Brinkmann Research

Andreas Brinkmann

About myself: I am currently a Research Officer in the Organic Chemical Metrology group in the Metrology Research Centre of the National Research Council Canada in Ottawa. Please check my ORCID iD iconORCID profile.

About my research: I develop solid-state NMR techniques for quantitative analysis (qNMR) and to characterize advanced materials in emerging technologies across a wide range of natural and synthetic advanced materials. These materials include natural and synthetic nano- and mesoporous materials for gas sequestration and storage such as gas hydrates, minerals, aluminates and zeolites, quantum dots for light harvesting, modern battery materials, fuel cell membranes, various hydrides for hydrogen storage applications, modern pharmaceutical compounds and polymers.

Please don't hesitate to contact me with your specific materials characterization problem, or if you would like to work with me as co-op, summer student or visitor.

3th January 2022

Our paper entitled “Solid-state 17O NMR study of α-d-glucose: exploring new frontiers in isotopic labeling, sensitivity enhancement, and NMR crystallography” has been accepted for publication in Chemical Science.

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30th November 2020

Our paper entitled “13C-Satellite Decoupling Strategies for Improving Accuracy in Quantitative NMR” has been accepted for publication in Analytical Chemistry.

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7th October 2020

Our paper entitled “Solid-state 1H, 13C, 17O NMR characterization of the two uncommon polymorphs of curcumin” has been accepted for publication in Crystal Growth & Design.

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9th April 2020

Our paper entitled “Scalable Gas-Phase Purification of Boron Nitride Nanotubes by Selective Chlorine Etching,” has been accepted for publication in Chemistry of Materials.

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29th March 2020

Our paper entitled “A Multi-Method Approach for Quantification of Surface Coatings on Commercial Zinc Oxide Nanomaterials” has been accepted for publication in Nanomaterials.

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19th August 2019

Our paper entitled “Quantification of surface functional groups on silica nanoparticles: comparison of thermogravimetric analysis and quantitative NMR,” has been accepted for publication in the Analyst.

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6th February 2019

Our paper entitled “Metrologically traceable quantification of trifluoroacetic acid content in peptide reference materials by 19F solid-state NMR” has been accepted for publication in the Metrologia special issue Focus on Advances in Metrology in Chemistry and Biology.

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20th November 2018

Our paper entitled “Insight into the Chromophore of Rhodopsin and its Meta II Photointermediate by 19F Solid-State NMR and Chemical Shift Tensor Calculations” has been accepted for publication in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.

19F solid-state NMR studies together with bond polarization theory chemical shift tensor calculations provide insight into the chromophore of rhodopsin and its active state Meta II.

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30th October 2018

Our paper entitled “Quantification and stability of surface amine groups on silica nanoparticles using solution NMR” has been accepted for publication in Analytical Chemistry.

We have developed an optimized protocol for dissolution of aminated silicas and determined functional group content by quantitative 1H NMR (qNMR) of the released amines.

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27th August 2018

Our paper entitled “Capturing Elusive Polymorphs of Curcumin: A Structural Characterization and Computational Study” has been published in Crystal Growth & Design.

Two polymorphs of curcumin (monoclinic and orthorhombic forms) were obtained and characterized. The crystal structure of the orthorhombic form was redetermined and 13C and 1H solid-state NMR spectra assigned, based on the 2D 13C–1H HETCOR nuclear magnetic resonance experiment and GIPAW density functional theory calculations. We demonstrate the importance of combined experimental and computational approach in the characterization of polymorphs in bulk samples.

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29th April 2018

My paper entitled “Introduction to Average Hamiltonian Theory. I. Basics” has been published in the special issue of Concepts in Magnetic Resonance in honor of Alex Bain.

The goal of this paper is to introduce average Hamiltonian theory in a rigorous but educational manner. The application to two composite pulses in NMR spectroscopy is used to demonstrate important aspects of average Hamiltonian theory.

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