MRI: Acquisition of a 400 MHz NMR Spectrometer at Cal Poly Pomona

凭借重大研究仪器(MRI)项目的这一奖项，Cal Poly Pomona的凯瑟琳·坎塔吉夫教授及其同事肖恩·刘、菲利普·卢克曼、迈克尔·佩奇和弗洛伊德·克拉维特将获得一台带有各种探头和自动取样器的400 MHz核磁共振(核磁共振)光谱仪。该建议旨在加强各个层面的研究培训和教育，特别是在以下领域的研究：作为电导体和环境响应传感器的液晶的设计、合成和表征；绿色聚氨酯的合成；离子导电材料的设计、合成和表征；具有设计性质的工程细菌细胞色素c‘；DNA交联的动力学；作为生物代谢报告的稀土络合物的开发；纳米结构多相催化剂的设计和合成；以及具有药物和生理特性的植物产品的结构表征。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、材料化学和生物化学产生影响。该仪器将成为教学和研究不可或缺的一部分。

With this award from the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program Professor Katherine Kantardjieff and colleagues Sean Liu, Philip Lukeman, Michael Page and Floyd Klavetter from Cal Poly Pomona will acquire a 400 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer with various probes and an autosampler. The proposal is aimed at enhancing research training and education at all levels, especially in areas of study such as design, synthesis and characterization of liquid crystals as electrical conductors and environmentally responsive sensors, synthesis of green polyurethanes, design, synthesis andcharacterization of ion-conductive materials, engineering bacterial cytochromes c' with designed properties, kinetics of DNA-crosslinking, development of lanthanide chelates as biometabolite reporters, design and synthesis of nanostructured heterogenous catalysts and structural characterization of plant products with medicinal and physiological properties.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 solution. 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 chemistry and biochemistry. This instrument will be an integral part of teaching as well as research.