Nuclear magnetic resonance force microscopy with a microwire rf source

Force-detected Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

The drive to improve the sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to smaller and smaller sample volumes has led to the development of a variety of techniques distinct from conventional inductive detection. In this chapter, we focus on the technique of force-detected NMR as one of the most successful in yielding sensitivity improvements. We review the rationale for the technique, its basi...

Single Spin Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy

Imaging using Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy

We demonstrate one-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance imaging of the semiconductor GaAs with 170 nanometer slice separation and resolve two regions of reduced nuclear spin polarization density separated by only 500 nanometers. This is achieved by force detection of the magnetic resonance, Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy (MRFM), in combination with optical pumping to increase the nuclear...

Advances in Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy

Over the years magnetic resonance techniques have demonstrated to be powerful structural characterization and diagnostic imaging tools that have had a profound impact in medicine, biology, chemistry, material science and physics. While NMR provides the ability to perform molecular structure determination by investigating the local surroundings of atoms and the binding characteristics of molecul...

The Conformations of 1-Thiacyclooctan-3-One Dynamic Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Force-Field Calculation

The 1H and natural-abundance 13C-NMR spectra of 1-thiacyclooctan-3-one (1) have been measured from 25 to -100°C. Coalescence is observed in the 1H-NMR spectra of (1) at about -80°C, and attributed to ring inversion in a boat-chair conformation, which is the predominant conformation of (1). The free energy of activation (DG¹</s...