Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Unit
THE UNIT IN 2014
The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Unit provides researchers with access to automatic or manual NMR experiments. It also advises researchers about which experiment will be most appropriate to their needs. It trains and teaches researchers about how to use NMR, what information can be obtained from NMR experiments and how to optimize the instrumental resources available, from practical details to general NMR knowledge.
The techniques available up to now guarantee access to all kinds of NMR experiments in liquid phase (more than 80) for a wide range of nuclei and in gel phase for the more common nuclei (1H and 13C). The NMR unit has successfully introduced researchers to such uncommon techniques as heteronuclear (mono and bidimensional) experiments, diffusion experiments and kinetic measurements.
On 2014, the NMR Unit instruments were measuring during 23150 hours: more hours than ever before. 77% of this time was used to measure samples under automation while 23% of the time was used to measure manually.
In 2014, the NMR Unit participated actively in a couple of published papers: Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 13525 and Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 16238.
MOST IMPORTANT EQUIPMENT
- Two Bruker® Avance 400
- One Bruker® Avance 500
- One Bruker® Avance III 500 equipped with a cryoprobe.
- Three BACS autosamplers (two with 60 and one with 120 positions) for the three Avance instruments.
- Three BACS autosamplers (two with 60 and one with 120 positions) for the three Avance instruments.