Acquisition of Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectrometer

这是布朗大学获得“最先进”固态核磁共振光谱仪的材料研究奖的仪器。该仪器将广泛用于以下五个基础研究项目：(1)分子和介观自组装形成的有序聚合物微观结构；(2)小封闭液滴的向列指向器构型；(3)新型给药系统材料基础研究；(4)碳材料前驱体的微观结构；(5)微孔碳材料的孔隙度表征。大多数研究围绕着材料分子结构的确定和表征，在电子显示器、电光器件、药物输送和燃料方面具有实际意义。将制定一项积极的外展计划，允许其他机构通过互联网实时远程访问该设施，从而将这种能力带给美国更广泛的用户群。马萨诸塞大学和南密西西比大学将作为开发这个远程访问程序的测试站点。在教育推广方面，将为K-12学生提供在线教程，并将为NMR设施的外部用户开发在线培训服务。还有一个强大的工业用户群，由大公司和小公司组成。许多感兴趣的公司都与主要研究人员有合作关系。预计这种工业互动将为设施的维修提供资金，大大加强目前工业/大学的互动，并促进大学教员与私营部门之间的新关系。这是布朗大学获得固态核磁共振光谱系统的奖励。该光谱仪将用于研究当前科学和技术重要性的许多材料系统：液晶，聚合物和碳材料，在显示，药物输送和燃料方面具有广泛的应用兴趣。固态核磁共振光谱仪有望通过提供发现新材料和表征其基础物理现象的能力，创造指导合成和材料加工的新途径，并提供一种强大的实验技术来探测与技术相关的材料的组成、结构、物理性质和性能，从而对当前资助的研究项目产生重大影响。除了拟议的研究之外，还计划了一项积极的外展计划，该计划将允许其他机构通过互联网实时远程访问该仪器。两家机构已经同意作为beta测试站点，以使该设施在美国拥有更广泛的用户群。在教育外展方面，将为K-12学生开发在线教程，并为外部用户开发在线培训服务。调查人员还发现了一个强大的工业用户群。这种工业互动预计将为设施的维护产生资金，显著加强当前工业/大学的互动，并促进布朗大学教师和私营部门之间的新关系。

This is an instrumentation for Materials Research Award to Brown University for the acquisition of a 'state-of-the-art' solid state nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer. The instrumentation will be extensively utilized for five basic research programs: (1) Ordered Polymer Microstructures Formed From Molecular and Mesoscopic Self Assembly; (2) Nematic Director Configurations in Small Confining Droplets; (3) Basic Studies of Materials for Novel Drug Delivery Systems; (4) Micro-Structure in Carbon Material Precursors; and (5) Characterization of the Porosity in Microporous Carbon Materials. Most of the studies revolve around the determination and characterization of molecular architectures of materials with practical implications in electronic displays, electro-optic devices, drug delivery and fuels. An aggressive outreach program will be instituted which will allow other institutions remote access to the facility through the Internet in real time to bring this capability to a much wider user base in the United States. The University of Massachusetts and the University of Southern Mississippi will serve as beta test sites to develop this remote access program. On the educational outreach front, an on-line tutorial will be available for K-12 students, and a training service will be developed on-line for outside users of the NMR facility. There is also a strong industrial user base that is composed of both large and small companies. Many of the interested companies have existing collaborations with the principal investigators. This industrial interaction is expected to generate funds for the upkeep of the facility, significantly enhance current industrial/university interactions, and foster new relationships between university faculty and the private sector. This is an award to Brown University for the acquisition of a solid state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy system. The spectrometer will be used research on a number of material systems of current scientific and technical importance: liquid crystals, polymers, and carbon materials, with broad application interests in displays, drug delivery and fuels. Solid state NMR spectrometer is expected to significantly impact current sponsored research programs by providing capability to discover new materials and characterize their underpinning physical phenomena, create new pathways to guide synthesis and materials processing, and provide a power experimental technique to probe the composition, structure, physical properties, and performance of materials of technological relevance. In addition to the proposed research, an aggressive outreach program is planned, which would allow other institutions remote access to this instrument through the Internet in real time. Two institutions have agreed to be beta test sites in a development effort to bring the facility to a much wider user base in the United States. On the educational outreach front, an on-line tutorial for K-12 students will be developed as well as an on-line training service for outside users. The investigators have also identified a strong industrial user base. This industrial interaction is expected to generate funds for the upkeep of the facility, significantly enhance current industrial/university interactions, and foster new relationships between Brown University faculty and the private sector.