Improved NMR Sample Tubes

描述（由申请人提供）：已经证明了由具有新型几何形状的聚合物材料制成的NMR管的可行性。这些管提供更高的灵敏度，更容易的样品回收，更大的灵活性和安全性，降低成本，改善对磁场的响应，以及新的采样可能性。灵敏度优势可以将许多NMR采集所需的时间减少近一半。该提案旨在创建用于液体样品的全系列标准5 mm NMR探头和1 mm纳米探针的管。该管将与NMR中使用的最常见溶剂兼容。该项目将使新设计在市场上做好准备。分包商将获得资金，以制造非工业塑料标准配置的材料，专注于改进尺寸规格。将设计并实施严格的质量保证程序。新试管的用户测试将在著名的学术和制药公司环境中进行。除了样品管之外，NMR光谱仪中的几乎每一个组件都在不断改进。ARTech的塑料管将通过提高灵敏度，允许快速处理而不破裂，并允许负担得起的一次性使用来改变这一点。这些优点没有抵消缺点，并有利于常规和高度复杂的光谱学家。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Feasibility has been demonstrated for NMR tubes made from polymeric materials with novel geometries. These tubes offer greater sensitivity, easier sample recovery, greater flexibility and safety, reduced costs, improved response to magnetic fields, and new sampling possibilities. Sensitivity advantages may reduce the time required for many NMR acquisitions by nearly half. This proposal aims at creating tubes for use in the full range of standard 5 mm NMR probeheads for liquid samples, and for 1 mm nanoprobes. The tubes will be compatible with the most common solvents used in NMR. The project will bring the new designs to market readiness. Subcontractors will receive funding to fabricate materials in configurations that are not standard for industrial plastics, concentrating on improved dimensional specifications. Rigorous Quality Assurance procedures will be designed and implemented. User testing of the new tubes will occur in distinguished academic and pharmaceutical company environments. Almost every component in NMR spectrometers continues to improve, except for sample tubes. ARTech's plastic tubes will change that by improving sensitivity, permitting rapid handling without breakage, and allowing for affordable disposability. These advantages have no offsetting disadvantages and benefit both routine and highly sophisticated spectroscopists.