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Ultra-Low-Field NMR Relaxation and Diffusion Measurements Using an Optical Magnetometer

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Author(s)

John E. Kitching, P. Ganssle, H Shin, Scott J. Seltzer, Vikram S. Bajaj, Micah P. Ledbetter, Dimitry Budkerl, Svenja A. Knappe, A Pines

Abstract

In this work, we have demonstrated for the first time that an alkali vapor cell magnetometer has sufficient sensitivity to chemically resolve a heterogeneous mixture of oil and water by its relaxation and diffusion properties, both in one dimensional experiments and in two-dimensional correlation experiments, a significant step towards the use of atomic magnetometry in wider industrial applications, and a proof of-concept for a potentially powerful next generation of portable NMR sensors.
Citation
Angewandte Chemie-International Edition
Volume
53

Keywords

atomic magnetometer, diffusometry, nuclear magnetic resonance, optical magnetometer, relaxometry

Citation

Kitching, J. , Ganssle, P. , Shin, H. , Seltzer, S. , Bajaj, V. , Ledbetter, M. , Budkerl, D. , Knappe, S. and Pines, A. (2014), Ultra-Low-Field NMR Relaxation and Diffusion Measurements Using an Optical Magnetometer, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition (Accessed April 19, 2024)
Created July 31, 2014, Updated February 19, 2017