Acquisition of High Sensitivity Instruments to Enhance Advanced Recognition of Photocatalytic Activity of Composite Materials as CWA Deactivation and Detection Media
Abstract
Project Summary Publically releasable A major goal of this proposal is the acquisition of three instrument system (GC/MS Agilent 5977E, Absolute Photoluminescence Quantum Yield Spectrometer Quantaurus-QY and Quantum Efficiency System, IQE-200 B) to enhance the research capabilities, to accomplish scientific and educational objectives of ARO project (64082-CH: Insight Into Multifunctional Reactive Adsorbents: engaging Chemistry, Porosity, Photoactivity and Conductivity into Decontamination Process) and to further explore and expand the cutting edge applications of new materials. The research exploring the photoactivity of new complex materials and their applications as sensors is related to ARO FY2016 MURI Topic 8 Fundamental Properties of Energy Flow and Partitioning at Sub-nanoscale Interfaces and to Army interests in reactive systems and materials science. Acquisition of these instruments will not only enhance the possibility for the high success rate of the project we currently work on but it will also open new paths of application capabilities of the photoactive materials we synthesize and plan to synthesize. With the help of new experimental approaches the important questions related to quantum efficiency of the photocatalytic conversion/deactivation of CWA surrogates and to the sensing applications of new materials will be answered to very full extent. Acquisition of this instrument system will also significantly contribute to the education of graduate and undergraduate students who need to explore new technical challenges and to have an access to various instrumental techniques in order to learn how to combine results, formulate hypotheses and synthesize efficient adsorbents. This is especially important at minority serving institutions such as CCNY with a high percentage of students from underrepresented groups. The instruments consisting the system will not only advance our research but will also bring together chemistry, physic and nanotechnology broadening the horizons of CCNY/CUNY students and developing outÐof- box thinking leading to new discoveries and deliverables.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Oct 17, 2018
- Source ID
- W911NF1710167
Entities
People
- Teresa J. Bandosz
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- City University of New York
- United States Army