Research Looks Sharp with New Spectrometer
UIC adds to its array of high-tech research equipment with a new 750 Mhz solid-state NMR spectrometer installed this summer in the Center for Structural Biology.
Researchers in chemistry, biology, drug development and materials science will use the instrument to gather more information on molecular structure.
The device, which is effective with smaller, less-costly and easier-to-obtain samples, will help scientists get sharper molecular structure images than conventional NMR.
Designed to UIC’s own specifications, the spectrometer took more than two years to arrive.
Researchers from UIC and the Chicago area have already lined up projects for the spectrometer, which must be calibrated in place and should be “open for business” by the early fall, says center director Yoshitaka Ishii, professor of chemistry.
Submitted by Jeanne Galatzer-Levy, UIC News