Grant: Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
University of Saskatchewan
$68,407.00
Essential repairs for Ti: sapphire laser systems
FY 2007-08
Summary
We request funding of $68,407 for items needed to repair two fast Ti:sapphire laser systems and bring them up to performance specifications. These instruments have a replacement value of ca. $750,000 and are essential for maintaining and extending the research programs of the applicants. These lasers are used to investigate the fast dynamic behavior of highly excited electronic states of metalloporphyrins and related materials, in solution, in sols and gels and in polymer films and solid matrices. The results are of importance in the design and characterization of new materials for NIR solar energy capture and storage using non-coherent photon upconversion by triplet-triplet annihilation. These lasers are also used as light sources for multi-user fluorescence microscopy experiments mounted by the Saskatchewan Structural Sciences Centre, in particular for fluorescence lifetime imaging experiments.
Program
Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
Recipient
Location
Saskatchewan, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
359994-2008
Name nom
Steer, Ronald
Department département
Chemistry
Organization id
16
Institution établissement
University of Saskatchewan
Province en
Saskatchewan
Province fr
Saskatchewan
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2007
Competition year année de concours
2008
Award amount
68407
Program id
EQPEQ
Program name en
Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
Program name fr
Outils et instruments de recherche - catégorie 1 (<150 000$)
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
26
Committee name en
Anal. & Phys. Chemistry
Committee name fr
Chimie analytique et physique
Area of application code
305
Area of application group en
Energy resources
Area of application group fr
Ressources d'énergie
Area of application en
Energy storage and conversion
Area of application fr
Stockage et transformation de l'énergie
Research subject code
3406
Research subject group en
Physical chemistry
Research subject group fr
Chimie physique
Research subject en
Photochemistry and photophysics
Research subject fr
Photochimie et photophysique
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Essential repairs for Ti: sapphire laser systems
Keyword
NA
Application summary
We request funding of $68,407 for items needed to repair two fast Ti:sapphire laser systems and bring them up to performance specifications. These instruments have a replacement value of ca. $750,000 and are essential for maintaining and extending the research programs of the applicants. These lasers are used to investigate the fast dynamic behavior of highly excited electronic states of metalloporphyrins and related materials, in solution, in sols and gels and in polymer films and solid matrices. The results are of importance in the design and characterization of new materials for NIR solar energy capture and storage using non-coherent photon upconversion by triplet-triplet annihilation. These lasers are also used as light sources for multi-user fluorescence microscopy experiments mounted by the Saskatchewan Structural Sciences Centre, in particular for fluorescence lifetime imaging experiments.
