Upgrade of LSU NMR Facility

这份来自化学研究仪器和设施（CRIF）项目和主要研究仪器（MRI）项目的合同将使路易斯安那州立大学化学系能够通过增加仪器的技术能力和提高执行常规和更复杂的多维实验的效率来升级核磁共振（NMR）设施。这些升级将促进许多领域的研究，包括1)天然产物结构的确定；2)肽和核酸类似物的设计与合成；3)新型多肽和聚合物结构；4)生物分子核磁共振；5)有机曲面化学；6)有机材料化学；分子识别和分离科学。核磁共振（NMR）波谱是化学家用来阐明分子结构的最有力的工具。它用于识别未知物质，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。获得最先进的核磁共振光谱是必不可少的化学家谁正在进行前沿研究。这些核磁共振研究的结果在聚合物、催化和生物学等领域是有用的。

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program and the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program will enable the Department of Chemistry at Louisiana State University to upgrade the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) facilities, by increasing the technical capabilities of the instruments and by improving the efficiency of performing routine and more complex multi-dimensional experiments. These upgrades will facilitate research in a number of areas, including 1) natural products structure determination; 2) design and synthesis of peptide and nucleic acid analogs; 3) novel peptide and polymer architectures; 4) biomolecular NMR; 5) chemistry of organic curved surfaces; 6) organic materials chemistry; and molecular recognition and separation science. 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.