Purchase of a High Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer

核磁共振（NMR）光谱是化学家用来研究分子结构的最有力的工具。它用于识别未知物质，表征分子内原子的特定排列，并研究溶液中分子之间相互作用的动力学。获得最先进的核磁共振光谱学对化学家和生物学家进行前沿研究至关重要。这份来自化学仪器项目、仪器和仪器开发项目和材料研究项目的RUI奖将被圣何塞州立大学化学系用于帮助获得高场核磁共振光谱仪。此次收购将加强的研究领域包括：1)低维固体的研究2)核糖核酸酶A与质子折叠中间体的观察碳-13和氮-15磁共振3)聚氟芳基聚合物和聚氟芳基-硅氧烷共聚物的合成4)金属-蛋白质配合物和化学键合固定相的研究5)镧系元素和锕系元素配位化学。

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is the most powerful tool available to the chemist for the elucidation of the structure of molecules. It is used to identify unknown substances, characterize specific arrangements of atoms within molecules, and to study the dynamics of interactions between molecules in solution. Access to state-of-the-art NMR spectroscopy is essential to chemists and biologists carrying out frontier research. This RUI award from the Chemical Instrumentation Program, the Instrumentation and Instrument Development Program and the Instrumentation for Materials Research Program will be used by the Department of Chemistry at San Jose State University to help acquire a high-field NMR spectrometer. The areas of research that will be enhanced by the acquisition include the following: 1) Studies of low dimensional solids 2) Observations of intermediates in the folding of ribonuclease A with proton, carbon-13 and nitrogen-15 magnetic resonance 3) Synthesis of polyfluoroaryl polymers and polyfluoroaryl- siloxane copolymers 4) Studies of metal-protein complexes and chemically bonded stationary phases 5) Lanthanide and actinide coordination chemistry.