MTSU Chemistry Researcher Koritsanszky Leads Successful Neutron-Scattering Proposal
By MTSU
September 4, 2009
MTSU is the leader of a successful collaboration to bring a state-of-the-art instrument for the neutron analysis of advanced materials to one of the world’s top centers for neutron scattering.
MTSU joined with North Carolina State University, Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute and Oak Ridge National Laboratory to obtain a single-crystal neutron diffractometer, also known as IMAGINE, through the National Science Foundation and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Principal investigator Dr. Tibor S. Koritsanszky, a professor of chemistry at MTSU, and colleague Flora Meilleur from NCSU, in collaboration with Robert Blessing from Hauptman-Woodward and ORNL’s Bryan C. Chakoumakos, will use IMAGINE to analyze light atom positions in materials of interest across the diverse fields of chemistry, structural biology, pharmacology, condensed-matter physics, nanostructured materials and in the environmental, biomedical and geological sciences.
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