2022 Vibrational Spectroscopy: Unravelling Chemical Heterogeneity

非技术描述他的奖项是为了支持2022年振动光谱戈登研究研讨会和戈登研究会议，该会议将于2022年7月30日至8月5日举行。会议将提供一个论坛，突出振动光谱学在理解复杂、各向异性环境中材料的结构、动力学和功能方面的独特作用。戈登研究会议的独特形式将提供一个机会来定义核心社区并应对不断变化的挑战，这些挑战对当前和未来的研究工作至关重要。戈登研究会议将促进演讲者和听众之间的集中和充满活力的讨论。这次会议包括一个邀请演讲者的多样化计划，并将为早期职业研究人员提供许多机会来建立他们的网络并展示他们的研究。该奖项将为来自代表性不足群体的八名早期职业科学家提供支持，包括代表性不足的少数民族、女性和残疾个人。技术描述这次会议寻求在分子水平上建立物质基本行为之间的联系，特别强调复杂、动态和拥挤的环境如何改变和影响分子行为。统一的主题是尖端光谱仪，它利用振动信号来探测气体、团簇、气溶胶、液体和固体材料中以及不同材料之间的界面上分子的结构、动力学、反应性和环境。这次会议将通过强调使用已建立的振动光谱技术来研究感兴趣的新的和具有挑战性的多相系统来促进知识的发展。会议还将介绍该领域的新兴主题，如振动显微镜和计算和模拟振动光谱的新方法，以促进知识的发展。振动光谱的理论和模拟方面的进展将与实验陈述交织在一起，以促进实验者和理论家之间的开放对话。该计划包括一种评估会议在实现其目标和未来几年改进方面的成功的机制。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONThis award is to support the 2022 Vibrational Spectroscopy Gordon Research Seminar and Gordon Research Conference, to be held July 30 through August 5, 2022. The conference will provide a forum to highlight the unique role of vibrational spectroscopy in understanding structure, dynamics, and function of materials in complex, anisotropic environments. The unique format of a Gordon Research Conference will provide an opportunity to define the core community and address evolving challenges that are critical to current and future research efforts. The Gordon Research Conference will facilitate concentrated and vibrant discussions between the speakers and the audience. The Conference includes a diverse program of invited speakers and will provide numerous opportunities for early career researchers to build their networks and showcase their research. This award will provide support for eight early career scientists from underrepresented groups, including underrepresented minorities, women, and individuals with disabilities.TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONThe conference seeks to make a connection between the fundamental behavior of matter at a molecular level with particular emphasis on how complex, dynamic, and crowded environments alter and affect molecular behavior. The unifying theme is cutting-edge spectroscopies that exploit vibrational signatures to probe the structures, dynamics, reactivity, and environments of molecules in gases, clusters, aerosols, liquids and solid materials, and at the interfaces between different materials. This conference will advance knowledge by emphasizing the use of established vibrational spectroscopic techniques to study new and challenging heterogeneous systems of interest. The conference will also advance knowledge by presenting emerging topics in the field, such as vibrational microscopy and novel methods for computing and simulating vibrational spectra. Advances in theory and simulations of vibrational spectra will be interwoven with experimental presentations to promote an open dialog between experimentalists and theoreticians. The program includes a mechanism to assess the success of the conference in achieving its goals and for improvements in future years.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.