Collaborative Research: Solid-State NMR Relaxometry in Heavy-Metal Salts

在这个由化学系实验物理化学项目支持的合作奖项中，特拉华州大学的塞西尔·迪博夫斯基教授和布林莫尔学院的彼得·贝克曼教授将与他们的学生同事一起进行重金属盐的固态核磁共振弛豫法研究。 这项研究的目的是确定最近观察到的重金属，自旋1/2金属核的NMR弛豫机制。 研究的最终目标是将重金属原子核的测量弛豫时间与宿主材料的物理性质联系起来。 这一基础研究的结果可能会应用于材料研究，除了研究可能产生更广泛的科学影响外，研究所还积极培训下一代女科学家。

In this collaborative award, supported by the Experimental Physical Chemistry Program of the Chemistry Division, Prof. Cecil Dybowski of the University of Delaware and Prof. Peter Beckmann of Bryn Mawr College will conduct research with their student colleagues on solid-state NMR relaxometry of heavy-metal salts. The goal of the research is to determine the mechanism for the recently-observed NMR relaxation of heavy-metal, spin 1/2 metal nuclei. The ultimate goal of the research is to connect the measured relaxation times for heavy metal nuclei with the physical properties of the host material. The results of this basic research may result in applications to materials research.Besides the possible broader scientific impacts of the research, the PIs are active in the training of the next generation of women scientists.