未有的空间分辨光谱测量的灵敏度和速度，并且是研究各种材料中所有类型的聚合物扩散的独特强大技术，包括纳米网络和纳米复合材料以及研究相分离和限制效应。获得拟议的仪器将为未来一代精通振动光谱成像的科学家提供及时的培训，这些科学家将很快取代世界上现有的5，000台红外显微镜。 这项研究将为聚合物科学和工程提供一种新的学习经验，使阿克伦大学最大的跨学科聚合物项目成为第一个拥有这一新兴技术的研究和教育项目。材料研究仪器项目的这一奖项支持了阿克伦大学多组分聚合物动力学研究和学生教育的傅里叶变换红外成像系统的仪器采购。阿克伦研究人员将组装世界上最强大的FTIR成像系统之一，该系统将具有前所未有的空间分辨光谱测量的灵敏度和速度，并且是研究各种材料中所有类型的聚合物扩散的独特强大技术，包括纳米网络和纳米复合材料以及研究相分离和限制效应。获得拟议的仪器将为未来一代精通振动光谱成像的科学家提供及时的培训，这些科学家将很快取代世界上现有的5，000台红外显微镜。 这项研究将为聚合物科学和工程提供一种新颖的学习体验，使阿克伦大学最大的跨学科聚合物项目成为第一个拥有这种新兴技术的研究和教育项目。

This award from the Instrumentation for Materials Research program supports instrument acquisition of a Fourier Transform Infrared Imaging System for Multicomponent Polymer Dynamics Research and Student Education at the University of Akron. The investigators will assemble one of the world's most powerful FTIR imaging systems that will have unprecedented sensitivity and speed for spatially resolved spectroscopic measurements and be a uniquely powerful technique for studying all types of polymer diffusion in various materials including nano-networks and nanocomposites and for studying phase separations and confinement effects. The acquisition of the proposed instrument will provide the timely training of a future generation of scientists skillful in vibrational spectroscopic imaging that will soon replace the existing 5,000 infrared microscopes in the world. The research will provide a novel learning experience in polymer science and engineering, enabling the largest interdisciplinary polymer program at University of Akron to be the first to possess this emerging technology for research and education.This award from the Instrumentation for Materials Research program supports instrument acquisition of a Fourier Transform Infrared Imaging System for Multicomponent Polymer Dynamics Research and Student Education at the University of Akron. The investigators will assemble one of the world's most powerful FTIR imaging systems that will have unprecedented sensitivity and speed for spatially resolved spectroscopic measurements and be a uniquely powerful technique for studying all types of polymer diffusion in various materials including nano-networks and nanocomposites and for studying phase separations and confinement effects. The acquisition of the proposed instrument will provide the timely training of a future generation of scientists skillful in vibrational spectroscopic imaging that will soon replace the existing 5,000 infrared microscopes in the world. The research will provide a novel learning experience in polymer science and engineering, enabling the largest interdisciplinary polymer program at University of Akron to be the first to possess this emerging technology for research and education.