The Study of Molecular Dynamics by NMR Spectroscopy
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2021) | Viewed by 3538
Special Issue Editor
Interests: NMR spectroscopy; applications of NMR to the study of molecular dynamics in solution; fluxionality in organometallics and boron clusters; NMR spectroscopy of complex mixtures
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In 1945, Purcell and Bloch, working independently, and within a few weeks of each other, first observed the property of nuclear magnetic resonance in condensed matter. In 1952, they were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for their work. We have come a long way since then. Now, in 2020, NMR is considered to be a vital tool in chemical analysis, a workhorse for identifying unknown compounds. However, NMR is much more than that, finding wide applications across the physical and biological sciences. It supports pharmaceutical and other medical endeavours, including MRI; and, it contributes to studies in materials chemistry through solid-state NMR, the latter being used to study such diverse topics as conduction in batteries and the degradation of peat. Interest is increasing in how NMR, in combination with metabonomics and other forms of data analysis, may be able to assist in authentication of high-value products, and the list continues to grow. In this Special Issue, we focus on applications of NMR in the study of molecular dynamics in solution, in the widest sense. Many organic, organometallic, and coordination compounds display fluxional behaviour, NMR having played a major role over many years in the elucidation of mechanistic information, kinetics, and thermodynamics. We invite contributions from those working in the field of molecular dynamics as studied by NMR in either solid-state or in solution.
Dr. David Ellis
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- NMR spectroscopy
- Fluxionality
- Molecular Dynamics
- Variable temperature NMR
- Organometallic chemistry
- Clusters
- Thermodynamics
- Simulation
- Kinetics
- Mechanistic studies
- Inversion
- Exchange spectroscopy
- Chemical exchange
- Multi-dimensional NMR techniques
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