MRI: SusChEM: Acquisition of a 400 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectrometer for Research and Education

该奖项由主要研究仪器(MRI)和化学研究仪器计划支持。辛辛那提大学的关海荣教授和他的同事们正在获取一台400 MHz的核磁共振(核磁共振)光谱仪。核磁共振光谱仪分析样品中原子核的信号，这些信号受到光谱仪光的刺激。这使得能够识别原子(例如，氢、碳等)。在院子里。这种分析技术被用来研究化学物质、药物和蛋白质或识别未知物质。这种核磁共振波谱仪用于开发储能材料、环境友好的试剂以及药物输送和医疗应用的材料。本科生和高级学生接受了使用这一强大工具的培训，为他们未来在学术界或行业的职业生涯做好准备。这种核磁共振光谱仪加强了各个层次的研究和教育。它影响到用于合理设计催化剂的分子的制备和表征的研究，以及通过金属络合物储存能量的光过程的识别。该仪器还帮助开发使用地球资源丰富的材料或可再生原料的工艺，以及生产需要较少溶剂的环境友好试剂。光谱仪还用于设计用于捕获二氧化碳的聚合物材料，以及探索可能具有潜在医疗用途的化合物输送方法。

This award is supported by the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) and the Chemistry Research Instrumentation Programs. Professor Hairong Guan from the University of Cincinnati and colleagues are acquiring a 400 MHz nuclear magnetic resonace (NMR) spectrometer. An NMR spectrometer analyzes signals from atomic nuclei in a sample stimulated by light from the spectrometer. This enables the identification of the atoms (for example, hydrogen, carbon etc.) in the compound. This analytic technique is used to study chemicals, drugs, and proteins or to identify unknown substances. This NMR spectrometer is used to develop energy storage materials, environmentally benign reagents and materials for drug delivery and medical applications. Undergraduate and upper level students are trained in the use of this powerful tool preparing them for future careers in academia or industry. This NMR spectrometer enhances research and education at all levels. It impacts research on the preparation and characterization of molecules for rationally designing catalysts as well as the identification of photo processes for storing energy via metal complexes. The instrument also aids in developing processes that use earth-abundant materials or renewable feedstocks and in producing environmentally benign reagents that require smaller amounts of solvent. The spectrometer is also used in designing polymeric materials for carbon dioxide capture and in exploring methodologies of compound delivery that may have potential medical uses.