National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University Selects Bruker to Build World’s First 21.0 Tesla FT-ICR...
October 29 2010 - 6:00AM
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Bruker Daltonics today announced that the National High Magnetic
Field Laboratory (NHMFL) at Florida State University has selected
Bruker to design and build the world’s first 21.0 tesla (T) Fourier
Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance (FT-ICR) magnet. The magnet will
be designed in collaboration with NHMFL scientists and used in the
FT-ICR program at the lab. The contract for the magnet is valued at
over $10 million, the project is funded by the National Science
Foundation, and delivery of the magnet is planned for the first
half of calendar year 2013.
Professor Alan Marshall, Robert O. Lawton
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Florida State University
and Director of the high field FT-ICR program at the NHMFL. (Photo:
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FT-ICR is the highest resolution mass spectrometer available and
is useful in the analysis of extremely complex mixtures, including
petroleum, metabolites, and for the characterization of large
biological molecules such as proteins. The performance of FT-ICR
systems improves with increasing magnetic field, and the highest
field systems currently available operate at 15 T, so the 21.0 T
system represents a dramatic improvement of 40% in mass resolution,
and more than 90% in mass accuracy over currently available
systems. The ICR program at the NHMFL leads the world in instrument
and technique development as well as in pursuing novel applications
of FT-ICR mass spectrometry.
Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) is a global leader in the
development and supply of complete high-performance FT-ICR (or
FTMS) mass spectrometers, and also in the development and supply of
ultra-high field superconducting magnets for NMR, EPR, preclinical
MRI and FT-ICR. Its subsidiary Bruker Energy & Supercon
Technologies, Inc. (BEST) is a recognized leader in the development
and supply of the specialized superconductors used in ultra-high
field magnets. Bruker Corp. has already ordered the superconducting
wire from BEST to meet the ambitious delivery schedule of the NHMFL
21 T FT-ICR magnet project.
Professor Alan Marshall, Robert O. Lawton Professor of Chemistry
and Biochemistry at Florida State University and Director of the
high field FT-ICR program at the NHMFL commented: “The delivery of
the 21.0 T FT-ICR magnet from Bruker, together with instrumentation
developments we have planned, will lead to revolutionary new
capabilities in FT-ICR, by significantly extending current upper
limits for macromolecular weight, as well as chemical complexity.
We are confident in Bruker’s ability to build and deliver this
first-in-class magnet, and look forward to working with their team
of experts on the design of the FT-ICR system for use with the
magnet.”
Dr. Chris Hendrickson, Director of Instrumentation for the high
field FT-ICR program, stated: “In addition to important
applications in biomedical sciences, we view the study of petroleum
as one of the most important applications for the new instrument.
As the world’s supply of light sweet crude is exhausted and we turn
to heavier sources of crude to meet our energy needs, the feedstock
for refineries that produce fuel will become even more complex. To
ensure the most efficient processing of these feedstocks into fuel
that burns cleanly, an understanding of the nature of the
feedstocks at a molecular level will be important. FT-ICR is the
only mass spectrometric technique capable of completely resolving
all of the molecular components of petroleum. The new 21.0 T FT-ICR
system will be an important facility for research that will support
the reliable production of clean burning petroleum products in the
future.”
The 21.0 T magnet design offers a 110 mm room temperature
horizontal bore, and includes many design features pioneered by
Bruker. These include operation at a temperature of ~2 Kelvin by
use of Bruker’s unique UltraStabilized™ cooling technology, the
UltraShield™ technology which reduces magnetic stray fields, and
makes the use of such magnets possible in a routine environment, as
well as active magnet refrigeration technology that virtually
eliminates user maintenance of the magnet.
Dr. Gerhard Roth, the Bruker Corporation Ultra-High Field Magnet
Manager, said: “We are extremely pleased and honored to have been
selected to build the world’s first horizontal bore 21.0 T magnet
for FT-ICR. While this magnet advances the envelope of current
technology, we have a successful track record of delivering systems
of similar complexity in order to enable novel science.”
Dr. Klaus Schlenga, the Chief Technology Officer of BEST, added:
“We are also proud to be part of this exciting project as the
manufacturer of the core metallic superconductors for this novel
21.0 T FT-ICR magnet. We endeavour to supply high quality and
performance NbTi and Nb3Sn superconductors produced using our
proprietary bronze-route process, which we manufacture already for
some of the most demanding ultra-high field NMR and MRI
magnets.”
For more information about the High-Field FT-ICR program at the
NHMFL, please visit
www.magnet.fsu.edu/usershub/scientificdivisions/icr.
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