A simple, small and low cost permanent magnet design to produce homogeneous magnetic fields

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 131-138

  Manz, B ^a   Benecke, M ^a   Volke, F ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Halbach array; Permanent magnets; Portable NMR; Table top NMR

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SHIFT; LIQUIDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RAPID PROTOTYPING; VISCOSITY;

HALBACH ARRAYS; PORTABLE NMR; TABLE-TOP NMR;

PERMANENT MAGNETS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETICS; MINIATURIZATION;

EID: 42749097183     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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