International Cooperative Research Program on High-Pressure, Laser-Induced Fluorescence Studies of Nitric Oxide and Molecular Fuel Tracers

0230550汉森该奖项支持PI和研究生从斯坦福大学在合作与物理和化学研究所的于尔根沃尔夫鲁姆在海德堡大学，德国。 德国和美国集团的共同努力将集中在两个容易受到其互补专业知识影响的问题上。 一个是定量激光诱导荧光测量的一氧化氮在高压下的压力展宽产生分子氧的干扰的发展。 另一个是扩展到高压的分子燃料示踪剂的燃料/空气混合成像的特性。 德国和美国的研究小组选择了具有不同化学结构的分子示踪剂，合作研究将有助于直接比较两种不同的方法。 在该项目的头一年半时间里，就这两个问题完成了大量工作。 第三年将在这一出色的成绩记录基础上，完成一氧化氮和燃料示踪剂方面的工作。 该项目将使参与的研究生能够从在另一个国家进行研究中受益。 他们将培养对周围世界的高度赞赏，同时也学习重要的新技术技能。

0230550HansonThis award supports the PI and graduate students from Stanford University in a collaboration with Juergen Wolfrum of the Institute for Physics and Chemistry at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. The combined efforts of the German and US groups will focus on two problems susceptible to their complementary expertise. One is the development of quantitative laser-induced fluorescence measurements of nitric oxide at high pressures where pressure broadening produces interference from molecular oxygen. The other is to extend to high pressure the characterization of molecular fuel tracers for imaging of the fuel/air mixing. The German and US groups have chosen molecular tracers with different chemical structure, and the collaborative research will facilitate direct comparison of the two different methods. During the first year and a half of this project, significant work was completed on both problems. The third year will build on this excellent track record and bring the work on nitric oxide and the fuel tracers towards closure.The project also has an educational objective. The project will allow the graduate students involved to benefit from performing research in another country. They will develop a heightened appreciation of the world around them while also learning important new technical skills.