MRI: Acquisition of a Raman Microscope for Multidisciplinary Research at New Mexico Highlands University

这个主要的研究仪器项目是由材料研究部和既定的计划，以刺激竞争力的research.Nontechnical描述：科学家在新墨西哥州高地大学，西班牙裔服务机构在农村北方新墨西哥州，已经获得了一个拉曼仪器。该仪器既是显微镜又是光谱仪，利用激光获得有关分子和晶体在微米尺度上的振动结构的有价值的信息。这些信息有助于科学家了解各种人造材料或矿物的结构和性能之间的关系，并有助于开发用于半导体和制药应用的新型改进材料。这种拉曼仪器还用于为研究生和本科生提供最先进的研究和教育培训。技术说明：该仪器的主要特点是：（一）显微取样;（二）能够在很宽的样品温度范围（77 K至873 K）内进行测量;（三）高光谱分辨率;（四）多激发激光器。科学家们将这种拉曼显微镜用于广泛的研究项目，例如具有良好光电性能的有机和有机金属材料的结构研究;将取代乙酰胺、内酰胺和环酰亚胺的晶体结构与药学和工业相关性能联系起来;该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过评估被认为值得支持使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。

This Major Research Instrumentation project is jointly funded by the Division of Materials Research and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.Nontechnical Description:Scientists at New Mexico Highlands University, a Hispanic-serving institution in rural Northern New Mexico, have acquired a Raman instrument. The instrument is both a microscope and a spectrometer, utilizing laser light to obtain valuable information about vibrational structure of molecules and crystals on the micrometer scale. Such information helps scientists to understand the relationship between structure and properties of various man-made materials or minerals as well as to assist in the development of novel, improved materials for semiconductor and pharmaceutical applications. This Raman instrument is also used to provide state-of-the-art training to graduate and undergraduate students in research and education. In addition, this instrument is available to other researchers in the region.Technical Description:The key features of this instrument are: (i) microscopic sampling; (ii) an ability to perform measurements over a wide range of sample temperatures (77 K to 873 K); (iii) a high spectral resolution; and (iv) multiple excitation lasers. Scientists employ this Raman microscope in a broad range of research projects, such as structural studies of organic and organometallic materials with promising photoelectronic properties; relating the crystal structure to pharmaceutically and industrially relevant properties in substituted acetamides, lactams and cyclic Imides; and multimode identification and dating of minerals.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.