MRI: Acquiring a 500 MHz NMR Spectrometer to Establish the Joint Morehouse College - Clark Atlanta University Magnetic Resonance Facility (MCMRF)

摘要：位于佐治亚州亚特兰大市的克拉克亚特兰大大学和莫尔豪斯学院提议建立莫尔豪斯学院-克拉克亚特兰大大学联合磁共振设施，以满足学生、教师和研究人员的研究和教育需求。为了实现这一目标，这些机构联合向美国国家科学基金会提交了NSF-MRI购买500 MHz核磁共振光谱仪的提案。这两个机构在为国家提供训练有素和有才华的少数民族科学家方面有着悠久的历史。该设施的使用将影响提供给本科生和研究生的课程质量。参与研究的本科生、撰写论文的研究生以及研究人员和教职员工对其的使用将影响其研究质量并拓宽其研究范围。核磁共振有能力在分子水平上揭示物质的组成和结构，因此是解决各种领域问题的重要工具，如生命系统如何运作和催化剂上的吸附剂。此外，这一仪器的可用性将使这两个机构的研究人员能够通过开展研究，为解决复杂的科学和技术问题作出重大贡献，实现科学为人类服务的承诺。购买500兆赫核磁共振光谱仪和建立莫尔豪斯学院-克拉克亚特兰大大学磁共振设施是提高这两个机构的研究能力和竞争力的战略计划的一个组成部分。技术摘要：位于佐治亚州亚特兰大市的克拉克亚特兰大大学和莫尔豪斯学院提议建立莫尔豪斯学院-克拉克亚特兰大大学联合磁共振设施，以满足学生、教师和研究人员的研究和教育需求。为了实现这一目标，这些机构联合向美国国家科学基金会提交了NSF-MRI购买500 MHz核磁共振光谱仪的提案。该设施的使用将影响提供给本科生和研究生的课程质量。参与研究的本科生、撰写论文的研究生以及研究人员和教职员工对其的使用将影响其研究质量并拓宽其研究范围。该中心的建立将对正在进行和预期的研究项目产生积极影响，包括：材料合成和表征、纳米生物技术、有机和聚合物合成、酶结构-功能研究和催化。获得500 MHz光谱仪将受益的具体研究项目包括：？沸石及相关微孔、介孔铝硅酸盐和有机硅酸盐的合成和改性，用于吸附剂、催化剂和纳米复合材料组分迈向更好的生物柴油：低价过渡金属配合物在非烯烃底物氢化、胺化和羰基化中的范围和反应性？购买500兆赫核磁共振波谱仪和建立MCMRF是提高这些机构的研究能力和竞争力的战略计划的组成部分。

Non-Technical Abstract: Clark Atlanta University and Morehouse College, located on contiguous campuses in Atlanta Georgia, propose to establish the joint Morehouse College - Clark Atlanta University Magnetic Resonance Facility to serve the research and educational needs of students, faculty and research staff. Pursuant to this goal these institutions have jointly submitted to the National Science Foundation this NSF-MRI proposal to acquire a 500 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrometer. The two institutions have a long history of providing the Country with a source of highly trained and talented minority scientists. The utilization of this Facility will impact the quality of courses provided to both undergraduate and graduate students. Its utilization by undergraduates involved in research, graduate students developing their theses and dissertations and research staff and faculty will impact the quality and broaden the scope of their investigations. Nuclear magnetic resonance has the ability to reveal the composition and structure of substances at the molecular level and is thus an essential tool in tackling problems in areas as diverse as how living system function and the adsorbants on catalysts. Furthermore, the availability of this instrument will permit the researchers at both Institutions to significantly contribute to the solutions of complex scientific and technological problems by undertaking investigations that will deliver on the promise of science in the service of humankind. The purchase of the 500 MHz NMR spectrometer and the establishment of the Morehouse College - Clark Atlanta University Magnetic Resonance Facility is an integral part of the strategic plan to increase the research capacity and competitiveness of these two Institutions.Technical Abstract:Clark Atlanta University and Morehouse College, located on contiguous campuses in Atlanta Georgia, propose to establish the joint Morehouse College - Clark Atlanta University Magnetic Resonance Facility to serve the research and educational needs of students, faculty and research staff. Pursuant to this goal these institutions have jointly submitted to the National Science Foundation this NSF-MRI proposal to acquire a 500 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrometer. The utilization of this Facility will impact the quality of courses provided to both undergraduate and graduate students. Its utilization by undergraduates involved in research, graduate students developing their theses and dissertations and research staff and faculty will impact the quality and broaden the scope of their investigations. The ongoing and anticipated research programs that will be positively impacted by the establishment of this Center include: work in material synthesis and characterization, nanobiotechnology, organic and polymer synthesis, enzyme structure-function studies and catalysis. Among the specific research projects that will benefit from the acquisition of the 500 MHz spectrometer are the:? Synthesis and modification of zeolites and related micro and mesoporous aluminosilicate and organosilicates for applications as adsorbents, catalysts, and components of nanocomposites? Towards a Better Biodiesel: Scope and reactivity of low-valent transition metal complexes in the hydrogenation, amination, and carbonylation of non-olefinic substrates? Design and preparation of functional nanoscale materials for controlling and understanding material-protein and material-cell interaction The purchase of the 500 MHz NMR spectrometer and the establishment of the MCMRF is an integral part of the strategic plan to increase the research capacity and competitiveness of these Institutions.