NMR Hardware | Dr. Mark S. Conradi | Session 34

In Session 34 of the Global NMR Discussion Meetings, Dr. Mark Conradi gave a talk on NMR hardware. Abstract: Many NMR spectroscopists are uncomfortable with hardware issues. This discussion will cover debugging techniques, so that malfunctions can be narrowed to particular components of the spectrometer. The testing of probes will be covered, as well as the basics of building special purpose probes. While you may not want to build your own 1.3 mm MAS probe, a probe for high-T, high-P, or in situ examination of batteries may be of interest. Download Dr. Conradi's slides here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jfsBRrbgMaqU32Y6CD_deWFzaABARZKA/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102125911755760773323&rtpof=true&sd=true Speaker's biography: Prof. Mark Conradi received his PhD in Physics under R.E. Norberg at Washington University in Saint Louis MO. He did a postdoctoral stint at Oak Ridge where he learned about free radicals and ESR. An assistant/ associate professorship followed at College of William and Mary in Virginia. He was a professor at Washington University for 29 years, moving five years ago to ABQMR, a small NMR contract research firm in New Mexico. Conradi's research themes included motions in molecular solids and metal-hydrogen systems and later the imaging of human lungs with hyperpolarized helium-3. Throughout, he has been interested in NMR hardware issues and techniques, such as NMR in diamond-anvil high-pressure cells and NMR in coin-cell batteries. Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NkVVV0gAAAAJ&hl=en Website: https://physics.wustl.edu/people/mark-s-conradi Organizers: Adrian Draney (Creighton University Chemistry) Amrit Venkatesh (Lyndon Emsley Lab, EPFL) Asif Equbal (Songi Han Lab, UCSB) Blake Wilson (Robert Tycko Lab, NIH) Michael Hope (Lyndon Emsley Lab, EPFL) Mohamed Sabba (Malcolm Levitt Lab, UK) Mouzhe Xie (Maurer Lab, Uni. Chicago) PinelopiMoutzouri (Lyndon Emsley Lab, EPFL)