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Luca Fusaro

@lfusaro-nmr.bsky.social

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A chemist working in Belgium at @UNamur. Manager of #NMR Facility. I enjoy exploring liquids and solids by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Music lover

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Luca Fusaro @lfusaro-nmr.bsky.social · Jul 24

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

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Luca Fusaro @lfusaro-nmr.bsky.social · May 24

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

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Luca Fusaro @lfusaro-nmr.bsky.social · May 15

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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Luca Fusaro @lfusaro-nmr.bsky.social · Apr 15

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Luca Fusaro @lfusaro-nmr.bsky.social · Feb 28

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

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Luca Fusaro @lfusaro-nmr.bsky.social · Feb 28

Why Probe technology Is a touchy topic?

Reposted by Luca Fusaro

G Berionni group @dr-berionni.bsky.social · Feb 20

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/....

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Luca Fusaro @lfusaro-nmr.bsky.social · Feb 18

Old wide-bore beauties 😁

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Luca Fusaro @lfusaro-nmr.bsky.social · Feb 12

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

Luca Fusaro @lfusaro-nmr.bsky.social · Feb 12

We are looking for a PhD candidate in Chemistry @UNamur! 🧪 The project focuses on NMR and X-ray crystallography of complex crystalline phases of simple salts, building on our Nature 2021 work: doi.org/10.1038/s415....
🔗 Apply here:
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/316363
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...

Complex structures arising from the self-assembly of a simple organic salt - Nature

Frank–Kasper phases are observed in small organic molecules from the crystallization of fampridine hydrochloride into two distinct structures, indicating that complex self-assembled structures can ari...

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Luca Fusaro @lfusaro-nmr.bsky.social · Feb 12

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

Luca Fusaro @lfusaro-nmr.bsky.social · Feb 11

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!

Luca Fusaro @lfusaro-nmr.bsky.social · Feb 11

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

Luca Fusaro @lfusaro-nmr.bsky.social · Feb 11

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).

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Luca Fusaro @lfusaro-nmr.bsky.social · Feb 11

I didn't know this paper. Thank you!

Luca Fusaro @lfusaro-nmr.bsky.social · Feb 10

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

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Luca Fusaro @lfusaro-nmr.bsky.social · Feb 10

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 😍

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Luca Fusaro @lfusaro-nmr.bsky.social · Jan 5

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

Luca Fusaro @lfusaro-nmr.bsky.social · Jan 2

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 😅