NMR Laboratory, Molecule Structure Research Center, Armenian Academy of Sciences

Aleksan Shahkhatuni

Senior Researcher

Tel: (37410) 287423

Fax: (37410) 282267

E-mail: alexsh@msrc.am

Address: Azatutyan ave. 26, Yerevan 0014, Armenia

 

RESEARCH: NMR of oriented molecules; routine & modern NMR Spectroscopy.

COLLABORATIONS:

    Ad Bax, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health

    Alexander Pines (University of California, Berkeley, USA)

    Nikiolay M. Sergeyev, NMR Lab., Chemistry Department, Moscow State University

    Valentin P. Ananikov, NMR Laboratory, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Moscow, Rossia

EDUCATION:

    Ph.D. in Physics&Mathematics, Moscow State University (1987)

    M.Sc. in Physics, Yerevan State University (1976)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

  1. Sahakyan A.B., Shahkhatuni A.G., Shahkhatuni A.A., Panosyan H.A., Electric field effects on one-bond indirect spin-spin coupling constants and possible biomolecular perspectives. J.Phys.Chem.A, 2008, 112, 16, 3576-3586.

  2. Sahakyan A.B., Shahkhatuni A.A., Shahkhatuni A.G., Panosyan H.A., Dielectric permittivity and temperature effects on spin – spin couplings studied on acetonitrile. Magn.Reson.Chem., 2008, 46, 1, 63-68.

  3. Sahakyan A.B., Shahkhatuni A.G., Shahkhatuni A.A., Panosyan H.A., Biphenyls by NMR Spectroscopy of Oriented Molecules. Magn.Reson.Chem., 2008, 46, 2, 144-149.

  4. Shahkhatuni A.A., Shahkhatuni A.G., Panosyan H.A., Sahakyan A.B., Byeon I.-J.L., Gronenborn A.M., Assessment of solvent effects: do weak alignment media affect the structure of the solute? Magn.Reson.Chem., 2007, 45, 7, 557-563.

  5. Shahkhatuni A.G., Shahkhatuni A.A., Panosyan H.A., Park G.H.J., Martin R.W., Pines A., NMR studies of 13C-iodomethane: Different behavior in thermotropic and lyotropic liquid crystals. J.Phys.Chem.A, 2004, 108, 33, 6809-6813.

  6. Park G.H.J., Martin R.W., Sakellariou D., Pines A., Shahkhatuni A.G., Shahkhatuni A.A., Panosyan H.A., Variable angle spinning (VAS) NMR study of solvent effects in liquid crystalline solutions of 13C-iodomethane. Chem.Phys.Lett., 2004, 399, 1-3, 196-199.

  7. Shahkhatuni A.A., Shahkhatuni A.G., Determination of the three-dimensional structure for weakly aligned biomolecules by NMR spectroscopy. Rus.Chem.Rev., 2002, 71, 12, 1005-1040.

Liquid Crystal NMR Spectroscopy

NMR of Oriented Molecules

Last Update: November 22th, 2006
By: Aleksan Shahkhatuni (alexsh@msrc.am)