300 MHz NMR Console Upgrade

通过化学研究仪器和设施（CRIF）和主要研究仪器（MRI）计划的这一奖项，阿克伦大学化学系将获得现有300 MHz核磁共振（NMR）光谱仪的升级。这一设备将加强以下领域的研究：杂环炔的主族和过渡金属络合物的制备和表征;树枝状聚合物结构的物理性质的制备、表征和研究;导电聚合物;酶机制和蛋白质修饰的研究;为聚合物表征开发先进的多维核磁共振技术;核磁共振波谱学是化学家用来阐明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。对于从事前沿研究的化学家来说，使用最先进的NMR光谱分析技术是必不可少的。这些NMR研究的结果在聚合物、催化和生物学等领域都很有用。

With this award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) and Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Programs, the Department of Chemistry at the University of Akron will acquire an upgrade of an existing 300 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectrometer. This equipment will enhance research in the following areas: preparation and characterization of main-group and transition metal complexes with heterocyclynes; preparation, characterization and study of physical properties of dendrimer structures; conducting polymers; studies of enzyme mechanisms and protein modification; development of advanced multidimensional NMR for polymer characterization; and the study of three-dimensional structures of ordered polymers in solution.Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy is the most powerful tool available to chemists 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 spectrometry is essential to chemists who are carrying out frontier research. The results from these NMR studies are useful in the areas such as polymers, catalysis, and in biology.