Acquisition of a Solid State NMR Instrument at Rutgers University for Research and Teaching Activities in New Jersey Area

新不伦瑞克罗格斯大学化学系的Eric L.Garfunkel教授及其同事Tewodros Asefa、Martha Greenblatt、Frank Jordan和Bozena Michniak获得了化学研究仪器和设施：系多用户仪器计划(CRIF：MU)颁发的这一奖项，他们将获得一台用于固体研究的400 MHz核磁共振谱仪。该仪器将用于支持如下研究活动：1)纳米多孔材料和无机催化剂的样品组成；2)用于药物输送的聚合物；3)能够进行基本转化以产生燃料和化学品的无机催化剂；4)用于能量转换的热电材料；5)用于能源应用的介孔金属氧化物、半导体和聚合物凝胶电解质；以及6)用于疾病治疗和疾病诊断的生物聚合物和生物分子。核磁共振光谱是化学家可以用来阐明分子结构的最强大的工具之一。它被用来识别未知物质，表征分子中原子的特定排列，并研究固体和溶液中分子之间相互作用的动力学。因为这种特殊的仪器将分析固体状态的物质，它将提供关于各种不溶物质的有价值的结构信息。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仪是必不可少的。这些核磁共振研究的结果将对合成有机/无机化学、材料和生物化学产生影响。

With this award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities: Departmental Multi-User Instrumentation program (CRIF:MU), Professors Eric L. Garfunkel and colleagues Tewodros Asefa, Martha Greenblatt, Frank Jordan and Bozena Michniak from the Department of Chemistry at Rutgers University New Brunswick will acquire a 400 MHz NMR spectrometer for the study of solids. The instrument will be used to support research activities such as: 1) sample composition of nanoporous materials and inorganic catalysts; 2) polymers used for drug delivery applications; 3) inorganic catalysts capable of effecting fundamental transformations to yield fuels and chemicals; 4) thermoelectric materials useful for energy transformation; 5) mesoporous metal oxide, semiconductor and polymer gel electrolytes for energy applications; and 6) biopolymers and biomolecules useful for treatment of diseases and disease diagnostics.Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is one of the most powerful tools available to chemists for the elucidation of the structure of molecules. It is used to identify unknown substances, to characterize specific arrangements of atoms within molecules, and to study the dynamics of interactions between molecules in solids and in solution. Because this particular instrument will analyze substances in the solid state it will provide valuable structural information on a variety on insoluble materials. Access to state-of-the-art NMR spectrometers is essential to chemists who are carrying out frontier research. The results from these NMR studies will have an impact in synthetic organic/inorganic chemistry, materials and biochemistry.