Portable X-band system for solution state dynamic nuclear polarization

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 273-281

  Armstrong, Brandon D ^a   Lingwood, Mark D ^a   McCarney, Evan R ^a   Brown, Elliott R ^b   Blümler, Peter ^c   Han, Songi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamic nuclear polarization; Overhauser effect; Portable DNP; X Band DNP

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE DEVICES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PERMANENT MAGNETS; RESONATORS; TRANSMITTERS;

DYNAMIC NUCLEAR POLARIZATION (DNP); OVERHAUSER EFFECT; X-BAND DYNAMIC NUCLEAR POLARIZATION;

SPIN POLARIZATION;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROWAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 41249100620     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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