In-situ Characterization and Analytical Toolkit

  • AFM-IR of Arabidopsis thaliana primary cell walls
  • 13C-MAS In-situ NMR
  • ToF-SIMS of electrospun gelatin fibers
  • Innovative Analytics Toolkit: Developing cutting-edge approaches resolve the complexity and recalcitrance of biomass and waste plastic and enable the design of conversion approaches into valuable bioproducts.
  • Advanced In-situ Characterization: Utilizing high-temperature and pressure NMR spectroscopy to reveal the reaction intermediates, dynamics, pathways, and kinetics of biomass and waste plastic conversion processes at reaction conditions.

Major Instrumentation Grant: Acquiring High-Temperature & Pressure NMR: With a significant grant from NSF-CBET, our lab is set to acquire a state-of-the-art high-temperature and pressure NMR spectroscope. This advanced instrumentation opens new avenues for in-depth analysis of biomass conversion processes, propelling us towards a sustainable energy future.

Details in the facility website: https://solidstatefacility.wustl.edu.

[Ref.: Foston, M., Samuel, R., He, J., Ragauskas, A.J. (2016). A Review of Whole Cell Wall NMR by the Direct-dissolution of Biomass. Green Chemistry. 18(3), pp. 608-621.

Borodinov, N., Bilkey, N., Foston, M., Levlev, A. V., Belianinov, A., Jesse, S., Vasudevan, R. K., Kalinin, S. V., Ovchinnikova, O. S. (2019) Spectral map reconstruction using pan-sharpening algorithm: enhancing chemical imaging with AFM-IR. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 25(S2), pp. 1024-1025.

Borodinov, N., Bilkey, N., Foston, M., Levlev, A. V., Belianinov, A., Jesse, S., Vasudevan, R. K., Kalinin, S. V., Ovchinnikova, O. S. (2019) Application of pan-sharpening algorithm for correlative multimodal imaging using AFM-IR. npj Computational Materials, 5(1), pp. 1-9.]