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CHT231 Advanced Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: Principles and Applications

Question: Understand the origin of the Zeeman interaction;

Question: Understand the importance of spin angular momentum and the spin magnetic moment in magnetic resonance spectroscopy;

Question: describe the behaviour of nuclear and electron spins in an applied magnetic field;

Question: understand the role of spin angular momentum as the foundation stone in NMR and EPR;

Question: describe the importance of magnetic interactions, namely spin-spin coupling, as a vital source of information;

Question: understand the nature of anisotropic interactions in the solid state, and how they dictate the shape of the spectra;

Question: understand how various magnetic interactions including electron Zeeman interactions, zero field splitting, hyperfine interactions, nuclear Zeeman interactions, and quadrupole interactions, can also be extracted from the EPR spectrum;

Question: know how dynamic, as well as structural, information can be accessed in the solid state, and understand the importance of the time-frame of the NMR techniques in dynamic studies;

Question: discuss the approaches taken to record NMR spectra in solid state;

Question: describe how the ENDOR technique is performed and the role of saturation and relaxation phenomena in acquiring ENDOR signals with optimal amplitudes;

Question: describe how the angular selective ENDOR methodology is applied to study paramagnetic systems in the solid state.