RUI: Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy of Cyclic Enones in Triplet Excited States

在这个由化学系实验物理化学项目资助的项目中，威斯康星大学Eau Claire分校的Stephen Drucker教授和他的本科生将使用各种激光光谱方法研究各种环烯酮的三重态激发态。这些研究的最终目的是探索这些共轭分子激发的单态和三态之间的内在差异。这些研究的结果将对探索溶液相光化学的科学家以及计算化学家感兴趣。德鲁克教授和他的学生将与德克萨斯农工大学、普渡大学和(韩国)汉阳大学的研究人员合作。除了拟议的研究可能产生的更广泛的科学影响外，德鲁克教授还将继续为他的本科生(最近主要是女性)提供宝贵的研究经验，这将帮助他们在科学和技术领域寻求职业生涯。

In this project, funded by the Experimental Physical Chemistry Program of the Chemistry Division, Prof. Stephen Drucker of the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire and his undergraduate research students will investigate the triplet excited states of a variety of cyclic enones using a variety of laser spectroscopic methods. The ultimate goal of these studies is to explore intrinsic differences between the excited singlet and triplet states of these conjugated molecules. The results of these studies will be of interest to scientists exploring solution phase photochemistry as well as computational chemists. Prof. Drucker and his students will collaborate with researchers at Texas A&M, Purdue and Hanyang (Korea) Universities.Besides the potential broader scientific impact of the proposed research, Prof. Drucker will continue to provide his undergraduate research students (recently predominantly female) with valuable research experience, which will help them to pursue careers in science and technology.