The Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division houses two NMR facilities able to probe the atomic structure of materials. We have a long-standing history of excellence in conducting state-of-the-art NMR analyses to serve the research community within and outside Argonne. Users welcome!

Capabilities

• Multinuclear broadband observe probes (2.5-, 5-, or 10-mm tube diameter) with digital tuning from ¹⁵N to ³¹P and ¹⁹F with ¹H decoupling
• Automatic tuning and matching system and robotic sample changer
• Variable temperature with -150°C minimum, 200°C maximum and ±0.1°C accuracy
• 500 MHz NMR spectrometer with high level of automation. Active parameter sets for: ¹H, ²H, ⁷Li, ¹¹B, ¹³C^{, 14}N, ¹⁵N, ¹⁷O, ¹⁹F, ²⁵Mg, ²⁷Al, ²⁹Si, ³¹P, ⁹⁵Mo, ¹¹⁹Sn and ¹⁹⁵Pt
• Solution-state NMR with one-, two- and three-dimensional pulse sequence library
• Solid-state NMR for energy storage and conversion through collaborations

Applications

• Elucidate structure and composition of solid, liquid and gaseous materials, including catalysis, energy storage and biological samples.
• Probe chemical activity, dynamics and reaction kinetics.
• Investigate surface, interface and bulk chemistries.