Award Abstract #0317836
Aquisition of a multi-source reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometer

NSF Org:	CHE Division of Chemistry
Initial Amendment Date:	July 21, 2003
Latest Amendment Date:	July 21, 2003
Award Number:	0317836
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Carlos A. Murillo CHE Division of Chemistry MPS Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Start Date:	September 1, 2003
Expires:	August 31, 2007 (Estimated)
Awarded Amount to Date:	$447635
Investigator(s):	Solomon Bililign Bililign@ncat.edu (Principal Investigator) Julius Harp (Co-Principal Investigator) Liam Duffy (Co-Principal Investigator)
Sponsor:	North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University 1601 E. Market Street Greensboro, NC 27411 336/334-7995
NSF Program(s):	MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION
Field Application(s):
Program Reference Code(s):	EGCH, AMPP, 9198, 9161
Program Element Code(s):	1189

ABSTRACT

With this award from the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program, the Department of Physics at North Carolina A&T University will acquire a multi-source reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometer. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including a) the synthesis, structure and properties of metal-containing nanoclusters; b) millimeter-wave spectroscopy of mass-selected molecular ions and cluster ions; c) the synthesis, isolation and characterization of melanogenic substrates and cofactors using mass determination; and d) development of electrochemical techniques in the decontamination of organic contaminants, especially pesticides.

Mass spectrometry (MS) is a technique used to probe intimate structural details and to obtain the molecular compositions of a vast array of organic, bioorganic, and organometallic molecules. The results from these studies will have an impact in a number of areas including environmental chemistry and nanosciences.

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