CAREER: Determination of molecular structures in solution through neutron scattering

该职业奖由化学部门的实验物理化学项目资助，支持田纳西大学诺克斯维尔分校的John F. Turner博士利用中子衍射技术研究超强酸和超强酸体系、流动分子和有机金属催化剂的溶液结构。所提出的研究包括合成化学和中子散射测量。该研究的长期目标是开发其他分析方法（如电子或x射线衍射技术）无法使用的物种结构表征工具。该教育计划旨在向田纳西大学的学生和周边地区的高中生传授理解物质结构的重要性。该计划的一个主要重点是将中子散射应用于物质结构和动力学的研究，并向公众介绍位于橡树岭国家实验室附近的散裂中子源（SNS）将在这些努力中发挥作用的方式。

This CAREER award funded by the Experimental Physical Chemistry Program of the Chemistry Division supports research by Dr. John F. Turner of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville to study the solution structures of superacids and superacidic systems, fluxional molecules and organometallic catalysts using the technique of neutron diffraction. The proposed research involves both synthetic chemistry and neutron scattering measurements. The long-term goals of the research are to develop structural characterization tools for species that defy other methods of analysis-- e.g. electron or X-ray diffraction techniques.The educational plan aims to teach the importance of understanding the structure of matter to both students at the University of Tennessee and high-school students in the surrounding areas. A major focus of the plan is to introduce the application of neutron scattering to the study of the structure and dynamics of matter and to educate the public in the ways in which the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at the nearby Oak Ridge National Laboratory will play a role in these efforts.