Impact of Shared Facilities in Advancing Solid-State NMR Research: 2025 Edition
Abstract
Shared research facilities (SRFs) offer researchers cost-effective access to advanced analytical instrumentation that individual laboratories may find challenging to acquire or maintain. By centralizing resources, SRFs support a diverse user community including students, early-career scientists, senior principal investigators, and industrial collaborators, while providing expert technical support and ensuring efficient use of infrastructure and funding. These facilities not only drive research productivity and foster interdisciplinary collaboration, but also serve as centers for training the next generation of scientists. In this article, SRFs that offer solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) capabilities are discussed, highlighting representative examples, and examining their accessibility, governance models, technical operations, application areas, and data-sharing practices. Usage data reveal that solid-state NMR-based SRFs strongly align with high-priority research goals, contributing to impactful projects across chemistry, life sciences, and materials science, as reflected in publication outcomes. The article also emphasizes that the collaborative networks among SRFs enhance knowledge exchange and resource coordination. Such coordinated inter-facility partnerships are expected to address emerging challenges, ultimately supporting sustainable infrastructure that meets the evolving needs of the solid-state NMR community.
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BibTeX
@article{schurko2026impact,
title = {{Impact of Shared Facilities in Advancing Solid-State NMR Research: 2025 Edition}},
author = {Robert Schurko and Chad Rienstra and Christopher Jaroniec and Alexandar Hansen and W. Trent Franks and David Bryce and Andreas Brinkmann and Victor Terskikh and Steven Brown and Dinu Iuga and Carine van Heijenoort and Franck Fayon and Sylvain Bertaina and Carlos Alfonso and Göran Karlsson and Gerhard Gröbner and Marek Potrzebowski and Linda Cerofolini and Enrico Ravera and Marco Fragai and Moreno Lelli and Anne Lesage and Guido Pintacuda and Miquel Pons and Luís Mafra and José Schneider and Gustavo Monti and Rodolfo Acosta and Horacio Pastawski and Brijith Thomas and Yury Kolyagin and Vipin Agarwal and Guangjin Hou and Feng Deng and Kai Xue and Takanori Kigawa and G.N. Manjunatha Reddy},
journal = {Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.1016/j.ssnmr.2025.102053},
url = {https://hal.science/hal-05413694v1},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Impact of Shared Facilities in Advancing Solid-State NMR Research: 2025 Edition
AU - Robert Schurko
AU - Chad Rienstra
AU - Christopher Jaroniec
AU - Alexandar Hansen
AU - W. Trent Franks
AU - David Bryce
AU - Andreas Brinkmann
AU - Victor Terskikh
AU - Steven Brown
AU - Dinu Iuga
AU - Carine van Heijenoort
AU - Franck Fayon
AU - Sylvain Bertaina
AU - Carlos Alfonso
AU - Göran Karlsson
AU - Gerhard Gröbner
AU - Marek Potrzebowski
AU - Linda Cerofolini
AU - Enrico Ravera
AU - Marco Fragai
AU - Moreno Lelli
AU - Anne Lesage
AU - Guido Pintacuda
AU - Miquel Pons
AU - Luís Mafra
AU - José Schneider
AU - Gustavo Monti
AU - Rodolfo Acosta
AU - Horacio Pastawski
AU - Brijith Thomas
AU - Yury Kolyagin
AU - Vipin Agarwal
AU - Guangjin Hou
AU - Feng Deng
AU - Kai Xue
AU - Takanori Kigawa
AU - G.N. Manjunatha Reddy
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/19
JO - Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
DO - 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2025.102053
UR - https://hal.science/hal-05413694v1
AB - Shared research facilities (SRFs) offer researchers cost-effective access to advanced analytical instrumentation that individual laboratories may find challenging to acquire or maintain. By centralizing resources, SRFs support a diverse user community including students, early-career scientists, senior principal investigators, and industrial collaborators, while providing expert technical support and ensuring efficient use of infrastructure and funding. These facilities not only drive research productivity and foster interdisciplinary collaboration, but also serve as centers for training the next generation of scientists. In this article, SRFs that offer solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) capabilities are discussed, highlighting representative examples, and examining their accessibility, governance models, technical operations, application areas, and data-sharing practices. Usage data reveal that solid-state NMR-based SRFs strongly align with high-priority research goals, contributing to impactful projects across chemistry, life sciences, and materials science, as reflected in publication outcomes. The article also emphasizes that the collaborative networks among SRFs enhance knowledge exchange and resource coordination. Such coordinated inter-facility partnerships are expected to address emerging challenges, ultimately supporting sustainable infrastructure that meets the evolving needs of the solid-state NMR community.
SN - 0926-2040
ER -