A pulsed and continuous wave 250 MHz electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometer

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-91

  Quine, Richard W ^a   Rinard, George A ^a   Eaton, Sandra S ^b   Eaton, Gareth R ^b  

^a University of Denver   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

EPR; Imaging; Pulsed EPR; Spectrometer design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MICROPROCESSOR; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SPECTROMETER; TIME;

EID: 18644375009     PISSN: 10437347     EISSN: 10990534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.10020     Document Type: Article

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