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
Robinson M
(2010)
Synthesis of nanoporous aluminosilicate materials and their application as highly selective heterogeneous catalysts for the synthesis of ß-amino alcohols
in Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical
Robinson MW
(2009)
Epoxide ring-opening and Meinwald rearrangement reactions of epoxides catalyzed by mesoporous aluminosilicates.
in Organic & biomolecular chemistry
Sandoval M
(2009)
Synthesis and characterization of zeotype ANA framework by hydrothermal reaction of natural clinker
in Fuel
Sbircea L
(2008)
Chemoenzymatic synthesis of chiral 4,4'-bipyridyls and their metal-organic frameworks.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Sehnal P
(2009)
Heteroaromatic Analogues of Dibenzylideneacetone (dba) and Pd 0 2 (het-dba) 3 Complexes: Effect of a Thienyl Moiety on the Reactivity of Pd 0 (? 2 -th n -dba)(PPh 3 ) 2 /Pd 0 (PPh 3 ) 2 ( n = 1 or 2) and Pd 0 (? 2 -th 2 -dba)(dppe)/Pd 0 (dppe) in Oxidative Addition Reactions with Iodobenzene
in Organometallics
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
Shiju N
(2011)
Mesoporous Silica with Site-Isolated Amine and Phosphotungstic Acid Groups: A Solid Catalyst with Tunable Antagonistic Functions for One-Pot Tandem Reactions
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Shin JF
(2012)
Synthesis and characterization of proton conducting oxyanion doped Ba2Sc2O5.
in Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)
Smith D
(2010)
Exploiting Non-Innocent Ligands to Prepare Masked Palladium(0) Complexes
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Smith DA
(2008)
A truly multifunctional heterocycle: iminophosphorane, N,P chelate, and dihydropyridine.
in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
Smith DA
(2009)
From cyclic iminophosphoranes to pi-conjugated materials.
in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
Storr TE
(2009)
Pd(0)/Cu(I)-mediated direct arylation of 2'-deoxyadenosines: mechanistic role of Cu(I) and reactivity comparisons with related purine nucleosides.
in The Journal of organic chemistry
Vile J
(2011)
Tribenzotriquinacene-based polymers of intrinsic microporosity
in Polymer Chemistry
Watson HR
(2009)
An efficient method for 15N-labeling of chitin in fungi.
in Biomacromolecules
White R
(2010)
Polysaccharide-Derived Carbons for Polar Analyte Separations
in Advanced Functional Materials
White R
(2010)
Pectin-Derived Porous Materials
in Chemistry - A European Journal
White RJ
(2009)
Tuneable porous carbonaceous materials from renewable resources.
in Chemical Society reviews
Xia Y
(2008)
Mesoporous MCM-48 Aluminosilica Oxynitrides: Synthesis and Characterization of Bifunctional Solid Acid-Base Materials
in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Yuan W
(2010)
High reactivity of metal-organic frameworks under grinding conditions: parallels with organic molecular materials.
in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
Yuan Z
(2009)
Formation of helix-containing rods in a hybrid inorganic-organic material
in Journal of Solid State Chemistry
Zencirci N
(2009)
Structural Features, Phase Relationships and Transformation Behavior of the Polymorphs I-VI of Phenobarbital
in Crystal Growth & Design
Zeng R
(2011)
Alkaline ionomer with tuneable water uptakes for electrochemical energy technologies
in Energy & Environmental Science
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 |