Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation Spectrometer
Abstract
The Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) is designed to improve the capabilities of U.S. Universities to conduct research and to educate scientists and engineers in selected technical areas of importance to national defense. DURIP funding provides for the acquisition of research equipment and instrumentation for this purpose. This proposal is for the purchase of a tunable infrared, vibrational sum frequency generation (vSFG) spectrometer. The P.I., Professor Shaw, of the University of Iowa, will use the equipment to augment and enhance research capabilities in the area of electrochemistry. The spectrometer will be used to examine thin (ca. 1 µm) films of ILs on metallic (electrode) substrates, allowing unprecedented spectroscopic measurements of the interface and surface-induced phase transitions. They will exploit vSFGÕs inherent surface sensitivity coupled with their sampling geometry to quantitate the structures and orientation of ionic liquid (IL) solvents and co-solvents near electrode surfaces as a function of applied electrochemical potential.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jan 12, 2017
- Source ID
- W911NF1610170
Entities
People
- Scott K. Shaw
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- United States Army
- University of Iowa