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Ultra Compact Design and Small Stray Field of Novel 800 MHz
UltraShield Plus NMR Magnet Allows Siting in Single-Story Lab
Orlando, FL, Mar.
13: Bruker BioSpin Corporation announces the 800 MHz US Plus actively-shielded
NMR magnet, with a significant reduction in size and magnetic stray field
compared to other 800 MHz magnets. This ultra-compact 800 MHz magnet
significantly increases customers' siting flexibility and can dramatically
reduce site preparation costs. The 800 US Plus standard-bore (54mm) NMR magnet
incorporates Bruker BioSpin's proprietary UltraShield-Plus active shielding
technology, which reduces magnetic stray fields yet another four-fold over
previous shielded 800 MHz magnets.
The new 800 US Plus can be placed in
a single-story lab, whereas a traditional 800 MHz magnet requires a dedicated
two-story facility. The US Plus technology also improves protection against
external perturbations, for even better field stability and NMR performance.
This can be particularly important in challenging environments such as
metropolitan areas where subways and other electrical power sources can
adversely affect the magnet.
800 MHz magnets are frequently used in structural biology research and the
benefits of ultra-high magnetic field strength have also been recognized in
membrane protein structure determination and a growing number of materials
research applications.
Bruker BioSpin has recently installed
the first ultra-compact 800 MHz magnet in the biomolecular NMR laboratory of Dr.
Geoffrey Bodenhausen at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL),
Switzerland, where it is used for both in-solution and solid state NMR research
on biomolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids.
"The ease of installation results in
considerable cost savings," commented Dr. Lothar Helm, Director of this NMR
facility. "A bulkier magnet would have to be installed in a pit below floor
level, requiring heavy lifting gear and the removal of the roof. The new
ultra-compact 800 MHz magnet was easy to move through our corridors, without
even widening doorways, and could simply be set up on the floor of the
laboratory."
"Our US Plus technology significantly
reduces the lab construction or renovation costs necessary for our powerful
Avance 800 MHz systems which can now be sited in single-story facilities,"
commented Dr. Gerhard Roth, Managing Director of Bruker BioSpin's Magnet
Division. "We believe that this easy-to-site and ultra-compact, yet
technologically even more advanced 800 US Plus magnet will further drive the
adoption of 800 MHz systems in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, as
well as in many academic, medical school and government NMR laboratories."
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