Electronically Tunable Surface-Coil-Type Resonator for L-Band EPR Spectroscopy

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 159-167

  Hirata, Hiroshi ^a,b   Walczak, Tadeusz ^a   Swartz, Harold M ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automatic frequency control; Automatic matching control; In vivo EPR; Resonator; Surface coil

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

INDOLE DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM PHTHALOCYANINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; RAT; SPIN LABELING;

ANIMALS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INDOLES; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RATS; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 0033628737     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmre.1999.1927     Document Type: Article

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