RF power design optimization in MRI system
August 2021
Magnetic resonance image quality and patient safety have been the focus of engineering and research ever since the invention of equipment in the early 1970s. In high field (or ultrahigh field) MRI systems,...
NMR methods for investigating functionally relevant biomolecular dynamics
November 2025
The dynamics of biomolecules span across a wide range of timescales, reflecting the complexity of free energy landscapes of biomolecules. Among these, the microsecond-to-millisecond (μs–ms) timescale...
Dynamic nuclear polarization and chemically induced hyperpolarization: Progress, mechanisms, and opportunities
August 2025
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a powerful and broadly used spectroscopic technique for characterizing molecular structures and dynamics. Yet the power of NMR is restricted by its inherently...
Magnetic resonance imaging techniques for lithium-ion batteries: Principles and applications
May 2024
Operando monitoring of internal and local electrochemical processes within lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is crucial, necessitating a range of non-invasive, real-time imaging characterization techniques...
Rapid and quantitative 1D 13C NMR analysis of polypropylene tacticity with relaxation agent and proton polarization transfer
November 2025
Polypropylene (PP) accounts for approximately 28.0% of the global polyolefin market, valued at $243.4 billion in 2022. Known for its lightweight, chemical resistance, cost-effectiveness, high strength...
Probing electronic structures of transition metal complexes using electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy
February 2023
Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) or electron spin resonance (ESR) has been widely employed to characterize transition metal complexes. However, because of the high degree of complexity of transition...
Overview and progress of X-nuclei magnetic resonance imaging in biomedical studies
November 2023
Proton nuclear (1H) is the observed nucleus on which most magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) applications depend. Most traditional 1H MRI can provide structural and functional information about organisms,...
Operando NMR methods for studying electrocatalysis
May 2024
The combination of electrochemical measurements with spectroscopic characterizations provides valuable insights into reaction mechanisms. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, as a powerful...
Progress in magnetic resonance imaging of the glymphatic system
November 2024
The glymphatic system (GS) is a newly discovered brain anatomy. Its discovery improves our understanding of brain fluid flow and waste removal paths and provides an anatomical basis for the flow of...
A review of functional MRI application for brain research of Chinese language processing
February 2023
As one of the most widely used languages in the world, Chinese language is distinct from most western languages in many properties, thus providing a unique opportunity for understanding the brain basis...
23Na relaxometry: An overview of theory and applications
May 2023
23Na is a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-active isotope with a nuclear spin quantum number of 3/2. 23Na relaxation phenomenon is at the core of 23Na NMR measurement and analysis. Due to the dominance...
Fast acquisition of high resolution liquid NMR spectroscopy
February 2026
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a powerful tool for analyzing molecular structure and composition. However, traditional NMR experiments suffer from long acquisition times, especially...
Solid-state NMR of vulcanized natural rubber/butadiene rubber blends: Local organization and cross-linking heterogeneities
November 2024
Elastomer blends, among which natural rubber (NR) and butadiene rubber (BR), are involved in many components of the automotive/tire industry. A comprehensive understanding of their mechanical behavior...
Progress in in-situ electrochemical nuclear magnetic resonance for battery research
May 2024
A thorough understanding of the fundamental electrochemical and chemical processes in batteries is crucial to advancing energy density and power density. However, the characterizations of such processes...
Cloud-magnetic resonance imaging system: In the era of 6G and artificial intelligence
February 2025
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) plays an important role in medical diagnosis, generating petabytes of image data annually in large hospitals. This voluminous data stream requires a significant amount...
NMR spectral simplification with imidazolium ionic liquid-coated silica nanoparticles
Available online 8 January 2026
NMR spectral simplification is a powerful strategy for facilitating the analysis and structural characterization of complex mixtures. In this work, we present a nanoparticle-assisted protocol that employs...
Rigid and stable nitroxide spin label for high-resolution distance measurements on proteins by DEER experiments
August 2025
The distance distributions between two site-specifically anchored spin labels in a protein, measured by pulsed electron-electron double resonance (PELDOR or DEER), provide rich sources of structural...
Using NMR-detected hydrogen-deuterium exchange to quantify protein stability in cosolutes, under crowded conditions in vitro and in cells
November 2023
We review the use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to assess the exchange of amide protons for deuterons (HDX) in efforts to understand how high concentration of cosolutes, especially...
Solid-state NMR spectroscopy at ultrahigh resolution for structural and dynamical studies of MOFs
May 2023
To characterize the structure and dynamics of metal–-organic frameworks (MOFs) in-depth at the molecular level, it is necessary to pursue high-resolution solid-state magic angle spinning (MAS) nuclear...
Lighting up β-cell function: Noninvasive MRI of glucose-stimulated Zn2+ secretion
Available online 30 January 2026
Structural anisotropy in celery stalks by microscopic MRI and polarized light microscopy
Available online 23 October 2025
Structural anisotropy of celery stalks was studied using T2 anisotropy in microscopic MRI (μMRI) and supplemented by quantitative polarized light microscopy (PLM) at optical resolutions. Parenchyma,...
Protamine-1 encoded recombinant adeno-associated virus for enhanced brain magnetic resonance imaging
February 2026
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a powerful tool for diagnosing and monitoring brain diseases, but its low sensitivity can hinder early detection. To address this challenge, we utilized chemical...
Femtotesla atomic magnetometer for zero- and ultralow-field nuclear magnetic resonance
August 2025
Zero- and ultralow-field nuclear magnetic resonance (ZULF NMR) has experienced rapid development and provides an excellent tool for diverse research fields ranging from materials science and quantum...
Impact of mutual and environmental dipole-dipole interactions on the relaxation of MQ NMR coherences in two-spin system in course of their excitation and reconversion
Available online 7 January 2026
The relaxation of multiple-quantum (MQ) NMR coherences on the excitation and reconversion periods of MQ NMR experiment was investigated for the spin-pairs coupled by dipole-dipole interaction. The 1H...
Solid-state NMR in the field of drug delivery: State of the art and new perspectives
August 2021
In the last decades, a variety of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques have been applied with success in the field of advanced functional materials, including the important area of drug delivery....
