Grant: Research Tools and Instruments
University of Saskatchewan
$145,000.00
Quantum Cascade Laser-Sourced IR Spectrometer for Time Resolved Spectroscopy and Advanced Imaging at the Canadian Light Source
FY 2017-18
Summary
NSERC Research Tools and Instruments funding will be used to help acquire an advanced infrared spectrometer that will be housed and operated at Canadas only synchrotron facility, the Canadian Light Source (CLS). The existing mid-infrared beamline at the CLS is an established centre of infrared expertise and has provided the Canadian scientific community with a source of high brightness infrared light for more than 10 years. The beamline presently supports the multidisciplinary research programs of more than one hundred users from across Canada but requires renewed investment in its core infrastructure to maintain its current level of excellence. This proposal aims to equip the beamline with a quantum cascade laser sourced spectrometer that will drive new scientific advances using infrared spectroscopy and imaging. The instrument will provide facile, microsecond resolved spectroscopy capabilities and be a source for wide field of view infrared imaging. Housed at a national science facility, the instrument will be available to users from across Canada and the world who wish to study a broad range of materials and biological systems using unique tools that are not available in conventional chemistry, physics and biology laboratories. The spectrometer provides two critical advantages over existing infrastructure at the CLS mid-infrared beamline; 1) a source that is four orders of magnitude brighter than synchrotron infrared radiation and 2) the means to rapidly acquire high quality time resolved spectra. The requested infrastructure is highly complementary with a broad-band synchrotron infrared source and will help pivot the beamline to a position where it can offer scientific solutions for a greater range of applications. The requested instrument allows access to a scientific tool designed to study problems where high powered lasers outperform synchrotron light. Diversifying the beamline capabilities will catalyze further infrastructure investment in the beamline, the CLS, and the Canadian infrared user community.
Program
Research Tools and Instruments
Recipient
Location
Saskatchewan, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
RTI-2018-00296
Name nom
Burgess, Ian
Department département
Chemistry - 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
2017
Competition year année de concours
2018
Award amount
145000
Program id
RTI
Program name en
Research Tools and Instruments
Program name fr
Outils et instruments de recherche
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
1604
Committee name en
Chemistry (RTI)
Committee name fr
Chimie (OIR)
Area of application code
1202
Area of application group en
Advancement of knowledge
Area of application group fr
Avancement des connaissances
Area of application en
Physical sciences
Area of application fr
Sciences physiques
Research subject code
3401
Research subject group en
Physical chemistry
Research subject group fr
Chimie physique
Research subject en
Electrochemistry
Research subject fr
Électrochimie
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Quantum Cascade Laser-Sourced IR Spectrometer for Time Resolved Spectroscopy and Advanced Imaging at the Canadian Light Source
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
NSERC Research Tools and Instruments funding will be used to help acquire an advanced infrared spectrometer that will be housed and operated at Canadas only synchrotron facility, the Canadian Light Source (CLS). The existing mid-infrared beamline at the CLS is an established centre of infrared expertise and has provided the Canadian scientific community with a source of high brightness infrared light for more than 10 years. The beamline presently supports the multidisciplinary research programs of more than one hundred users from across Canada but requires renewed investment in its core infrastructure to maintain its current level of excellence. This proposal aims to equip the beamline with a quantum cascade laser sourced spectrometer that will drive new scientific advances using infrared spectroscopy and imaging. The instrument will provide facile, microsecond resolved spectroscopy capabilities and be a source for wide field of view infrared imaging. Housed at a national science facility, the instrument will be available to users from across Canada and the world who wish to study a broad range of materials and biological systems using unique tools that are not available in conventional chemistry, physics and biology laboratories. The spectrometer provides two critical advantages over existing infrastructure at the CLS mid-infrared beamline; 1) a source that is four orders of magnitude brighter than synchrotron infrared radiation and 2) the means to rapidly acquire high quality time resolved spectra. The requested infrastructure is highly complementary with a broad-band synchrotron infrared source and will help pivot the beamline to a position where it can offer scientific solutions for a greater range of applications. The requested instrument allows access to a scientific tool designed to study problems where high powered lasers outperform synchrotron light. Diversifying the beamline capabilities will catalyze further infrastructure investment in the beamline, the CLS, and the Canadian infrared user community.
