Miniature Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer For In-Situ And In-Process Analysis And Monitoring

The main purpose of this research is to develop a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer that is small enough to be held in the palm of a hand. Such an instrument could be used in many applications of importance to DOE as well as to industry. These applications would include in-field characterization of contaminants, monitoring and analysis of chemical processes in chemical plants and other environmental monitoring applications. In addition to having drastically reduced size and cost, a miniature NMR instrument would be ideally suited for chemical analysis of volume limited samples which frequently occur in biological, medical and drug development applications