Upgrade of X8 Apex II Diffractometer with Mo IMS Microfocus Source/Optics

这项NSERC RTI申请要求支持升级布鲁克大学12年历史的布鲁克Apex II单晶x射线衍射仪，该仪器最初是在2004年通过CFI新机会计划购买的。这个升级包含三个组件,高压IG250, 19英寸发电机替换原来的发电机,达到它的生命周期的结束6个月前,升级的原始莫莫微焦点x射线源密封管,首次安装在仪表在加拿大和一个3年保修所有取代部分+紧急和/或维护访问安排在合同期内保持仪表运行的24/7。单晶x射线衍射对布鲁克大学化学系的大多数教员来说是至关重要的。这是一种确定固体分子中原子间连通性的技术。它被各种各样的研究人员用来确认新化合物的成功合成和/或帮助了解材料的化学反应性和物理性质。在Brock，获得工作的x射线衍射仪对申请人的研究项目至关重要，也是支持其他几个次要用户研究的重要技术。这次升级将为Brock的研究人员提供更高强度的x射线束，使他们能够测量更小、衍射更弱的晶体，并减少收集数据所需的时间，从而可以筛选和测量更多的样品，使仪器更高效、更经济。来自几个小组的本科生、研究生和博士后研究人员将接受有关该仪器的实践培训。这笔资金将确保布鲁克大学的教师继续获得最先进的仪器，使他们能够保持世界一流的研究项目和培训制度，培养下一代高素质的加拿大研究人员，这些研究人员将对加拿大经济的高科技和传统制造业产生影响。

This NSERC RTI application requests support to upgrade the 12 year old Bruker Apex II single crystal X-ray diffractometer at Brock University, originally purchased through the CFI New Opportunities program in 2004. This upgrade comprises of three components, a high voltage IG250, 19 inch generator to replace the original generator that reached the end of its lifetime six months ago, an upgrade of the original Mo sealed tube to a Mo Microfocus X-ray source, the first of its kind installed on instrumentation within Canada and a 3 year warranty on all replaced parts plus an emergency and/or maintenance visit scheduled for within the contract period to keep the instrumentation running 24/7. Single crystal X-ray diffraction is crucial to the majority of chemistry faculty at Brock. It is THE technique which determines the connectivity between atoms in a molecular solid. It is used by a diverse range of researchers in order to confirm the successful synthesis of a new compound and/or to help understand the chemical reactivity and physical properties of a material. At Brock access to a working X-ray diffractometer is absolutely crucial to the research programs of the applicants and an important technique underpinning the research of several additional minor users. This upgrade will provide Brock researchers with a higher intensity X-ray beam enabling smaller, more weakly diffracting crystals to be measured and reduce the time taken to collect data so that more samples can be screened and measured, making the instrumentation more efficient and cost effective. Undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral researchers from several groups will receive hands-on training on this instrumentation. This funding will ensure that Brock faculty continue to have access to state-of the-art instrumentation, enabling them to maintain world class research programs and training regimes to train the next generation of high calibre Canadian researchers that will impact both the high technology and traditional manufacturing sectors of the Canadian economy.