Multi-Dimensional SEC-Correlation-Spectroscopy (Q01)

• Subject Area: Experimental and Theoretical Physics of Polymers
• Term: from 2016 to 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 259079535

In the first funding period, we integrated a 60 MHz NMR-spectrometer and designed and built a new spectrometer based on external cavity quantum cascade laser (SEC-EC-QCL-IR) allowing to demonstrate the capabilities of the new multidimensional spectroscopy for specific functional groups. Now we intend to improve the sensitivity, extend the range of application by implementing new laser sources, develop specially designed columns for the SEC and capillaries for the IR and NMR-spectroscopy, new techniques for improving the signal to noise ratio in the SEC and further improvements in pulsing sequences.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1176: Molekulare Strukturierung weicher Materie
• Major Instrumentation: QCL-Spektrometer
• Instrumentation Group: 1820 Nah-Infrarot-Spektralphotometer
• Applicant Institution: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Manfred Wilhelm