NMR goes large at Warwick
12 Jun 2018 by Evoluted New Media
The UK’s first 1 GHz solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer is on its way to the University of Warwick, thanks to £8 million from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
Part of a new £20 million investment by EPSRC in NMR equipment across UK institutions, the new 1 GHz NMR instrument at Warwick will provide new structural and dynamic information in chemistry, materials science and biology.
Professor Steven Brown, from the University of Warwick's Solid State NMR Group, commented: “It is tremendous for the UK research community that this bid for a world-leading 1 GHz NMR system dedicated to solid-state applications has, with the support of scientists from 18 UK Universities and 6 UK industry companies, been successful.”
Potential applications for the new facility will include improved pharmaceutical formulations and drug delivery, as well as better quality materials for energy and catalysis. The high-field solid-state NMR facility at Warwick will serve the national research community in the physical and life sciences. The new 1 GHz NMR instrument will enable more PhD researchers from across the country to be trained in a variety of disciplines with the most advanced equipment. Crucial high-end industrial research in sectors such as pharmaceuticals and catalysis will also benefit greatly thanks to this new investment.
The funding was coordinated by EPSRC and also comes from three other research councils: BBSRC, MRC and NERC, who have supported the funding.
