CRIF:MU Purchase of a High Resolution TOF Mass Spectrometer and Development of Cyberinfrastructure for a Regional Mass Spectrometry Resource

路易斯安那州立大学和农业机械学院的化学系将从化学研究仪器和设施：多用户计划(CRIF：MU)获得高分辨率飞行时间(TOF)质谱仪。所要求的仪器将用于各种研究项目，包括显示可调能量转移的共轭体系的研究；新型敏感剂的合成和研究；导电聚(烷基杂芳烃)S端基的合成剪裁；无机-有机超分子的表征；荧光卟啉生物偶联物的合成和表征；以及使用肟醚的新的合成方法。质谱学是物理和生物科学家广泛使用的一种工具，通过准确测量材料和化学物种在仪器中蒸发和破碎时的质量来识别和表征材料和化学物种。本科生将通过课堂联系和实验室，以及本科生研究项目和暑期项目接触到这种仪器。博士生将从正规的动手培训中受益。此外，该项目的另一个主要目标是创建一个区域质谱学资源，通过纳入易于访问、高度安全的网络基础设施来增强对外部用户的可用性，这些网络基础设施将被内置到设施中，为区域机构的场外用户提供远程访问。

The Chemistry Department at Louisiana State University & Agricultural and Mechanical College will acquire a high resolution time of flight (TOF) mass spectrometer with this award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities: Multi User program (CRIF:MU). The requested instrument will be used in a diverse range of research projects including the investigation of conjugated systems displaying tunable energy transfer; synthesis and study of novel sensing agents; synthetic tailoring of end groups in conducting poly(alkylheteroarene)s; characterization of inorganic-organic supramolecules; synthesis and characterization of fluorescent porphyrinoid bioconjugates; and new synthetic methods using oxime ethers. Mass spectroscopy is a tool widely employed by physical and biological scientists to identify and characterize materials and chemical species by accurate measurement of their mass as they are vaporized and fragmented in the instrument. Undergraduates would be exposed to this instrumentation via classroom connections and laboratories, as well as undergraduate research programs and summer programs. PhD students will benefit from formalized, hands-on training. Additionally, another main goal of this project is to create a regional mass spectrometry resource with enhanced availability to external users by inclusion of easy access, high security cyber infrastructure that will be built into the facility to provide remote access to off site users from regional institutions.