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Magnetic Resonance of Dihydrogen Endofullerenes

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Malcolm Levitt

Professor of Chemistry

Research interests

  • Magnetic Resonance
  • Endofullerenes
Connect with Malcolm

Email: mhl@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Dr Marina Carravetta

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Solid state magic-angle spinning NMR
  • Quantum Technology for Magnetic Resonance
  • High temperature and/or high pressure NMR
Connect with Marina

Email: M.Carravetta@soton.ac.uk

Professor Richard Whitby

Professor of Chemistry

Research interests

  • Synthesis, properties and application of atomic and molecular endofullerenes.
  • The use of flow chemistry for the rapid acquisition of mechanistic and process information.
  • The synthesis of polyaromatic molecules for optoelectronic applications.
Connect with Richard

Email: R.J.Whitby@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Magnetic Resonance

Our main focus is finding ways to extend the timescale over which magnetic resonance can be made.

Organic Chemistry, Synthesis, Catalysis

We develop environmentally sustainable approaches to chemical manufacture that minimise chemical waste, improve product velocity and reduce the need to isolate intermediates.

Research outputs

Infrared spectroscopy of small-molecule endofullerenes
T. Room, L. Peedu, M. Ge, D. Huvonen, U. Nagel, S. Ye, M. Xu, Z. Bacic, S. Mamone, M.H. Levitt, M. Carravetta, J.Y.- C. Chen, X. Lei, N.J. Turro, Y. Murata & K. Komatsu, 2013, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 371, 20110631
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0631
Type: article
Quantum rotation and translation of hydrogen molecules encapsulated inside C60: temperature dependence of inelastic neutron scattering spectra
A.J. Horsewill, K. Goh, S. Rols, J. Ollivier, M.R. Johnson, M.H. Levitt, M. Carravetta, S. Mamone, Y. Murata, J.Y.- C. Chen, J.A. Johnson, X. Lei & N.J. Turro, 2013, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 371(1998), 20110627
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0627
Type: article
Nuclear magnetic resonance of hydrogen molecules trapped inside C70 fullerene cages
Salvatore Mamone, Maria Concistrè, Ivo Heinmaa, Marina Carravetta, Ilya Kuprov, Gary Wall, Mark Denning, Xuegong Lei, Judy Y.-C. Chen, Yongjun Li, Yasujiro Murata, Nicholas J. Turro & Malcolm H. Levitt, 2013, ChemPhysChem, 14(13), 3121-3130
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201300269
Type: article
Anisotropic nuclear spin interactions in H2O@C60 determined by solid-state NMR
M. Concistre, S. Mamone, M. Denning, G. Pileio, X. Lei, Y. Li, M. Carravetta, N.J. Turro & M.H. Levitt, 2013, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 371(1998), 20120102
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2012.0102
Type: article
Inelastic neutron scattering investigations of the quantum molecular dynamics of a H2 molecule entrapped inside a fullerene cage
A. Horsewill, K. Panesar, S. Rols, J. Ollivier, M. Johnson, M. Carravetta, S. Mamone, M. Levitt, Y. Murata, K. Komatsu, J. Chen, J. Johnson, X. Lei & N. Turro, 2012, Physical Review B, 85(20), 1-12
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.205440
Type: article