Acquisition of an Atmospheric Pressure Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer with Open Access and Cyber-Enabled Data Processing

有了化学研究仪器和设施：部门多用户仪器获取(CRIF-MU)计划的这一奖项，佛罗里达大学化学系将获得一台具有开放访问和网络数据处理功能的大气压电离飞行时间质谱仪。该仪器将支持的研究项目包括：a)铜金属化中阻挡材料的替代化学；b)氟有机化合物和活性中间体的反应性和合成；c)化学键中心；d)金属-有机和有机金属pi-共轭低聚物的光物理；以及e)用于在单细胞及其隔间中直接进行RNA图谱的纳米级阵列。质谱仪(MS)是一种用于探测大量有机、生物有机和有机金属分子的内部结构细节和获得其分子组成的技术。该仪器将以开放获取的网络方式提供，以协助化学系55名教员、100名博士后研究员和250名研究生的研究。此外，它还将在整个州立大学系统中供55个额外的小组使用。

With this award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities: Departmental Multiuser Instrument Acquisition (CRIF-MU) Program, the Department of Chemistry at the University of Florida will acquire an atmospheric pressure ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometer with open access and cyber-enabled data processing. Research programs that will be supported by this instrument include studies on a) alternative chemistries for barrier materials in copper metallization; b) reactivity and synthesis of fluoroorganic compounds and reactive intermediates; c) the chemical bonding center; d) photophysics of metal-organic and organometallic pi-conjugated oligomers; and e) nanoscale arrays for direct RNA profiling in single cells and their compartments. Mass spectrometry (MS) is a technique used to probe intimate structural details and to obtain the molecular compositions of a vast array of organic, bioorganic, and organometallic molecules. This instrument will be made available in an open access cyber-enabled fashion to assist the research of 55 faculty, 100 postdoctoral fellows and 250 graduate students in the Department of Chemistry. In addition, it will be available for use by 55 additional groups throughout the state university system.