NMR Workshop

The ACES NMR workshop was held on the 19th of February, 2008, at the School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne. The workshop was a chance to bring together researchers interested in all aspects of NMR, including those with no previous training, to explore the wide range of applications of this versatile analytical technique.
A welcome was given by Dr Jenny Pringle (ACES Monash), followed by 3 external invited speakers and 3 speakers from ACES at Monash.

• Prof Steve Greenbaum (City University of New York) gave an introductory talk on "Basic NMR techniques in Materials Science", giving the audience a real taste of what NMR can be used for and some of the theory behind the technique.
• Dr Jenny Pringle gave an overview of some applications of solid state NMR, focusing on examples from her own research and her collaborations with other groups within the university.
• Prof. Andrew Whittaker (The University of Queensland) gave a presentation on the "Solid-state NMR of Polymers - Structure and Dynamics", giving insight into the benefits of this technique for a range of polymer studies.
• Youssof Shekibi (ACES Monash), demonstrated the applicability of static NMR studies for “1H and 7Li solid state NMR spectroscopy of Organic Ionic Plastic Crystals”.
• Prof. Steve Greenbaum second talk centred around "Investigating ionic and molecular motions by NMR relaxation and diffusion measurements".
• The topic of diffusion NMR was continued by Paul Bailey from ACES, who utilises this technique for “NMR studies of Additives in Ionic Liquid Electrolytes”.
• Dr Tim Bastow (Materials Science and Engineering, CSIRO), gave examples from his wide-ranging NMR expertise, focusing on "Solid state NMR of common elements with only difficult nuclei", further illustrating the wide-ranging applicability of this technique.

Plenty of time was given for discussions with the attendees. In addition to the ACES attendees, over thirty people from outside ACES registered for the workshop. The workshop was closed with a few words from Dr Jenny Pringle and Prof. Maria Forsyth, Associate Director of ACES.

Dr Jenny Pringle welcoming the attendees at the  NMR workshop at Monash University February 19, 2008.	Youssof Shekibi (ACES Monash), demonstrated the applicability of static NMR studies for “1H and 7Li solid state NMR spectroscopy of Organic Ionic Plastic Crystals”	Prof Steve Greenbaum (City University of New York) gave 2 talks at the NMR workshop.