Purchase of Instrumentation for Solid State NMR of Quadrupolar Nuclei

现代固态核磁共振波谱为化学家提供了研究材料物理和化学性质的最强大的工具之一。固体核磁共振技术可以获得各种材料的结构和动力学的基本知识，包括生物聚合物、树脂、煤炭和液晶。固体核磁共振研究通常是对使用溶液核磁共振和X射线分析进行的研究的补充。对于从事前沿研究的化学家来说，获得固态核磁共振正迅速变得至关重要。化学仪器计划的这一奖项将帮助加州大学圣地亚哥分校化学系建造一台适合进行固态核磁共振研究的高场核磁共振光谱仪。收购将加强的化学研究领域包括以下几个方面。1)固体中自旋弛豫和分子运动的研究2)固态过渡金属络合物的配体和溶剂动力学。

Modern solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy offers the chemist one of the most powerful tools available for the study of the physical and chemical properties of materials. Fundamental knowledge of structure and dynamics of materials as diverse as biopolymers, resins, coals, and liquid crystals is accessible by solid-state NMR techniques. Solid-state NMR studies often complement those carried out using solution NMR and X-ray analysis. Access to solid-state NMR is rapidly becoming essential to chemists carrying out frontier research. This award from the Chemical Instrumentation Program will help the Department of Chemistry of the University of California, San Diego, to construct a high-field NMR spectrometer suitable for carrying out solid-state NMR studies. The areas of chemical research that will be enhanced by the acquisition include the following. 1) Studies of spin relaxation and molecular motion in solids 2) Ligand and solvate dynamics of solid-state transition metal complexes.