Spectrometers

Publication details: please check below which grants need to be acknowledged when publishing results obtained with the help of NMR (instrument specific). The corresponding GISMO codes also need to be mentioned when submitting your publications to the academic biblio of the UGent.

The spectrometers listed below are all managed by the NMR expertise center. In general there are two categories to be discerned:

Open access infrastructure

These spectrometers operate 24/7 in a semi-automated environment and are available for researchers to measure in an independent manner following a short training organized by Emile Ottoy (CTO).

300MHz (Phobos)
400MHZ (Deimos)

Research infrastructure

This infrastructure is accessible to dedicated researchers only, following a clear and adequate motivation illustrating the research needs. The researcher in questions needs to follow an in-depth training before access is allowed.

500MHz (Nestor)
500MHz (Hercules)
700MHz (Hera)

300MHz Avance I (Bruker) - Phobos

Technical description

• 5mm dual channel probe head - ¹H and Broadband (BBO-type)

• Running Topspin 2.1 in ICONNMR environment

• Fully automated SampleXpress sample changer for 60 samples

• Ultrashield type magnet

400MHz Avance NEO (Bruker) - Deimos

Technical description

• 5mm dual channel N₂ cryoprobe - ¹H and Broadband (Prodigy BBO-type)

• 5mm dual channel probe head - ¹H and Broadband (BBO-type)

• Prodigy Cryoplatform

• Running Topspin 4.3 in ICONNMR environment

• Fully automated Sample Xpress sample changer for 60 samples

• Ultrashield type magnet

The 400MHz is funded thanks to the following grants:

Upgrade of the old room temperature BBO probe to a Prodigy cryoprobe: FWO I006920N
(GISMO code 319309020)
Renewal of the spectrometer console to Avance NEO: Ghent University BOF.BAS.2022.0023.01
(GISMO code BOF/BAS/2022/105)

500MHz Avance III (Bruker) - Hercules

Technical description

• 4mm dual channel HR-MAS iProbe - ¹H and ¹³C (soft matter)

• 4mm dual channel CPMAS iProbe - ¹H and Broadband (solid state)

• 5mm dual channel probe head - ¹H and Broadband (BBI-type, liquid state)

• 5mm dual channel High Gradient probe

• MAS III Pneumatic Unit

• Running Topspin 3.6

• Automated sample changer for 10 MAS 4mm rotors

• Ascend type magnet

The 500MHz is funded thanks to the following grants:

Spectrometer + magnet and accessories, including BBI and high-gradient diffusion probe: Hercules foundation AUGE/09/2006
(GISMO code 19201210)
Solid state (CP-MAS) and HR-MAS conversion: FWO I006920N
(GISMO code 319309020)

500MHz Avance III HD (Bruker) - Nestor

Technical description

• 5mm tripple channel probe head - ¹H ¹³C ¹⁹F (TXO type)

• Running Topspin 3.6

• Fully automated bacs sample changer for 60 samples

• Oxford type magnet

The 500MHz is funded thanks to the following grants:

Installation of the TXO ¹H/¹⁹F/¹³C room temperature probe: FWO G011015N
Renewal of the spectrometer console to Avance III HD: Ghent University BOF.BAS.20200019.01
(GISMO code 01B07520)

700MHz Avance II (Bruker) - Hera

Technical description

• 5mm triple channel N₂ cryoprobe - ¹H/¹⁹F ¹³C ¹⁵N (Prodigy TCI-type)

• 5mm triple channel probe head - ¹H ¹³C ¹⁵N (TXI-type)

• 1mm triple channel probe head - ¹H ¹³C ¹⁵N (TXI-type)

• Prodigy Cryoplatform

• Running Topspin 3.1

• Fully automated bacs sample changer for 60 samples

• Ultrashield + type magnet

The 700MHz is funded thanks to the following grants:

Spectrometer + magnet and accessories: FFEU-ZWAP (2003)
Upgrade of the old room temperature TXI probe to a Prodigy cryoprobe: Hercules foundation AUGE/15/2012
(GISMO code 319202316)
Upgrade of the Avance II to an Avance NEO console: FWO Infrastructure I009324N (2024)