EPR / DNP / NMR Literature Blog

Albert Overhauser passed away at the age of 86

December 15, 2011 - From Dror Warschawski (NMR web database): Some of the people who use NOESY or DNP on a daily basis know about the Overhauser effect without necessarily knowing that it bears the name of the person who discovered it.

A spinning thermometer to monitor microwave heating and glass transitions in DNP

November 17, 2011 - Miéville, P.; Vitzthum, V.; Caporini, M. A.; Jannin, S.; Gerber-Lemaire, S.; Bodenhausen, G. Magn. Reson. Chem.

Hot Topics in Spin-Hyperpolarization

November 15, 2011 - Workshop at the Lorentz Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, 30 January - 3 February 2012 Download Flyer

Optimization of 1H spin density for dynamic nuclear polarization using photo-excited triplet electron spins

October 6, 2011 - Kagawa, A.; Murokawa, Y.; Takeda, K.; Kitagawa, M. J. Magn. Reson. 2009, 197, 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2008.11.009

Tensors and rotations in NMR

October 6, 2011 - This article does not cover DNP. However, for those of us who still like to write their own simulation programs it is a very helpful article.

Dynamic Nuclear Polarization in NMR

October 6, 2011 - Chandrakumar, N. Journal of the Indian Institure of Science 2010, 90, 133. http://journal.library.iisc.ernet.in/vol201001/Chandrakumar.pdf Dynamic nuclear polarization was first predicted — and, shortly thereafter, established experimentally — in 1953, the first demonstration being on Lithium metal.