Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Science

Provides an overview of the methodology and of the systematisation of passive and interactive analytical techniques for nuclear material analysis;

Covers the main areas of radioactive materials characterization including sampling and sample preparation and sub-sample treatment or separation;

Includes analysis of the complete fuel cycle of radioactive materials.

NMR techniques although well established for structural analyses of proteins and nucleic acids, cannot be simply applied to this complex class of biomolecules. Nonetheless, recently developed NMR techniques for carbohydrates open the door to conformational studies of a variety of sugar chains of biological interest. NMR studies on glycans will have significant impact on the development of vaccines, adjuvants, therapeutics, biomarkers and on biomass regeneration.