MRI: Acquisition of a Single Crystal X-ray Diffractometer

该奖项由主要研究仪器和化学研究仪器计划支持。罗格斯大学纽瓦克正在购买一台单晶X射线衍射仪，以支持Frieder Jaekle教授及其同事：来自新泽西理工学院的Roger Lalancette、Michal Szostak、Demyan Prokopchuk和特雷弗泰森。一般来说，X射线衍射仪可以精确测量分子的完整三维结构，包括键距和键角。 仪器采集提供了关于分子相对于相邻分子的空间排列的准确信息。此外，该衍射仪对罗格斯大学纽瓦克和区域合作伙伴（如新泽西理工学院）的教学和培训、外联活动以及研究生和本科生研究产生了广泛的影响。授予X射线衍射仪旨在加强各级研究和教育。仪器的采购影响了合成无机和有机材料的表征，以开发新的催化剂，推动光电应用的制造。该仪器还用于研究由主族刘易斯对和通过氮-碳键活化的酰胺交叉偶联制备的催化剂。 此外，研究小组还受益于该仪器，能够探索羧酸和多铁性复合氧化物的过渡金属催化反应。该衍射仪还用于表征与可持续能源转换的分子催化相关的产品以及用于发色团-半导体界面的化合物。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估而被认为值得支持。

This award is supported by the Major Research Instrumentation and the Chemistry Research Instrumentation programs. Rutgers University Newark is acquiring a single crystal X-ray diffractometer to support Professor Frieder Jaekle and colleagues: Roger Lalancette, Michal Szostak, Demyan Prokopchuk and Trevor Tyson from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. In general, an X-ray diffractometer allows accurate and precise measurements of the full three-dimensional structure of a molecule, including bond distances and angles. The instrument acquisition provides accurate information about the spatial arrangement of a molecule relative to neighboring molecules. In addition, the diffractometer has broad impact on teaching and training, outreach activities, and graduate and undergraduate research at Rutgers University Newark and regional partners such as the New Jersey Institute of Technology.The award of the X-ray diffractometer is aimed at enhancing research and education at all levels. The instrument acquisition impacts the characterization of synthetic inorganic and organic materials to develop new catalysts to advance manufacturing for optoelectronic applications. The instrumentation is also used for studying catalysts made from main group Lewis pairs and amide cross-coupling by nitrogen-carbon bond activation. In addition, the research team benefits from the instrument by being able to explore transition-metal catalyzed reactions of carboxylic acids and multiferroic complex oxides. The diffractometer is also used to characterize products relevant to molecular catalysis for sustainable energy conversion and compounds for chromophore-semiconductor interfaces.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.