MRI: Acquisition of a 400 MHz NMR Spectrometer at Cal Poly Pomona

该奖项由主要研究仪器（MRI）项目授予，来自加州波莫纳理工学院的Katherine kantardjeff教授及其同事Sean Liu、Philip Lukeman、Michael Page和Floyd Klavetter将获得一台400 MHz核磁共振（NMR）光谱仪，配备各种探针和自动进样器。该提案旨在加强各级的研究培训和教育，特别是在研究领域，如液晶作为电导体和环境响应传感器的设计、合成和表征、绿色聚氨酯的合成、离子导电材料的设计、合成和表征、具有设计特性的工程细菌细胞色素c’、dna交联动力学、镧系螯合物作为生物代谢物报告物的开发。纳米结构多相催化剂的设计与合成及具有药用和生理特性的植物产物的结构表征。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，以及研究溶液中分子之间相互作用的动力学。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、材料化学和生物化学产生影响。该仪器将成为教学和研究的一个组成部分。

With this award from the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program Professor Katherine Kantardjieff and colleagues Sean Liu, Philip Lukeman, Michael Page and Floyd Klavetter from Cal Poly Pomona will acquire a 400 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer with various probes and an autosampler. The proposal is aimed at enhancing research training and education at all levels, especially in areas of study such as design, synthesis and characterization of liquid crystals as electrical conductors and environmentally responsive sensors, synthesis of green polyurethanes, design, synthesis andcharacterization of ion-conductive materials, engineering bacterial cytochromes c' with designed properties, kinetics of DNA-crosslinking, development of lanthanide chelates as biometabolite reporters, design and synthesis of nanostructured heterogenous catalysts and structural characterization of plant products with medicinal and physiological properties.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 solution. 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 chemistry and biochemistry. This instrument will be an integral part of teaching as well as research.