Capital Award for Core Equipment at Durham University

该补助金为化学、物理和材料科学研究的基础设备提供支持。通过增加样品的吞吐量，减少因设备故障而导致的停机时间，并受益于现代仪器性能的改进，新设备将带来更高的效率，更高的性能和更低的成本。质谱分析是合成化学研究的核心技术之一。所要求的仪器在其寿命结束时取代当前的光谱仪，并提供最初由高压液相色谱分离的样品的自动光谱。UV吸收光谱与样品的质量分布一起提供。该系统允许快速评估样品，由于新系统，可获得更好的结果。"X射线能量色散分析"（EDX）能够在电子显微镜下确定样品的化学成分。该探测器将被添加到当前的聚焦离子束仪器中，该仪器不仅能够对样品进行成像，还可以以微米精度对样品进行“加工”。随着加工的进行，用户将能够分析被烧蚀的材料。在某些结构化样品中，这将实现更精确的加工，以及绘制样品局部成分的信息。微波炉是每个厨房都熟悉的小工具，微波也可以用于加热化学反应。微波反应器很快就会像在厨房里一样在化学实验室里普遍使用。该资助将用于购买微波反应器，以支持合成化学和材料科学领域的一系列项目，并特别有利于早期职业研究人员。NMR是合成化学家使用的标准方法，用于确保他们生产出正确的化学品，并在化学合成结束时确定其纯度。在一个活跃的研究部门，这种分析是作为一种服务提供的，样品被留下来进行分析。这里购买的是一个机器人处理系统，它将采取样品，然后运行光谱，最大限度地减少样品处理时间和最大限度地提高仪器的吞吐量。自动进样器将使NMR光谱仪每年运行多达60，000个光谱。

This grant provides support for underpinning equipment for research in chemistry, physics and materials science. By increasing throughput of samples, decreasing downtime due to equipment failure and benefitting from improvements in performance of modern instruments, the new equipment will lead to greater efficiency, higher performance and lower costs. Four pieces of instrumentation will be acquired.Mass spectrometry is a core technique underpinning research in synthetic chemistry. The requested instrument replaces a current spectrometer at the end of its life and provides automated spectra of samples initially separated by high pressure liquid chromatography. UV absorption spectra are provided alongside the mass distribution of the samples. This system allows rapid assessment of samples with enhanced results being available due to the new system.'Energy dispersive analysis of X-rays' (EDX) enables the chemical composition of a sample within an electron microscope to be determined. This detector will be added to the current focused ion beam instrument which as well as being able to image samples can also "machine" the sample with micron precision. With this attachment as the machining is taking place the user will be able to analyse the material being ablated. In certain structured samples this will enable more precise machining as well as mapping information on the local composition of samples.Microwave ovens are a familiar gadget in every kitchen and microwaves can also be used to heat up chemical reactions. Microwave reactors will soon be as common in a chemistry laboratory as in the kitchen. This grant will enable the purchase of a microwave reactor to support a range of projects in synthetic chemistry and materials science and be of particular benefit to early-career researchers.NMR is a standard method that is used by synthetic chemists to ensure that they have produced the correct chemical and to determine its purity at the end of chemical synthesis. In an active research department such analysis is provided as a service with samples being left for analysis. The purchase here is for a robotic handling system which will take the sample and then run a spectrum minimising the sample handling time and maximising the throughput of the instrument. The autosampler will enable the NMR spectrometer to run up to 60,000 spectra per year.