Spectroscopically Determined Excited State Properties and Photochemical Reactivities of Inorganic Compounds

无机化学、生物无机化学和金属有机化学计划和实验物理化学计划支持加州大学洛杉矶分校的Jeffery I.Zink教授研究含金属分子的激发电子态和反应性。他的研究计划有四个相辅相成的目标：1)对含金属化合物的激发电子态进行光谱表征，2)了解潜在的表面耦合对电子和共振拉曼光谱的影响，3)研究分子的大幅度运动，4)探索挥发性分子在气相中的光谱、光化学和光沉积。这些研究可能有助于开发光激活分子机器和纳米阀，这些机器和纳米阀可以捕获药物等有用的分子，并按需释放它们。该研究小组从加州大学洛杉矶分校的学生研究参与计划和学术卓越中心(CARE)计划招募本科生。CARE计划的重点是留住来自教育或社会经济贫困背景的学生。这些学生以及其他研究生、本科生和高中的学生和教师也参加了加州纳米系统研究所，向学生介绍加利福尼亚州制定的核心课程中的科学和技术的各个方面。津克教授还促进了与公众的交流，因为他经常参加美国化学协会的演讲者之旅，就激发态扭曲进行公开演讲。

The Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Chemistry Program and the Experimental Physical Chemistry Program support the work of Professor Jeffery I. Zink of the University of California-Los Angeles to examine the excited electronic states and reactivities of metal-containing molecules. His research program has four complementary objectives: 1) to spectroscopically characterize the excited electronic states of metal-containing compounds, 2) to understand the effects of potential surface coupling on electronic and resonance Raman spectra, 3) to study large-amplitude molecular motions, and 4) to explore spectra, photochemistry and photodeposition from volatile molecules in the gas phase. These studies may contribute to the development of photoactivated molecular machines and nanovalves that can trap useful molecules such as drugs and release them on demand. The research group recruits undergraduate students from UCLA's Student Research Participation Program and the Center for Academic Excellence (CARE) Program. The CARE Program focuses on the retention students from educationally or socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds. These students as well as other graduate, undergraduate and high schools student and teachers also participate in the California NanoSystems Institute to introduce students to various aspects of science and technology in the core curriculum set by the state of California. Professor Zink also promotes communication with the public as he regularly participates in the American Chemical Society's Speaker Tour, giving public lectures on Excited State Distortions.