Gas Phase Ion Chemistry and Thermochemistry

在这个由实验物理化学项目资助的奖项中，科罗拉多大学博尔德分校的Veronica Bierbaum教授和她的博士后、研究生和本科生同事将研究气相离子的反应。在他们多管齐下的研究中，他们将研究各种各样的反应以及有趣的化学物质。一些要研究的化学物质包括大气化学家感兴趣的金属阴离子和生物分子。来自Bierbaum教授实验室的结果将引起科学家们的兴趣，他们对理解特定分子的能量学和稳定性感兴趣。这些数据将被理论家用来检验计算机模型的准确性。此外，分子反应性的基础研究为技术人员和科学家提供了有用的数据，这些技术人员和科学家对开发过程环境或自然环境中检测分子的方法感兴趣。除了拟议中的工作带来的更广泛的技术影响外，比尔鲍姆教授还通过与中小学教师的合作，将化学的兴奋带给了各个年龄段的美国人。比尔鲍姆教授还将继续在她自己的实验室招募和指导一个多元化的研究小组，以扩大人们对科学的参与。

In this award, funded by the Experimental Physical Chemistry Program, Prof. Veronica Bierbaum of the University of Colorado at Boulder and her postdoctoral, graduate and undergraduate student colleagues will study the reactions of gas-phase ion species. In their multi-pronged studies, they will look at a variety of classes of reactions as well as at interesting chemical species. Some of the chemical species to be studied include metal anions and biogenic molecules of interest to atmospheric chemists.The results from Prof. Bierbaum's laboratory will be of interest to scientists, interested in understanding the energetics and stability of particular molecules. This data will be used by theorists to check the accuracy of computer models. In addition, the fundamental studies of molecular reactivity provides useful data for technologists and scientists interested in developing methods for detecting molecules in the process environments or in the natural environment. Besides the broader technological impact of the proposed work, Prof Bierbaum brings the excitement of chemistry to a wide age-range of Americans -- through her work with primary and secondary school teachers. Prof. Bierbaum will also personally work towards broadening participation in science by continuing to recruit and mentor a diverse research group in her own laboratory.