Primary Recipient

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

Amount

$130,000.00

Award Date

7/31/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

In the 1920's quantum mechanics replaced the classic 'solar-system' model of the atom where electrons follow simple circular and elliptical paths around the nucleus. Quantum mechanics is a more powerful model than its predecessors in that it more accurate