Acquisition of High Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer for Transport Studies

9601924吉布斯拟议研究项目的主要目标是获得一台500Mz大口径核磁共振光谱仪，配备用于流动成像、扩散分析和电泳的探针。所需仪器为Avance DMX500WB高性能数字核磁共振波谱仪，由布鲁克仪器公司制造，邮编：01821-3991Fortune Drive，Billerica。FAMU-FSU工程学院化工系的教员将使用该仪器进行多相传输现象的实验。斯蒂芬·J·吉布斯博士、布鲁斯·R·洛克博士和鲁芬娜·阿拉莫博士三位关键教员将在材料科学、生化和生物医学材料以及聚合物领域进行运输实验。吉布斯博士最近加入了该学院，在脉冲场核磁共振在输运研究中的应用和方法方面拥有丰富的经验。骆家辉博士资助了一些相关项目的研究和丰富的经验，这些项目将利用这笔赠款购买的仪器；这项工作的主要重点是生物材料中的电场驱动传输。阿拉莫博士资助了聚合物表征方面的研究和丰富的经验。她的重点将是流动条件下的结晶。化学工程系的其他教员，包括佩德罗·阿尔斯博士和迈克尔·彼得斯博士，在分析大分子传输的数学建模和理论方法方面拥有专业知识，将在这项拨款上与研究人员合作。拟议中的仪器将是一个跨学科项目的重点，该项目将包括来自FAMU的化学工程师和其他在分子传输测量方面有共同兴趣的科学家。FAMU湿地生态部的谢博士正在开展土壤中多相运移的研究，并将在未来使用这一仪器。***

9601924 Gibbs The major objective of the proposed research project is to acquire a 500 Mz wide bore Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer equipped with probes for flowing imaging, diffusion analysis, and electrophoresis. The instrument requested is an AVANCE DMX 500 WB high performance digital nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, manufactured by Bruker Instruments, Inc. Manning Park 19 Fortune Drive, Billerica, MA 01821-3991. The main purpose of this instrument will be for the performance of experiments in multiphase transport phenomena by faculty in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. Three key faculty members, Dr. Stephen J. Gibbs, Dr. Bruce R. Locke, and Dr. Rufina Alamo, will conduct experiments in transport in materials science, biochemical and biomedical materials, and polymers. Dr. Gibbs is recently joining the faculty and comes with extensive experience in the applications and methodology of pulsed field NMR for transport studies. Dr. Locke has funded research and extensive experience in a number of related projects that will utilize the instrument purchased on this grant; the major focus of this work is on electrical field driven transport in biomaterials. Dr. Alamo has funded research and extensive experience in the characterization of polymers. Her focus will be on crystallization under flow conditions. Additional faculty members from the Department of Chemical Engineering, including Dr. Pedro Arce and Dr. Michael Peters have expertise in the mathematical modeling and theoretical approaches for the analysis of macromolecular transport will collaborate with investigators on this grant. The proposed instrument will be the focus of an interdisciplinary program that will included chemical engineers and other scientists from FAMU with common interests in the measurement of molecular transport. Dr. Hsieh, from the Wetlands Ecology Department at FAMU is developing research in multiphase transport in soils and will utili ze this instrument in the future. ***