Infrastructure

· NMR spectrometers: 600 MHz for high resolution liquid phase, 500 MHz for solid state, diffusion measurements and high resolution NMR, and a 400 MHz instrument for routine analysis in liquid phase
· X-ray diffraction, dedicated single-crystal as well as powder instrument
· IR and Raman spectrometers
· Mass Spectrometry high resolution hyphenated  system
· Computer resources designated for molecular modeling

UoB is planning to establish a technology building called
“Teknologibygget” that is expected to house various kinds of large
scientific instruments. Among the proposals are high-field NMR
spectrometers (800 – 950 Mhz) for mainly (but not solely) biomolecular
NMR spectroscopy. The high-field NMR laboratory is a concern of national
importance, and a national application hosted by UoB and Department of
Chemistry is recently submitted to the Research Council of Norway (RCN).
Another platform proposed for “Teknologibygget” is the Norwegian
Advanced Photon Platform (NAPP). The project is still in its early phase
and RCN has been applied for funding a pre-proposal to elaborate the
technical solutions of this interdepartmental platform, which Department of
Chemistry has proposed a laboratory for electron spectroscopy-based
nanoscience. The laboratory will be used for interdisciplinary basic research
and form the basis for optimal use of large-scale international synchrotron
and free electron laser laboratories.