Access and Use of the Facility
The Chemistry Department provides open access to the Magnetic Resonance facility to all UW-campus researchers. Other academic users, and some industrial users, are given access with the approval of the facility director. Any researcher in the Chemistry Department can use the facility with instrument access essentially bounded only by the time available. Non-departmental researchers are restricted only in that their use should not significantly interfere with Chemistry Departmental research. Since all users must take their own data (see Service Work for more details), all users must go through proper training and checkouts before attempting to use of any of the spectrometers. Unauthorized use of the equipment may result in access limitations, or more drastic measures in the event of equipment damage.
Graduate Students
Chemistry 636 (and 637 for > 300 MHz spectrometers) are mandatory training for graduate students to gain access to the NMR spectrometers; the very rare exception requires approval of the . Graduate students obtain access by:
Postdoctoral and Visiting Faculty
Postdoctoral students and visiting faculty require relatively quick access, and receive a crash course in terms of training. A handout is available to assist these users during the initial learning period. Postdocs and visiting faculty are expected to practice for two to three weeks, and then must pass a checkout to gain access. Advanced graduate students in the postdoc or visiting faculty's research group are expected to help with training and oversight of these users.
Undergraduate Students
Undergraduates involved in research projects and/or supporting graduate research within the Chemistry Department may obtain access to the NMR equipment. That access is restricted by the following policies:
On-Campus, Non-Chemistry Academic Users
Access is identical for every user of the facility, and no special restrictions apply for researchers from outside the department.
Off-Campus Academic Users
Other academicians can use the facility upon approval of the facility director.
With the total automation now provided by the Mercury-300 spectrometer, training
is greatly simplified for off-campus researchers. It is a simple task
now for any researcher that can visit the Chemistry building to collect 300
MHz data.
Contact the
for more information.
Other Users and Service Work
300 MHz data can now be easily obtained on our automated Varian Mercury-300 spectrometer. After minimal training, users prepare their own samples, bring them to Chemistry, place them in the sample changer, and request the proper experiments via the spectrometer software. Data acquisition is completely automated from that point (turn-around typically < 1h daytime, or next day nighttime). Data is accessible from a network-mounted hard disk. Users must work-up and interpret their own data; we provide analysis software (NUTS) via our facility site license.
The UWChemMR Facility does assist local businesses and small schools with the occasional special service request (i.e., we take the data, and assist with interpretation) involving NMR or ESR, but the amount of help that can be provided is quite limited. There is no service component for campus users, and therefore none can be provided on a regular basis for external users. Madison area companies that require that their research stay local and need regular service work can check with NMRFAM; otherwise, they should enlist the aid of a for-profit firm (e.g., Spectral Data Services in the Chicago area). If neither of these options appears to suffice, contact the
Fees for academic users are:
Contact the for information about fees for industrial users.
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