MRI: Acquiring a 500 MHz NMR Spectrometer to Establish the Joint Morehouse College - Clark Atlanta University Magnetic Resonance Facility (MCMRF)

非技术摘要：克拉克亚特兰大大学和莫尔豪斯学院位于格鲁吉亚亚特兰大市的相邻校区，提议建立莫尔豪斯学院-克拉克亚特兰大大学磁共振设施，以满足学生、教师和研究人员的研究和教育需求。 根据这一目标，这些机构联合向国家科学基金会提交了NSF-MRI提案，以获得500 MHz核磁共振光谱仪。 这两个机构长期以来一直为国家提供训练有素和有才华的少数民族科学家。该设施的使用将影响向本科生和研究生提供的课程质量。 参与研究的本科生、撰写论文和学位论文的研究生以及研究人员和教职员工利用该系统将影响其质量并扩大其调查范围。 核磁共振能够在分子水平上揭示物质的组成和结构，因此是解决生命系统功能和催化剂吸附剂等不同领域问题的重要工具。 此外，这一工具的提供将使这两个机构的研究人员能够通过开展调查，兑现科学为人类服务的承诺，为解决复杂的科学和技术问题作出重大贡献。 购买500 MHz核磁共振光谱仪和建立莫尔豪斯学院-克拉克亚特兰大大学磁共振设施是提高这两个机构的研究能力和竞争力的战略计划的一个组成部分。技术摘要：克拉克亚特兰大大学和莫尔豪斯学院位于格鲁吉亚亚特兰大市的相邻校区，提议建立联合莫尔豪斯学院-克拉克亚特兰大大学磁共振设施，以服务于学生的研究和教育需求，教师和研究人员。 根据这一目标，这些机构联合向国家科学基金会提交了NSF-MRI提案，以获得500 MHz核磁共振光谱仪。 该设施的使用将影响向本科生和研究生提供的课程质量。 参与研究的本科生、撰写论文和学位论文的研究生以及研究人员和教职员工利用该系统将影响其质量并扩大其调查范围。 该中心的建立将对正在进行和预期的研究计划产生积极影响，包括：材料合成和表征，纳米生物技术，有机和聚合物合成，酶结构-功能研究和催化。 在具体的研究项目，将受益于收购500兆赫频谱仪是：？合成和改性沸石和相关的微孔和介孔铝硅酸盐和有机硅酸盐作为吸附剂，催化剂和纳米复合材料的组成部分的应用？更好的生物多样性：低价过渡金属配合物在非烯烃底物的氢化、胺化和羰基化中的作用范围和反应活性？设计和制备用于控制和理解材料-蛋白质和材料-细胞相互作用的功能纳米材料购买500 MHz NMR光谱仪和建立MCMRF是提高这些机构的研究能力和竞争力的战略计划的一个组成部分。

Non-Technical Abstract: Clark Atlanta University and Morehouse College, located on contiguous campuses in Atlanta Georgia, propose to establish the joint Morehouse College - Clark Atlanta University Magnetic Resonance Facility to serve the research and educational needs of students, faculty and research staff. Pursuant to this goal these institutions have jointly submitted to the National Science Foundation this NSF-MRI proposal to acquire a 500 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrometer. The two institutions have a long history of providing the Country with a source of highly trained and talented minority scientists. The utilization of this Facility will impact the quality of courses provided to both undergraduate and graduate students. Its utilization by undergraduates involved in research, graduate students developing their theses and dissertations and research staff and faculty will impact the quality and broaden the scope of their investigations. Nuclear magnetic resonance has the ability to reveal the composition and structure of substances at the molecular level and is thus an essential tool in tackling problems in areas as diverse as how living system function and the adsorbants on catalysts. Furthermore, the availability of this instrument will permit the researchers at both Institutions to significantly contribute to the solutions of complex scientific and technological problems by undertaking investigations that will deliver on the promise of science in the service of humankind. The purchase of the 500 MHz NMR spectrometer and the establishment of the Morehouse College - Clark Atlanta University Magnetic Resonance Facility is an integral part of the strategic plan to increase the research capacity and competitiveness of these two Institutions.Technical Abstract:Clark Atlanta University and Morehouse College, located on contiguous campuses in Atlanta Georgia, propose to establish the joint Morehouse College - Clark Atlanta University Magnetic Resonance Facility to serve the research and educational needs of students, faculty and research staff. Pursuant to this goal these institutions have jointly submitted to the National Science Foundation this NSF-MRI proposal to acquire a 500 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrometer. The utilization of this Facility will impact the quality of courses provided to both undergraduate and graduate students. Its utilization by undergraduates involved in research, graduate students developing their theses and dissertations and research staff and faculty will impact the quality and broaden the scope of their investigations. The ongoing and anticipated research programs that will be positively impacted by the establishment of this Center include: work in material synthesis and characterization, nanobiotechnology, organic and polymer synthesis, enzyme structure-function studies and catalysis. Among the specific research projects that will benefit from the acquisition of the 500 MHz spectrometer are the:? Synthesis and modification of zeolites and related micro and mesoporous aluminosilicate and organosilicates for applications as adsorbents, catalysts, and components of nanocomposites? Towards a Better Biodiesel: Scope and reactivity of low-valent transition metal complexes in the hydrogenation, amination, and carbonylation of non-olefinic substrates? Design and preparation of functional nanoscale materials for controlling and understanding material-protein and material-cell interaction The purchase of the 500 MHz NMR spectrometer and the establishment of the MCMRF is an integral part of the strategic plan to increase the research capacity and competitiveness of these Institutions.