ASM - NMR supported by the Wallonia Recovery Plan
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From left to right : RMN 400 MHz Jeol and RMN 600 MHz Jeol - Picture credit : ASM
Among the analytical tools currently available, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) is undoubtedly one of the most widely used to detect, identify and quantify a wide range of organic and inorganic molecules, polymers as well as supramolecular and biological systems.
The fields of application are very broad and are not limited to chemistry but also include the pharmaceutical, environmental, food and renewable energy sectors, not to mention medical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Applications
- Liquid-state NMR is a basic tool for the study of small organic and inorganic molecules in solution, as well as natural or synthetic products. It is also used at a more advanced level for the study of complex systems or mixtures and soluble macromolecules (proteins, nucleic acids, polysaccharides, synthetic polymers, etc.) or for metabolomics.
- Solid-state NMR allows the study of amorphous or crystalline compounds in the solid state such as inorganic materials, heterogeneous catalysts, natural or synthetic polymers, battery components and, more generally all types of insoluble samples.
As part of the Wallonia Recovery Plan and the BIOGREEN Platform of Excellence, the ASM platform has just acquired two new nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometers.
These new instruments, a 400 MHz Jeol JNM-ECZL and a 600 MHz Jeol JNM-ECZL600G, complete the ASM platform’s NMR machinery and join the 600 MHz Jeol JNM-ECZL600G spectrometer installed last year thanks to the "Grands Equipements FRS-FNRS_GEQ-2021" funding.
With these new instruments, the ASM platform has analytical solutions adapted to support the research projects of UCLouvain researchers and students and will also be open to services for external clients.
- The 400 MHz NMR represents an essential analytical tool for all routine research activities and for teaching laboratories.
- The 600 MHz NMR will be mainly dedicated to more advanced analyses.
This device, more versatile than the instruments of the old generation, will allow measurements to be carried out on liquid and solid samples at variable temperatures. It will also be equipped with a cryogenic probe that will allow to achieve a significantly higher level of sensitivity for NMR analyses of liquids. With this new spectrometer, ASM will be able to improve the quality of detection, increase the amount of meaningful information that can be obtained by NMR and open the doors to new research topics.
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