Solid-state NMR Research Service for UK Universities
Lead Research Organisation:
Durham University
Department Name: Chemistry
Abstract
Solid-state NMR is an important technique for characterising and studying solid materials whether they are homogeneous or heterogeneous, crystalline or amorphous. It can be applied across a wide-range of chemistry including novel organic, inorganic, organometallic and hybrid compounds, polymers (both natural and synthetic), fuels, pharmaceutical and excipients, composites, ceramics, catalysts, liquid crystals and biologically-based systems. This proposal is for a solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) research service. The service will be available to members of the UK academic community and will based around a new state-of-the-art 400 MHz spectrometer. It will build upon the well-established and highly-experienced service currently running at Durham. The service will offer experiment planning and interpretation, in addition to providing high-quality spectra. It will promote the application of solid-state NMR to chemical problems and will act as a centre for practical training in solid-state NMR methodology. The EPSRC service will run in parallel to a commercial service supporting the research and development needs of industry. The case for support describes how the service will be structured, how it will operate and how much instrument time will be available to its users. It is proposed that the Service will operate for a period of five years to permit a major equipment upgrade to be carried out and its impact evaluated.
Organisations
Publications
Baraka A
(2007)
Preparation and characterization of melamine-formaldehyde-DTPA chelating resin and its use as an adsorbent for heavy metals removal from wastewater
in Reactive and Functional Polymers
Robinson M
(2007)
Mesoporous aluminosilicate promoted protection and deprotection of carbonyl compounds
in Tetrahedron Letters
Briden C
(2007)
A study of the chemistry of isomorphous substitution and characterization of Al-ZSM-5 and Sc-ZSM-5 synthesized in fluoride media
in Inorganic Materials
Kennedy C
(2007)
Microfibril diameter in celery collenchyma cellulose: X-ray scattering and NMR evidence
in Cellulose
Egerton T
(2007)
Comparison of photooxidation and photoreduction reactions on TiO2 nanoparticles
in Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry
Brigden C
(2007)
The synthesis and characterization of Al-Beta and all-silica Beta formed in fluoride and caustic media
in Microporous and Mesoporous Materials
Robinson M
(2007)
Mesoporous aluminosilicate promoted alcoholysis of epoxides
in Tetrahedron Letters
Senthilkumar S
(2007)
Size-selective voltammetry: modification of the interface between two immiscible electrolyte solutions by zeolite Y.
in Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Robinson M
(2007)
A mild and efficient synthesis of ß-amino alcohols from epoxides using a mesoporous aluminosilicate catalyst
in Tetrahedron Letters
Haque S
(2007)
Synthesis and characterization of grafted nanohydroxyapatites using functionalized surface agents.
in Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Castro M
(2007)
Co-templating and modelling in the rational synthesis of zeolitic solids.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Jones M
(2008)
Heterogeneous catalysts for the controlled ring-opening polymerisation of rac-lactide and homogeneous silsesquioxane model complexes
in Dalton Transactions
Percival J
(2008)
Synthesis and structural characterisation of the Li ion conducting garnet-related systems, Li6ALa2Nb2O12 (A=Ca, Sr)
in Solid State Ionics
Copping R
(2008)
Tetravalent metal complexation by Keggin and lacunary phosphomolybdate anions.
in Inorganic chemistry
Smith DA
(2008)
A truly multifunctional heterocycle: iminophosphorane, N,P chelate, and dihydropyridine.
in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
Griesser U
(2008)
Conformational Polymorphism in Oxybuprocaine Hydrochloride
in Crystal Growth & Design
Chong L
(2008)
One-pot rapid low-cost synthesis of Pd-fullerite catalysts
in Journal of Materials Chemistry
Attfield M
(2008)
Characterisation and properties of the n=3 and n=4 members of the Al2[O3PCnH2nPO3](H2O)2F2 framework aluminium alkylenediphosphonate series
in Solid State Sciences
Ascough P
(2008)
Influence of production variables and starting material on charcoal stable isotopic and molecular characteristics
in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Sbircea L
(2008)
Chemoenzymatic synthesis of chiral 4,4'-bipyridyls and their metal-organic frameworks.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
| Description | The Solid-State NMR service provided NMR spectra and interpretation services for users without ready access to this important, but relatively expensive, analytical technique for analysing solid materials. This work fed into a large number of papers (74 listed here) over the period. Aided by the baseline EPSRC funding, the Service ran a busy commercial operation over the funding period, supplying services to 10-15 companies per year in, for example, the petrochemical, pharmaceutical, agrichemical, polymer and defence industries. |
| Exploitation Route | This is best addressed by individual users of the Service. We have indicated below the areas in which the Service had a significant impact. |
| Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Chemicals,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
| Description | EPSRC |
| Amount | £668,649 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Contract 01SSN01112011 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2011 |
| End | 10/2016 |