Acquisition of a Solid State NMR Instrument at Rutgers University for Research and Teaching Activities in New Jersey Area

新不伦瑞克罗格斯大学化学系的Eric L. Garfunkel教授及其同事Tewodros Asefa、Martha Greenblatt、Frank Jordan和Bozena Michniak将获得一台400 MHz核磁共振光谱仪，用于固体研究。该仪器将用于支持以下研究活动：1)纳米多孔材料和无机催化剂的样品组成；2)用于药物输送的聚合物；3)无机催化剂，能够对产生燃料和化学品的基本转变产生影响；4)用于能量转换的热电材料；5)用于能源应用的介孔金属氧化物、半导体和聚合物凝胶电解质；6)用于疾病治疗和疾病诊断的生物聚合物和生物分子。核磁共振（NMR）波谱是化学家用来研究分子结构的最有力的工具之一。它用于识别未知物质，表征分子内原子的特定排列，以及研究固体和溶液中分子之间相互作用的动力学。因为这种特殊的仪器将分析固态物质，它将提供各种不溶性物质的有价值的结构信息。获得最先进的核磁共振光谱仪是必不可少的化学家谁正在进行前沿研究。这些核磁共振研究的结果将对合成有机/无机化学、材料和生物化学产生影响。

With this award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities: Departmental Multi-User Instrumentation program (CRIF:MU), Professors Eric L. Garfunkel and colleagues Tewodros Asefa, Martha Greenblatt, Frank Jordan and Bozena Michniak from the Department of Chemistry at Rutgers University New Brunswick will acquire a 400 MHz NMR spectrometer for the study of solids. The instrument will be used to support research activities such as: 1) sample composition of nanoporous materials and inorganic catalysts; 2) polymers used for drug delivery applications; 3) inorganic catalysts capable of effecting fundamental transformations to yield fuels and chemicals; 4) thermoelectric materials useful for energy transformation; 5) mesoporous metal oxide, semiconductor and polymer gel electrolytes for energy applications; and 6) biopolymers and biomolecules useful for treatment of diseases and disease diagnostics.Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is one of the most powerful tools available to chemists for the elucidation of the structure of molecules. It is used to identify unknown substances, to characterize specific arrangements of atoms within molecules, and to study the dynamics of interactions between molecules in solids and in solution. Because this particular instrument will analyze substances in the solid state it will provide valuable structural information on a variety on insoluble materials. Access to state-of-the-art NMR spectrometers is essential to chemists who are carrying out frontier research. The results from these NMR studies will have an impact in synthetic organic/inorganic chemistry, materials and biochemistry.