Acquisition of an X-Ray Diffractometer for a Shared-Use Facility Serving the University and the Region

0521405行这项重大研究仪器(MRI)计划拨款支持购买配备闪烁和固态X射线探测系统的X射线衍射仪(XRD)、平行束附件(用于薄膜的结晶学分析)和高温真空室(用于研究温度范围从25摄氏度到1600摄氏度的相变动力学)。该X射线衍射仪将立即惠及肯塔基大学(英国)地球科学、林业、制药、化学和材料工程系五名教员的研究和教育计划。英国和附近地区机构(包括东肯塔基大学、西肯塔基大学和莫尔黑德州立大学)的教职员工和学生将获得X射线衍射仪，用于确定沉积物、土壤和气溶胶中的矿物相，研究纳米孔陶瓷和薄膜的结构，以及分析新型药物的结晶机制，仅举几例。多个本科和研究生课程将纳入需要进行实验室练习的多个本科和研究生课程，并将鼓励本科生利用X射线衍射进行独立研究。***

0521405RoweThis Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program grant supports acquisition on an x-ray diffractometer (XRD) equipped with scintillation and solid state x-ray detection systems, a parallel beam attachment (to permit crystallographic analysis of thin films), and a high temperature vacuum chamber for studies of the kinetics of phase changes over temperature ranges from 25 to 1600 degrees C. The XRD will immediately benefit the research and educational programs of five faculty members across the departments of Geoscience, Forestry, Pharmacy, Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Kentucky (UK). Faculty and students at UK and nearby regional institutions including Eastern Kentucky University, Western Kentucky University and Morehead State, will will gain access to the XRD for mineral phase identification in sediments, soils and aerosols, structural studies of nanoporous ceramics and thin films, and analysis of crystallization mechanisms of novel pharmaceuticals, to name a few. The XRD will be incorporated in multiple undergraduate and graduate courses requiring lab exercises and undergraduate students will be encouraged to take advantage of the XRD for independent research. ***