Go to main NHMFL website
e-mail webmaster...
 Home
 Facilities
 RF Program
 Publications
 Personnel
 Resources

900 MHz, Ultra-Wide Bore 105 mm NMR Magnet

Intro

Our ultra-wide bore 900 MHz NMR magnet (105 mm) was designed and built by the NHMFL's own Magnet Science and Technology department.  The magnet reached its full field of 21.1 Tesla on July 21, 2004, without incurring any training quenches.  Regular user operations started on August 1, 2005.  Since then, research proposals for the time on this instrument are accepted from interested scientists worldwide in all three areas of NMR: solid state, solution and imaging. 

An article on the magnet construction is available as a screen optimized (321 Kb) or print optimized (4.4 Mb) PDF files.

Applying for Instrument Time

We encourage potential users to apply for time on this 900 MHz instrument.  Research proposals for the instrument time should be submitted to Dr. R. Fu in accordance with the steps outlined here.  Experimental time is usually alloted prior to the start of each month.

Application Demos

  • TROSY spectra of M2 protein
  • Chemical shift correlated spectrum of a 15N-Acetyl-Valine crystal
  • Improved CPMAS resolution and homonuclear dipolar recoupling
  • 17O NMR spectroscopy of gramicidin and peptides using 900 MHz BB probe
  • Fixed mouse brain images from the 900 MHz scanner
  • First in-vivo mouse brain images from the 900 MHz scanner
  • High resolution PRESS localized spectroscopy using MRI

    Specs

  • Designation: Solid State NMR, Solution NMR, and Imaging
  • Location: Tallahassee
  • Field: 21.1 Tesla
  • Bore size: 105 mm
  • Distance to COF from RT shims flange: 1542 mm
  • Magnet Drift 525 Hz/hr, stabilized by current injection
  • Residual drift after stabilization is less than 10 Hz/hr
  • Outer (89 mm ID) RT shims by Resonance Research
  • Inner 26-channel Bruker RT shims for solution applications
  • 4-channel Bruker Avance 900 MHz console
  • Built-in VT controller by Bruker
  • 1000/300 W 6-365 MHz linear amplifier
  • 1000/150 W 700-900 MHz linear amplifier
  • Two 500 W 6-365 MHz linear amplifiers

    Commercial Probes

  • Bruker 3.2 mm 1H—13C—15N CPMAS probe, VT
  • Bruker micro2.5 MRI probe with 2.5, 5, 10, and 30 mm 1H coils
  • Bruker 5 mm 1H{13C,15N} solution probe with 3-axis gradients, VT

    NHMFL probes developed in-house

  • 3.2mm MAS 1H—X transmission line probe, expanded temperature range
  • Low-E 1H—X static probe for biological solids, flat and bicelle sample coils, biological VT
  • 1H—X transmission line probe, interchangeable static coils, biological VT

    Full Time Schedule [Older schedule]

    Dates PI Submitter Collaborators Project/Experiment Title
    09/28/09 - 10/04/09  Schepkin, Victor
    (NHMFL)
     Schepkin, Victor Brey, William
    Chenevert, Thomas
    Cidlowski, John
    Gorkov, Peter
    Levenson, Cathy
    Ross, Brian
    Sodium and Diffusion MRI of Rodent Glioma Therapy
    sodium MRI of glioma

    10/05/09 - 10/07/09  Grant, Samuel
    (FSU & NHMFL)
     Grant, Samuel Cappendijk, Susanne
    Foroutan, Parastou
    Chronic Neurodegeneration in the Adult Zebra Finch induced b...
    Baseline Finch imaging

    10/08/09 - 10/09/09  Cotten, Myriam
    (Hamilton College)
     Cotten, Myriam Fu, Riqiang Structure-Function relationship studies of antimicrobial pis...
    High-Field NMR Studies of an Aligned Multiply 15N-Labeled An...

    10/10/09 - 10/18/09  Cross, Tim
    (FSU)
     Sharma, Mukesh Busath, David
    Fu, Riqiang
    Gao, Fei
    Li, Conggang
    Solid State NMR of M2 protein
    Structural Studies of M2 Protein

    10/19/09 - 10/21/09  Dalal, Naresh
    (Florida St. University)
     Fu, Riqiang Brey, William
    Kitchen, Jason
    Investigation of 31P line broadening in MAS NMR at different...
    SOLID STATE 31P MAS NMR OF ANTIFERROELECTRIC PHASE TRANSITIO...

    10/22/09  Schepkin, Victor
    (NHMFL)
     Schepkin, Victor Brey, William
    Chenevert, Thomas
    Cidlowski, John
    Gorkov, Peter
    Levenson, Cathy
    Ross, Brian
    Sodium and Diffusion MRI of Rodent Glioma Therapy
    sodium MRI of glioma

    10/23/09 - 10/25/09  Gorkov, Peter
    (NHMFL)
     Grant, Samuel Brey, William
    Grant, Samuel
    Masad, Ihssan
    The development of a novel sliding ring coil for 900 MHz hig...
    The development of a novel sliding ring coil for 900 MHz hig...

    10/26/09 - 10/27/09  Schepkin, Victor
    (NHMFL)
     Schepkin, Victor Brey, William
    Chenevert, Thomas
    Cidlowski, John
    Gorkov, Peter
    Levenson, Cathy
    Ross, Brian
    Sodium and Diffusion MRI of Rodent Glioma Therapy
    sodium MRI of glioma

    10/28/09 - 10/30/09  Dalal, Naresh
    (Florida St. University)
     Fu, Riqiang Brey, William
    Kitchen, Jason
    Investigation of 31P line broadening in MAS NMR at different...
    SOLID STATE 31P MAS NMR OF ANTIFERROELECTRIC PHASE TRANSITIO...

    10/31/09 - 11/01/09  Grant, Samuel
    (FSU & NHMFL)
     Grant, Samuel Ridel, Chris
    Rosenberg, Jens
    Strouse, Geoffrey
    High Field Contrast Agent Development: Qdot nanoparticles co...
    T1, T2 and T2* measurements of labeled Bv2 cells: Fe vs Dy

    11/02/09 - 11/05/09  Cross, Tim
    (FSU)
     Luca, Sorin   Structure of full-length M2 membrane protein reconstituted i...
    Investigation of protonation of His37 at pH 7.0

    11/06/09  Grant, Samuel
    (FSU & NHMFL)
     Grant, Samuel Cappendijk, Susanne
    Foroutan, Parastou
    Chronic Neurodegeneration in the Adult Zebra Finch induced b...
    Baseline Finch imaging

    11/07/09 - 11/08/09  Grant, Samuel
    (FSU & NHMFL)
     Grant, Samuel Foroutan, Parastou
    Walsh, John
    Single Cell Imaging: Quadrapolar nuclei at different field s...
    23Na imaging: purified solution

    11/09/09 - 11/11/09  Grant, Samuel
    (FSU & NHMFL)
     Grant, Samuel Cappendijk, Susanne
    Foroutan, Parastou
    Chronic Neurodegeneration in the Adult Zebra Finch induced b...
    Baseline Finch imaging

    11/12/09  Schurko, Robert
    (University of Windsor)
     Hamaed, Hiyam Fu, Riqiang Solid-State 35Cl NMR Study of Hydrochloride Pharmaceuticals
    35Cl MAS NMR spectra of HCl pharmaceuticals

    11/13/09 - 11/15/09  Gorkov, Peter
    (NHMFL)
     Grant, Samuel Brey, William
    Grant, Samuel
    Masad, Ihssan
    The development of a novel sliding ring coil for 900 MHz hig...
    The development of a novel sliding ring coil for 900 MHz hig...

    11/16/09 - 11/23/09  Schepkin, Victor
    (NHMFL)
     Schepkin, Victor Brey, William
    Chenevert, Thomas
    Cidlowski, John
    Gorkov, Peter
    Levenson, Cathy
    Ross, Brian
    Sodium and Diffusion MRI of Rodent Glioma Therapy
    Initial Na/ADC responses to chemotherapy from BCNU resistant...

    11/24/09 - 11/25/09  Arjmandi, Bahram
    (FSU)
     Grant, Samuel Arjmandi, Bahram
    Bakhshalian, Neema
    Grant, Samuel
    Rosenberg, Jens
    Osteoarthritis Treatments in a Hamster Model
    Knee joint imaging

     11/26/09 - Available -