MRI: Acquisition of a Liquid/Supercritical Fluid Chromatoghraphy Mass Spectrometer for Energy and Environmental Research

MRI：购买液体/超临界流体色谱质谱仪用于能源和环境研究

• 批准号: 1626100
• 负责人: Lindsay Soh
• 金额: $ 40万
• 依托单位: Lafayette College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-10-01 至 2019-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1626100&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; Liquid; Supercritical; Fluid

This award from the Major Research Instrumentation Program will fund the acquisition of a liquid chromatography/supercritical fluid/mass spectrometer (LC/SFC/MS) for both environmental and energy research at Lafayette College and proximate universities. The LC/SFC/MS will enable the quantification and identification of components in these systems. The enhanced understanding of each system would allow for the development of strategies to mediate negative implications and optimize for beneficial outcomes related to energy and environmental applications. Additionally, the use of the LC/SFC/MS by neighboring institutions will further these goals and provide outreach opportunities for training in both the use of the instrument as well as green chemistry and engineering. The instrumentation will be used by multiple groups for research and provide educational experiences for undergraduate student researchers. When appropriate this instrumentation will also serve as an advanced teaching tool in multiple classes.The LC/SFC/MS is a combined system that will transform the research capabilities at Lafayette College. The instrument is capable of high definition and accurate analyses with sufficient versatility for use in many applications. The unique combination of LC and SFC will make both reverse- and normal-phase separations accessible to our faculty and student researchers for a wide range of target analytes. MS coupled to a chromatography system is a robust technique possessing the ability to perform unknown molecule identification and compound isolation from complex matrices while providing ample sensitivity for quantification and identification of components with a wide spectrum of volatilities that range from polar to nonpolar. This instrumentation will be used to advance high impact faculty-led research relevant to energy and environmental applications with specific projects as follows: 1) CO2 mediated reactions for selective and sustainable biodiesel production, 2) Selective extraction and recycling of valuable co-products from microalgae using green solvents, 3) Product identification and mechanism elucidation of atmospheric aerosol growth pathways, and 4) Understanding of the production and fate of thiols in freshwater systems.

主要研究仪器计划的奖项将资助液态色谱/超临界流体/质谱仪（LC/SFC/MS），用于拉斐特学院和近端大学的环境和能源研究。 LC/SFC/MS将实现这些系统中组件的量化和识别。 对每个系统的增强理解将允许制定策略，以调解负面影响并优化与能源和环境应用相关的有益结果。 此外，邻近机构使用LC/SFC/MS的使用将进一步进一步这些目标，并为使用仪器的使用以及绿色化学和工程提供培训机会。 该仪器将被多个小组使用，并为本科生研究人员提供教育经验。 适当的时候，该仪器还将在多个类中充当高级教学工具。LC/SFC/MS是一个合并的系统，它将改变拉斐特学院的研究能力。 该仪器能够进行高清晰度和准确的分析，并具有足够的多功能性，可在许多应用中使用。 LC和SFC的独特组合将使我们的教职员工和学生研究人员可以使用反向和正常相的分离，以获得广泛的目标分析物。与色谱系统耦合的MS是一种具有强大的技术，具有从复杂矩阵中执行未知分子鉴定和化合物隔离的能力，同时提供了足够的灵敏度，以定量和鉴定具有从极性到非极性范围的各种挥发性的组件。 该仪器将用于推进与能源和环境应用相关的高影响力和环境应用的高影响力，如下所示：1）CO2介导的选择性和可持续生物柴油生产的反应，2）选择性提取和回收有价值的副产品，从微溶剂和机构进行综合的生产和机构的机构，3）淡水系统中的硫醇。