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World’s First 1000 MHz NMR Spectrometer Installed at France’s CRMN
Bruker BioSpin has installed the world’s first 1000 MHz ultra-high field Nuclear magnetic resonance AVANCE spectrometer at CRMN (the Centre de Resonance Magnétique Nucléaire à Très Hauts Champs) in Lyon, France. The ultra-high resolution capabilities and sensitivity of the AVANCE 1000 will enable breakthroughs in the study of several crucial problems, officials said.
AVANCE 1000 installation at Lyon's CRMN
CRMN is a joint research unit of CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon and Université Lyon 1).
The AVANCE 1000 system incorporates a record-breaking 23.5 Tesla UltraStabilized™ superconducting magnet, and will provide a new level of nanoscience research opportunities to CRMN and other European scientists, officials said.
The impact of NMR spectroscopy on the natural sciences has been “substantial,” Wikipedia continued. Among other things, NMR can be used to study mixtures of analytes, to understand dynamic effects such as change in temperature and reaction mechanisms, and is an invaluable tool in understanding protein and nucleic acid structure and function. It can be applied to a wide variety of samples, both in the solution and the solid state.
Opening New NRM Frontiers for Nano Researchers
Breaking the 1000 MHz barrier will further that research in some very key areas, scientists said, including:
NMR spectroscopy techniques exploit the magnetic properties of certain nuclei and are particularly instrumental to organic chemists, according to the Internet’s Wikipedia. For example, today’s most important applications for NMR technologies are proton NMR and carbon-13 NMR spectroscopy.
Professor Lyndon Emsley, Professor of Chemistry at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, said of the installation, “We have been very impressed by the installation of the 1000 MHz system. The magnet was ramped up to field quickly and demonstrates excellent homogeneity and drift characteristics. Due to the great resolution and sensitivity of the 1000 MHz CryoProbe™ and the availability of several solid-state NMR probes with unmatched specifications.”
Dr. Emsley added he expects the 1000 MHz ultra-high filed spectrometer “is a great ‘Christmas present’ for scientists [and] will be open for business on a routine basis very soon.”
The AVANCE 1000 system incorporates a record-breaking 23.5 Tesla UltraStabilized™ superconducting magnet, and will provide a new level of nanoscience research opportunities to CRMN and other European scientists, officials said.
The impact of NMR spectroscopy on the natural sciences has been “substantial,” Wikipedia continued. Among other things, NMR can be used to study mixtures of analytes, to understand dynamic effects such as change in temperature and reaction mechanisms, and is an invaluable tool in understanding protein and nucleic acid structure and function. It can be applied to a wide variety of samples, both in the solution and the solid state.
Opening New NRM Frontiers for Nano Researchers
Breaking the 1000 MHz barrier will further that research in some very key areas, scientists said, including:
- heterogeneous catalysis in the context of sustainable development
- structure and dynamics of proteins relevant to complex mechanisms of disease;
- Large-scale population studies of disease, cancer and even metabolism and nutrition
NMR spectroscopy techniques exploit the magnetic properties of certain nuclei and are particularly instrumental to organic chemists, according to the Internet’s Wikipedia. For example, today’s most important applications for NMR technologies are proton NMR and carbon-13 NMR spectroscopy.
Professor Lyndon Emsley, Professor of Chemistry at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, said of the installation, “We have been very impressed by the installation of the 1000 MHz system. The magnet was ramped up to field quickly and demonstrates excellent homogeneity and drift characteristics. Due to the great resolution and sensitivity of the 1000 MHz CryoProbe™ and the availability of several solid-state NMR probes with unmatched specifications.”
Dr. Emsley added he expects the 1000 MHz ultra-high filed spectrometer “is a great ‘Christmas present’ for scientists [and] will be open for business on a routine basis very soon.”