The University of Oregon Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility provides a diverse array of magnetic resonance research capabilities for routine and advanced analysis of both solutions and solid state samples. The facility is a part of the University of Oregon's Center for Advanced Materials Characterization (CAMCOR) and located in Klamath Hall in the Lokey Science Complex.

Instruments in the facility are available for use by all qualified academic, research, or commercial users. The CAMCOR NMR Facility can also provide technical and professional expertise as a full service laboratory.

The NMR facility is home to four superconducting magnets equipped for walk-up solution state analysis of ¹H, ¹³C, ³¹P, ¹⁹F as well as advanced techniques.

Multinuclear cryoprobes permit the high sensitivity study of virtually any magnetic nucleus, including ²H, ⁷Li, ¹¹B, ¹⁵N, ²³Na, ²⁷Al, ²⁹Si, ⁵¹V, ⁵⁹Co, ⁷¹Ga, ⁷⁷Se, ¹¹³Cd, ¹¹⁹Sn, ¹²⁵Te, ¹⁹⁵Pt.

The indirect detection capabilities of these probes permit a variety of 2D and 3D techniques for characterization of molecular structure (e.g. COSY, NOESY, HMQC, HMBC, TOCSY, INADEQUATE). In addition diffusion (DOSY) of molecules in solution can measured for X-nuclei as well as ¹H or ¹⁹F.

Cross polarization magic angle spinning (CPMAS) solid-state NMR is available at both 500 and 600 MHz.

The NMR facility also contains an electromagnet for electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)/electron spin resonance (ESR), a method for studying materials with unpaired electrons.

Our facility is supported by major instrumentation grants from the National Science Foundation, ONAMI, Oregon BEST.