MRI/RUI: Acquisition of an EPR Spectrometer for Collaborative Research and Materials Science Education

这笔赠款支持购买最先进的EPR光谱仪，以在各种材料中进行高质量的研究。EPR光谱学是几个BSU研究人员的研究计划所需的一项基本实验技术。首席研究员和几位校园BSU研究人员将在纳米颗粒、磁性材料、半导体、超薄栅氧化物、蛋白质结构-功能研究、酶和催化剂的研究项目中使用EPR光谱仪。EPR光谱将用于识别EPR活性物种，确定电子状态，站点对称性，局部协调和顺磁离子，自由基，缺陷和物种的相互作用，并研究微磁性和结构特性。PI是EPR光谱学的专家，共同PI和几个用户在EPR光谱学方面有丰富的经验和培训。所有的PI.s和其他BSU用户都有几个研究生和本科生目前参与他们的研究项目。在校园里的EPR光谱仪的可用性将促进这些学生研究人员的有效培训，以及产生重要的研究成果。它也将成为新材料科学与工程计划中采用的研究型教学的一部分。将大力鼓励妇女和代表性不足的少数民族参与研究方案。将实施一种机制，允许校园、当地工业以及其他大学和研究机构的感兴趣的研究人员使用EPR光谱仪。 位于博伊西的美光科技的MRAM研究小组和VA医学中心和山区国家医学研究所（MSMRI）的生物医学研究小组正在进行与磁性和磁共振相关的研究项目，并表示有兴趣与BSU研究人员合作进行EPR光谱研究。EPR光谱仪目前在BSU还没有，在博伊西及其周围的任何地方也没有。爱达荷州和周边地区几所大学的研究人员，如爱达荷州大学、爱达荷州州立大学、华盛顿州立大学和犹他州大学，对与BSU研究人员合作使用EPR光谱表示了浓厚的兴趣。

This grant supports the acquisition of a state-of-the-art EPR spectrometer to conduct high quality research in a variety of materials. EPR spectroscopy is an essential experimental technique needed for the research programs of several BSU researchers. The principal investigator and several on-campus BSU researchers will employ the EPR spectrometer in research projects on nanoparticles, magnetic materials, semiconductors, ultra-thin gate oxides, protein structure-function studies, enzymes, and catalysts. EPR spectroscopy will be employed to identify EPR active species, determine the electronic state, site symmetry, local co-ordination and interaction of paramagnetic ions, radicals, defects and species and to investigate micro-magnetic and structural properties. The PI is an expert of EPR spectroscopy, and the co-PIs and several users have significant experience and training on EPR spectroscopy. All the PI.s and other BSU users have several graduate and undergraduate students currently involved in their research programs. The availability of an EPR spectrometer on the campus will facilitate effective training of these student researchers, as well as yield important research results. It will also become part of the research-oriented teaching adopted in the new Materials Science and Engineering program. Women and underrepresented minorities will be strongly encouraged to participate in the research programs. A mechanism to allow interested researchers on campus, in local industry, and at other universities and research institutions to use the EPR spectrometer will be implemented. The MRAM research group of Boise-based Micron Technology and biomedical research groups of the VA Medical Center and Mountain States Medical Research Institute (MSMRI) have ongoing research programs in areas related to magnetism and magnetic resonance and have expressed strong interest in collaborating with BSU researchers on studies employing EPR spectroscopy. An EPR spectrometer is not currently available at BSU, nor anywhere in and around Boise. Researchers at several universities in Idaho and the surrounding region, such as the University of Idaho, Idaho State University, Washington State University and the University of Utah have expressed strong interest in using EPR spectroscopy in collaboration with BSU researchers.