Our research focuses on developing methods and applications for solid-state NMR spectroscopy. The cutting-edge infrastructure is valuable for developing and understanding a broad range of materials, particularly for new, green technologies.
We develop new solid-state NMR spectroscopic methods and their application to a broad range of materials including battery materials, solid-state lighting phosphors, catalysts, topological insulators, porous materials, glasses, and cements. Here, the emphasis on the development of new methods means that the department has access not only to the state-of-the-art techniques, but also to many new methods that are in development and yet to be included in commercial systems. This makes solid-state NMR at the department particularly well placed to answer the pertinent structural questions posed by each new material.