Acquisition of a Widebore 500 MHz Solid-State Spectrometer for the Penn State NMR Facility

这项来自学术研究基础设施(ARI)计划的奖项将帮助宾夕法尼亚州立大学(PSU)化学系获得一台宽频500 MHz核磁共振波谱仪。该设备将在以下几个领域加强PSU的固态化学和材料科学研究：(1)新型含硼聚合物的合成和应用(2)微孔、介孔和大孔材料的设计、合成和表征(3)各种片状和微孔材料中的原子连接性和局部结构(4)无定形碱性磷酸盐和磷酸铝、晶态沸石和磷酸铝和固态生物分子(5)非晶态材料和表面表征，以及(7)催化体系中机理和中间体的阐明核磁共振波谱是化学家可用于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。这些核磁共振研究的结果在聚合物、催化和生物学等领域都是有用的。

University Park This award from the Academic Research Infrastructure (ARI) Program will assist the Department of Chemistry at the Pennsylvania State University (PSU) acquire a widebore 500 MHz NMR spectrometer. This equipment will enhance the solid-state chemistry and materials science research at PSU in a number of areas including the following: (1) synthesis and applications of novel boron-containing polymers (2) design, synthesis and characterization of microporous, mesoporous, and macroporous materials (3) atomic connectivity and local structure in a variety of lamellar and microporous materials (4) amorphous alkali phosphates and aluminophosphates, crystalline zeolites and aluminophosphates and solid-state biomolecules (5) amorphous materials and surfaces (6) characterization of catalytic materials, and (7) elucidation of mechanisms and intermediates in catalytic systems Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is the most powerful tool available to chemists 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. The results from these NMR studies are useful in the areas such as polymers, catalysis, and in biology.