EPR / DNP / NMR Literature Blog

Sensitivity Considerations in Microwave Paramagnetic Resonance Absorption Techniques

December 19, 2018 - I recently read again through Feher’s article on EPR sensitivity. After 61 years this article is still very important when building instrumentation for EPR or DNP.

Multi-resonant photonic band-gap/saddle coil DNP probehead for static solid state NMR of microliter volume samples #DNPNMR

December 3, 2018 - Nevzorov, Alexander A., Sergey Milikisiyants, Antonin N. Marek, and Alex I. Smirnov. “Multi-Resonant Photonic Band-Gap/Saddle Coil DNP Probehead for Static Solid State NMR of Microliter Volume Samples.

Development of Very-Low-Temperature Millimeter-Wave Electron-Spin-Resonance Measurement System #DNPNMR

November 28, 2018 - Fujii, Y., Y. Ishikawa, K. Ohya, S. Miura, Y. Koizumi, A. Fukuda, T. Omija, et al.

Magic angle spinning spheres

November 21, 2018 - This article is indirectly related to DNP. It describes an exciting new idea from the Barnes lab how to spin samples in a MAS-NMR experiments and the perspective of integrating DNP.

Amplification of Dynamic Nuclear Polarization at 200 GHz by Arbitrary Pulse Shaping of the Electron Spin Saturation Profile #DNPNMR

August 29, 2018 - Kaminker, Ilia, and Songi Han. “Amplification of Dynamic Nuclear Polarization at 200 GHz by Arbitrary Pulse Shaping of the Electron Spin Saturation Profile.

Magic angle spinning NMR with metallized rotors as cylindrical microwave resonators #DNPNMR

August 13, 2018 - Scott, Faith J., Erika L. Sesti, Eric J. Choi, Alexander J. Laut, Jagadishwar R. Sirigiri, and Alexander B.