Purchase of a confocal microscope

在化学研究仪器和设施：部门多用户仪器获取（CRIF-MU）计划的支持下，鲍灵格林州立大学化学系将获得一台扫描共聚焦显微镜。d.c. Neckers教授将使用该仪器进行微胶囊化、光聚合、3D成像和有机电子材料的研究。其他主要用户包括Pavel Anzenbacher教授，他将使用该仪器研究新的超分子材料的光物理过程，如阴离子传感器以及供体-受体OLED材料，以及F. N. Castellano教授，他将使用该仪器研究金属有机发色团的单分子光谱，用于金属物体和纳米结构的二维和三维光化学制造，以及染料敏化太阳能电池的研究。对于Wilson教授来说，该仪器将成为他研究高强度光化学和开发生物分子操作光化学工具的重要工具，重点是光动力修饰核酸。McKay教授将能够使用显微镜研究发光蓝藻生物。记者专注于海洋生态系统中铁的全细胞传感器的开发。提议的仪器和相关的研究将产生重大影响，超出基础科学界，因为所提出的跨学科主题与新兴技术和生命科学的许多领域相关，对社会、经济和大学和美国国家科学基金会的教育使命有预期的好处。仪器的收购将为BGSU开辟新的研究途径，同时也将极大地推进两个部门的教育使命，这两个部门的主要研究项目是为本科生和研究生提供培训渠道。该仪器将供从事光合作用、光子材料、光化学、生物化学和生命科学相关研究项目的学生和博士后使用。

With support from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities: Departmental Multiuser Instrument Acquisition (CRIF-MU) Program, the Department of Chemistry at Bowling Green State University will acquire a scanning confocal microscope. Prof. D. C. Neckers will use the proposed instrument in studies of microencapsulation, photopolymerization, 3D imaging and studies of organic-electronic materials. Other primary users include Prof. Pavel Anzenbacher who will use the instrument to investigate photophysical processes in new supramolecular materials as anion sensors as well as donor-acceptor OLED materials, and Prof. F. N. Castellano who will use the instrument for studies of single molecule spectroscopy of metal-organic chromophores, for 2-D and 3-D photochemical fabrication of metallic objects and nanostructures, in addition to the study of dye sensitized solar cells. For Prof. Wilson, the instrument will be an essential tool in his research involving high-intensity photochemistry and development of photochemical tools for manipulation of biological molecules with emphasis on photodynamic modification of nucleic acids. Prof. McKay will be able to use the microscope in studies of luminescent cyanobacterial bioreporters focused on the development of whole-cell sensors for iron in marine ecosystems. The proposed instrument and associated investigations will have significant impact beyond the basic scientific community as the interdisciplinary themes presented are relevant to many areas of emerging technologies and life sciences with anticipated benefits to society, the economy, and the educational mission of the university and the NSF. While the acquisition of the instrumentation will open new avenues of research at BGSU, it will also greatly advance the educational mission of both departments whose primary research projects serve as a training conduit for both undergraduate and graduate students. The instrument will be used by students and postdoctoral associates involved in photosynthetic, photonic materials, photochemistry, biochemistry, and life science-related research projects.