Durham University

Durham University’s Nuclear Magnetic Resonance services are located in the Chemistry Department. Support is provided across a range of disciplines at Durham and is offered to external clients commercially. The NMR services provide expertise in both methodology, applications and result interpretation. Training in NMR methods and interpretation is also undertaken.

Durham’s ten NMR instruments are equipped to deliver results from an extensive range of solution- and solid-state experiments typical of a well-founded NMR facility. Specialist equipment provides multinuclear HRMAS, solid-state ¹⁹F and static solids (including an extended temperature range to 400 °C). The solution-state service specializes in Pure shift NMR, DOSY, solvent signal suppression, and Compressive Sampling.

Contacts:
Dr. Juan Aguilar-Malavia for solution state NMR

Dr. David Apperley for solid state NMR

NMR Equipment

Very-High Field (700-800 MHz)

700 MHz

Varian VNMRS 700 MHz NMR spectrometer equipped with a OneNMR probe (with excellent sensitivity on both channels) and with a 49-position sample changer.

Additional capabilities

400 MHz for solid state and soft solids measurements

Bruker Avance III HD 400 MHz NMR instrument equipped for solid state and soft solid measurements.

Probes for specialistic applications:

4 mm double resonance MAS with magic-angle gradient, tuning range ³¹P to ¹⁵N, ¹H
5/10 mm single resonance static probe, tuning range ³¹P to ¹⁰⁹Ag, extended temperature range to 400 °C

400 MHz for solid state measurements

Varian VNMRS 400 MHz NMR instrument equipped exclusively for solid-state measurements