Module Convenor:

Ilya Kuprov

Aims and objectives

To provide the student with more extensive theory underpinning modern magnetic resonance, including quadrupolar nuclei, coupled spin systems, and the basics of solid-state NMR

Syllabus

A series of 10 weekly 2 hour lectures delivered over the access grid and at the Advanced Training Workshop (3 sessions). The topics include:

• Quadrupolar nuclei
• Interacting spins-1/2
• Singlet and triplet states
• Solid-state NMR: crystals and powders
• The rotational symmetries of the spin interactions
• Spherical tensors, Euler angles, and Wigner matrices
• Average Hamiltonian theory
• Magic-angle spinning
• Dipolar decoupling
• Dipolar recoupling
• Multidimensional NMR

The lectures will be supported locally by weekly workshops. Each topic will be supported by simulation examples allowing user interaction.

Assessment

TBC

Credit

Successful completion of the module contributes 6 credits (60 hours student effort)

Course Material:

Rotating Frame Approximation
Common Spin Relaxation Mechanism
The Anatonmy of a Supercomputer