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

在这项由化学系实验物理化学项目支持的合作奖项中，特拉华大学的Cecil DyBowski教授和Bryn Mawr学院的Peter Beckmann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金属核的核磁共振弛豫的机制。这项研究的最终目的是将测得的重金属核的驰豫时间与宿主材料的物理性质联系起来。这项基础研究的结果可能会应用于材料研究。除了这项研究可能产生的更广泛的科学影响外，私人投资机构还积极培训下一代女性科学家。

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.