Optically detected high speed magnetic resonance measurements

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR or ESR) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are the gold standard for imaging and characterizing samples ranging from complex chemicals to the human body. However, magnetic resonance measurements are not very sensitive and thus substantial amount of sample is needed. Additionally, scanning requires time, which limits dynamic studies. Our team recently has filed a patent for a method that allows to receive the entire spectrum instantaneously and only requires nanoliters of sample. When this method is successfully transferred into an instrument, users of such an instrument like drug discovery companies could benefit from improved time resolution as well as smaller sample volumes. This Demonstrator project aims to develop a prototype of such an instrument, which will be used to attract & convince both instrument developers, drug discovery and characterization companies as end users.