MRI: Acquisition of Probes and an Upgrade to the Console for a 500 MHz wide Bore Solids NMR

佛罗里达州立大学的Geoffrey Strouse教授和他的同事William Cooper将获得来自主要研究仪器计划和化学系的这一奖项，他们将获得一个新的控制台和探测器，用于固体的500 MHz宽口径核磁共振(核磁共振)光谱仪。该奖项将加强下列领域的研究：(A)量子点微环境研究，(B)地表水、地下水和土壤孔隙水中天然有机化合物的生物地球化学，(C)由设计多肽组成的纳米纤维，(D)金属间化合物和锌相，(E)金属载体催化剂，(F)铁电相变，(G)活细胞代谢物分析，(H)仿生纳米技术的结构分析，(I)天然产物的鉴定，和(J)热带森林土壤有机碳动态。核磁共振波谱是化学家用来研究物质和固体的含量和结构的最广泛使用的分析工具之一。它被用来识别未知物质，表征分子中原子的特定排列，并探索固态材料中的微环境。这些核磁共振研究的结果将对仿生材料、聚合物和环境相关材料的研究产生积极的影响。该仪器将是教学和研究不可或缺的一部分。它将与佛罗里达农工大学和瓦尔多斯塔州立大学的教职员工和学生，以及廷德尔AFB和巴拿马史密森热带研究所的研究人员分享。

With this award from the Major Research Instrumentation Program and the Chemistry Division, Professor Geoffrey Strouse from Florida State University and colleague William Cooper will acquire a new console and probes for a 500 MHz wide bore nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer for solids. The award will enhance research in areas such as (a) studies of microenvironments in quantum dots (QD), (b) biogeochemistry of natural organic compounds in surface waters, ground waters and soil pore waters, (c) nanofibers composed of designer peptides, (d) intermetallics and Zintl phases, (e) metal supported catalysts, (f) ferroelectric phase transitions, (g) live-cell metabolite analysis, (h) structural analysis of biomimetic nanotechnologies (i) identification of natural products, and (j) soil organic carbon dynamics in tropical forests. NMR spectroscopy is one of the most widely used analytical tools used by chemists to investigate the content and structure of materials and solids. It is used to identify unknown substances, to characterize specific arrangements of atoms within molecules, and probe the microenvironments in solid state materials. The results from these NMR studies will have a positive impact on studies of bio-inspired materials, polymers, and environmentally relevant materials. The instrument will be an integral part of teaching as well as research. It will be shared with faculty and students at Florida A&M University and Valdosta State University, and researchers at Tyndall AFB and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.