Purchase of a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer Console

这项由材料研究部化学研究仪器计划和国家仪器和设施计划授予的奖项将帮助亚利桑那州立大学化学和生物化学系为一台400 MHz核磁共振光谱仪获得控制台，该光谱仪将用于以下研究项目：硅酸盐玻璃和固体电解质的结构和动力学研究，先进陶瓷材料的合成和表征，人工光合作用和太阳能转换，光化学损伤的DNA修复机制，外星生物的大分子有机材料的性质，核磁共振在计算机增强结构阐明中的作用，以及复杂天然产物和过渡金属络合物的合成和完全结构测定。核磁共振波谱是阐明分子结构的最有力的工具。它被用来识别未知物质，表征分子内原子的特定排列，并研究溶液中分子之间相互作用的动力学。对于正在进行前沿研究的化学家来说，获得最先进的核磁共振光谱是必不可少的。

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation Program and the National Instrumentation and Facilities Program of the Division of Materials Research will help the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Arizona State University acquire a console for a 400 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrometer which will be used in the following research projects: structural and dynamic studies of silicate glasses and solid electrolytes, the synthesis and characterization of advanced ceramic materials, artificial photosynthesis and solar energy conversion, mechanisms for the repair of photochemically damaged DNA, the nature of macromolecular organic materials of extra-terrestrial orgin, the role of NMR in computer-enhanced structure elucidation, and the synthesis and complete structural determination of complex natural products and transition metal complexes. %%% Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is the most powerful tool for the elucidation of the structure of molecules. It is used to identify unknown substances, 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 spectrometry is essential to chemists who are carrying out frontier research.