4th International Summer School and European School on Solid State NMR: Solid State NMR for Liquid State NMR Spectroscopists Location: Dubrovnik, Croatia September 16-21, 2007

 

was organized under the joint auspices of   Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia Working Party "NMR-Spectroscopy" (AGNMR) of the Austrian Chemical Society (GÖCh) Institute of Organic Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria and Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia       Six  scholarships (travel and accommodation) by the IUC (Inter-University Center) were available to Croatian students .

 

 

Organization   Series Organizer Norbert Müller Anna Eppinger, secretary
Working Party "NMR-Spectroscopy" (AGNMR) of the Austrian Chemical Society (GÖCh)
Institute of Organic Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

 

Scientific Coordinator

Angelika Sebald

University of York, United Kingdom

 

 

Local Organizer

Vilko Smrecki
Drazen Vikic-Topic

NMR Center, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia

 

 

Contact and Information

e-mail: Anna.Eppinger@jku.at, Norbert.Mueller@jku.at

fax: +43 70 2468 8747, phone: +43 70 2468 8749

Postal address:
AG-NMR, c/o Prof. Norbert Müller,
Institut f. Organische Chemie
Johannes Kepler Universität, Altenbergerstraße 69
4040 Linz, AUSTRIA (EUROPE)

 

 

Venue

Inter-University Centre (IUC) and Hotel Lero, Dubrovnik, Croatia

 

 

List of lecturers

Matthias Bechmann (York, England)
Christian Fernandez (Caen, France)
Malcolm H. Levitt (Southampton, England)
Norbert Mueller (Linz, Austria)
Angelika Sebald (York, England)
Stefan Steuernagel (Rheinstetten, Germany)
Gabor Tarkanyi (Budapest, Hungary)
 

 

 

 

Target Audience (number of participants: 35) Advanced students and researchers with a previous knowledge of NMR in the liquid phase Scientists interested in the potential of solid state NMR for their application areas   Programme Summary Lectures by internationally renowned solid state NMR spectroscopists, with liquid state NMR experience.   Introduction to spin interactions in liquids and solids Basics Hamiltonians Spherical tensors and Euler angles Introduction to the SIMPSON program Principles of magic angle spinning (MAS) Cross polarization (CP), de-coupling and re-coupling Applications of CP/MAS to isolated spins-1/2 Quadrupolar Spins Applications of de- and recoupling techniques Practical aspects of solid state NMR   Exercises In depth coverage of topics initiated in the lectures using computer simulation (SIMPSON) in groups tailored to the participants’ requirements

 

 

Austrian web page for the Summer School can be found at http://www.agnmr.at/ssss07