Luca Fusaro

Fun = broadband NMR probes + samples with nuclei that resonate across the frequency spectrum 🎯🧲 #NMR

Good to know: a typical Varian NMR probe box (400 MHz) fits easily the trunk of a Mazda MX5!

I have had the #NanoVNA for a while to play with #NMR Tuning and matching, but I never connected it to the computer. Yesterday, I finally did it, using my Apple Macbook and the software NanoVNASaver: volpefirm.com/apps. It's very useful!

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So, there is again the need for research groups specialised in design and development of probes?

Why Probe technology Is a touchy topic?

Congrats Thu-Hong, @lfusaro-nmr.bsky.social, @ntumanovxray.bsky.social and all collabs) for this fundamental work on chirality in @boron-chemistry.bsky.social. Lewis acid-base pairs are controlling rotation speed at C-B bond (@angewandtechemie.bsky.social): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/....

Old wide-bore beauties 😁

This work will be developed in close collaboration with @rimontis.bsky.social @ntumanovxray.bsky.social, Simon Coles, Johan Wouters and Carmela Aprile

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Oggi e anche il compleanno di mia figlia Lea. Auguri a Charles, ma anche auguri a Lea 🎈

No cluster! It must be related to the sample preparation. I was surprised too, because Mateescu observed also the bulk signal in CDCl3 (MRI and the chemistry of water monomers: finding a needle in a haystack of needles). It is truly interesting!

References: D. Mateescu, G.M. Benedikt, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 101 (1979) 3959 ; Florin, A . E.; Alei, M., Jr. J. Chem. Phys. 1967, 47, 4268

I’m weak—I couldn’t resist! Today, I recorded an even better spectrum of isolated water in CDCl₃. 5 μL of 10% ¹⁷O-enriched water in 600 μL of CDCl₃, with some agitation for dispersion. Similar to Mateescu’s 1979 results, but the earliest ¹⁷O NMR of water vapor I know is from 1967 (Florin & Alei).

I didn't know this paper. Thank you!

The triplet is due to monomeric water molecules dispersed in hexane 🧐

Did you ever record 17O #NMR spectra? This is just an example of the water spectrum (in hexane!). I'm always astonished by his beauty 😍

Thank you for clarifying that, @sabba.bsky.social 👏

How many signal generators do you have at home? I wanted to play with transmission lines, coils and capacitors for better understanding a simple #NMR probe design. Luckily my father has (at least) three 😅

Out of office

When your advent calendar reminds you that you should run some solid state #NMR experiments before holiday 😅

It's born! Our new 400 MHz is on field. Everything is going smoothly. That white box similar to a small fridge is the console 😁

Let's Get It Started 🤞

Pumping iron 🎈

Santa Claus arrived today @Unamur! We will start the new year with a new #JEOL #NMR for liquids 🍷🍺

I set up a meeting!

Finally free to go outside, after 31 years being closed in a lab 👏

He Just had to break the vacuum. After one second it quenched

Must die, must die, this magnet must die! Tomorrow, this old English guy will be decommissioned. It was installed in 1993. It has served chemists @UNamur for a long time, but now, it's time to go. #NMR