FT laser raman spectrometer upgrades

申请人寻求NSERC的支持，以恢复系统激光器最近发生故障时产生的拉曼激光拉曼光谱仪，升级系统的计算机和操作软件，并更换有故障的光谱仪电源。拉曼光谱是一种基本技术，它通过分析化合物样品在激光照射下散射的光来检查分子振动。这些数据可用于识别和表征许多材料的分子结构。该仪器对申请人的所有研究计划都是必不可少的。这些包括寻找具有新的或罕见的氧化态，键合和结构的新化合物。这些化合物中的许多是周期表中的非金属和金属元素的氟化合物，并且极难合成和操作。这些脆弱的化合物处于化学可能的极限，它们通常不寻常的元素组合具有独特的性质和/或构成测试极限的系统，并有助于完善我们目前的电子结构和原子间键合的理论和模型。

The Applicant seeks NSERC support to reinstate an inoperative laser Raman spectrometer that resulted when the system's laser recently failed, to upgrade the system's computer and operating software and to replace a faulty spectrometer power supply. Raman spectroscopy is a fundamental technique that examines molecular vibrations by analyzing the light scattered by a sample of a chemical compound when it is irradiated by laser light. These data can be used to identify and characterize the molecular structures of many materials. This instrument is essential to all of the Applicant's research programs. These include the search for new compounds with new or rare oxidation states, bonding and structures. Many of these compounds are fluorine compounds of the non-metallic and metallic elements of the Periodic Table and are extremely difficult to synthesize and manipulate. Such fragile compounds are at the limits of what is chemically possible and their oftentimes unusual combinations of the elements have unique properties and/or constitute systems that test the limits of and help to refine our current theories and models of electronic structure and bonding between atoms.