Hobart Campus, Chemistry Building, 335

Our 400 MHz Varian “Inova Wide Bore Spectrometer is equipped to do solution,
solid state, and microimaging NMR.

Solution work is undertaken using one of four probes:

• a 5 mm, 4 nucleus 31P/13C,1H/19F switchable
• a 10 mm direct broadband probe
• a 5 mm 31P to 15N Z-gradient inverse probe
• a 13C MAS nanoprobe

Solid-state work is performed on a DOTY CPMAS broadband supersonic probe.

• 30 mm
• 20 mm or
• 5 mm birdcage coils
• or a 2.5 mm transverse solenoid coil.

Typical applications of the system include establishing structures of unknown or novel
compounds studies of dynamic processes, for example:

• equilibrium and temperature dependent
• behaviour of certain molecules
• quantification of biological mixtures, such as marine oil free fatty acid group distributions

The micro-imaging equipment is generally used for the study of physiology and
dynamic processes in botanical samples (eg. cellular destruction, plant response
due to fungal attack and determining optimum harvesting times and techniques).

For more information contact the Scientific Officer in Charge of this facility.