Current
Research Projects
Biostructural
chemistry, natural products, pharmaceuticals and health
Nanostructured
materials, electronics and energy storage
Catalysts,
porous materials and minerals
Advanced
material research
outlines
available for selected projects will open in a new window as a PDF file (50-150
kB)
Biostructural
chemistry, natural products, pharmaceuticals and health
Solid-State 67Zn NMR Studies of Zinc Complexes with Amino Acids (publication)
K. Mroué and W. Power
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
Solid-State 17O NMR as a New Probe to Study Biological Structures (outline)
J. Zhu, A. Geris, J. Lau, G. Wu
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
Structural Studies of Non-fibrillar Oligomers Formed by Mammalian Prion Proteins
and Peptides
S. Sharpe
Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Applications of Ultrahigh-Field NMR in Solid State for Pharmaceutical Research
(outline)
V. Terskikh (a), S. Lang (a), P. Gordon (b), G. Enright (a), J. Ripmeester
(a,b)
(a) Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council Canada,
Ottawa, Ontario
(b) Department of Chemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario
Calcium-43 Chemical Shift Tensors as Spectroscopic Probes of Inorganic and
Bioinorganic Systems (outline)
C. Widdifield, D. Aebi, D. Bryce
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
Quadrupole-Central-Transition 17O NMR of Protein-Ligand Complexes in Solution
(publication)
J. Zhu, I.C.M. Kwan, G. Wu
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
High-Field Static 14N NMR of Crystalline Amino Acids and Other Nitrogen-Containing
Systems (publication)
L. O’Dell and R. Schurko
University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
Solid-State 27Al NMR Studies of Phthalocyanines and Naphthalocyanines Aluminum
Chloride Complexes (publication)
K. Mroué and W. Power
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
Boron-11 Solid-State NMR of Boronic Acids via DFS-modified QCPMG and Hahn-Echo
Pulse Sequences
J. Weiss and D. Bryce
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
Structural
Forms of Fluorides in Bone Tissue of Animals with Chronic Skeletal Fluorosis
N.L. Allan (a), S. Gabuda (b) and V. Terskikh (c)
(a) School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, U.K.
(b) Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
(c) Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council Canada,
Ottawa, Ontario
Nanostructured
materials, electronics and energy storage
Multinuclear
NMR studies on Ionic Conducting Materials
L. Spencer, G. Goward
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Ultrahigh-Field Solid-State NMR and First Principles Calculations in Hydrogen
Storage Materials
I. Moudrakovski (a), P. Pallister (b), and J. Ripmeester (a,b)
(a) Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council Canada,
Ottawa, Ontario
(b) Department of Chemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario
25Mg and 139La Solid-State NMR Studies of Lanthanum Gallate Anionic Conduction:
Ion Mobility and Trapped Defects
F. Blanc and C. Grey
Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Multinuclear NMR Study of the Nitrogen-doped 6H-Polytype Silicon Carbide
(outline)
S. Hartman (a) and A. Bain (b)
(a) Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario
(b) McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
High-Resolution Proton NMR for NMR Crystallography of Rosette Nanotubes
(outline)
D. Brouwer (a), G. Tikhomirov (b), A.J. Myles (b), S. Bouatra (b) and H. Fenniri
(b)
(a) Redeemer University College, Hamilton, Ontario
(b) National Institute for Nanotechnology, National Research Council Canada,
Edmonton, Alberta
Multinuclear NMR Characterization of Organometallic Polymers
D. Bellows, S. Clement, P. Harvey
Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec
A Study of the Effect of Polymeric Powder on Calcium Species in White Cement
via 43Ca MAS NMR Spectroscopy
J. MacDonald and J. Zwanziger
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Catalysts,
porous materials and minerals
Direct
Characterization of Metal Centers in Layered Metal Phosphates
A. Sutrisno, J. Zhu, Z. Yan, Y. Huang (outline)
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
91Zr NMR in Zirconia-Based Ceramics
O. Lapina (a) and V. Terskikh (b)
(a) Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
(b) Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council Canada,
Ottawa, Ontario
Characterization of Single-Site Heterogeneous Metallocene Olefin Polymerization
Catalysts by Solid-State NMR (outline)
A. Rossini and R. Schurko
University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
Characterization of Borate Glasses, Crystals and Minerals (outline)
P. Aguiar, V. Michaelis, S. Kroeker
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
A Combined 135/137Ba Solid-state NMR at an Ultrahigh Magnetic Field and Computational
Study of beta-Barium Borate (outline)
A. Sutrisno, C. Lu, R. Lipson, Y. Huang
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
Structure Refinement Strategies for NMR Crystallography of Zeolites (outline)
D.H. Brouwer
Redeemer University College, Hamilton, Ontario
Advanced
material research
Solid-State 115In NMR Study of In+ in Neutral Weakly Coordinating Environments
A. Lo and D. Bryce
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
Solid-State 87Rb, 81Br and 127I NMR Studies of Chemical Shifts and Quadrupolar
Interactions in Alkali Halide Solid Solutions (outline)
C. Ratcliffe, J. Ripmeester, V. Terskikh
Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council Canada,
Ottawa, Ontario
A
Solid-State 115In NMR Investigation of Indium(III)-Trihalide Phosphine Adducts
and of Octahedral Indium(III) Complexes (outline)
R.G. Cavell, F. Chen, G. Ma, R. Wasylishen
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Analysis of Chloride Ion Binding Environments in Organic and Inorganic
Systems Using Chlorine-35/37 Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy (outline)
B. Chapman and D. Bryce
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
73Ge NMR Characterization of a Germanium Dication Trapped in a Molecular
Cage
P. Rupar, K. Baines, Y. Huang
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
Germanium-73 NMR of Germanate Glasses (outline)
P. Aguiar, V. Michaelis, S. Kroeker
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Characterization of 79/81Br Magnetic Shielding and Electric Field Gradient
Tensors in a Series of Alkaline Earth Metal Bromides and Hydrates Thereof
(outline)
C.M. Widdifield and D. Bryce
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
Solid-State 137Ba and 209Bi NMR in Materials Science (publication)
H. Hamaed and R. Schurko
University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
Solid-State
NMR Studies of Crystalline “Ionic Liquids” (outline)
D. Brouwer (a), P. Gordon (a,b), J. Ripmeester (a,b)
(a) Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council
Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
(b) Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario
NMR
Applications
Nuclear
Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is widely used in chemistry for structural
analysis, in molecular biology and the pharmaceutical industry, in material
science, as MRI in clinical diagnostic, in industry.
High-resolution large-scale version of the poster on the right (NMR applications)
suitable for printing is available free of charge as a .ppt or .pdf file, please
inquire.
Solid-state
NMR spectroscopy has a wide and lasting impact especially on the development
of novel materials: catalysts, battery materials, gas storage materials (fuel
cells) and glasses. All have immediate applications in energy conservation and
the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. In the materials area, developments
in nanotechnology also benefit tremendously from having access to a larger NMR
periodic table than is now routinely available, and the capability to work with
small samples. Another area that benefits greatly is the combinatorial approach
to materials synthesis where the gain in sensitivity (small sample size) and
application of ultra-fast spinning will lead to the rapid evaluation of new
concepts and products. A high-field NMR facility thus allows the greatly enhanced
use of a very powerful and discerning probe of solid-state structure to a wide
range of applications, including:
active
sites in catalysts; framework connectivities in catalysts and glasses (structure);
semiconductors, sensors, confined clusters for novel device applications; interfaces
in nanostructured materials and nanocomposites; combinatorial chemistry; biomolecules,
membranes and semisolids via fast spinning; polymers and polymer blends via
fast spinning; dynamics in polymers and biomolecules (small, multiple-labelled
samples); applications in mineral and environmental chemistry
The
new knowledge generated by solid-state NMR is finding many practical and commercial
applications, for example in the petrochemical industry (catalysts, polymers),
alternative energy (battery materials, fuel cells), materials fabrication
(alloys), high tech materials (glasses, ceramics, nanostructured materials),
electronics (novel devices), environmental applications (catalysts, sorbents,
membranes, sensor materials) and pharmaceuticals.
Nuclear
Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is widely used in chemistry for structural
analysis, in molecular biology and the pharmaceutical industry, in material
science, as MRI in clinical diagnostic, in industry.
active
sites in catalysts; framework connectivities in catalysts and glasses (structure);
semiconductors, sensors, confined clusters for novel device applications; interfaces
in nanostructured materials and nanocomposites; combinatorial chemistry; biomolecules,
membranes and semisolids via fast spinning; polymers and polymer blends via
fast spinning; dynamics in polymers and biomolecules (small, multiple-labelled
samples); applications in mineral and environmental chemistry
The
new knowledge generated by solid-state NMR is finding many practical and commercial
applications, for example in the petrochemical industry (catalysts, polymers),
alternative energy (battery materials, fuel cells), materials fabrication
(alloys), high tech materials (glasses, ceramics, nanostructured materials),
electronics (novel devices), environmental applications (catalysts, sorbents,
membranes, sensor materials) and pharmaceuticals.