Practical Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Theory
Tuesday, Thursday 11:00 am
Fall Semester
W. Milo Westler - Emeritus Distinguished Scientist meet.google.com/ixj-xvja-rbo
milo@nmrfam.wisc.edu
The class will be on-line for 2021.
Scope of the course: study of multipulsed, multinuclear, and
multidimensional NMR spectroscopy; emphasis on the vector and product
operator
formalisms for the analysis of modern pulse sequences.
Course format:lecture and
discussion;
Topics to be covered:
The Vector Paradigm
Coherence and Magnetization
Radio Frequency (Rf) Excitation
Chemical Shifts
Signal Detection
Fourier Transformation
Coherence Transfer Pathways and Phase Cycling
Pulsed Field Gradients
Scalar Coupling
Product Operator Formalism
Coherence Transfer
Isotope Directed Editing
Two-Dimensional NMR
Multi (>2)-Dimensional NMR
1H, 13C, and 15N Triple Resonance 3d and 4d NMR
Pulse Concatenation and Sequence Optimization
Relaxation
Prerequisites: introductory NMR (e.g. organic
chemistry),
basic trigonometry, elementary physics, and physical chemistry.
Course materials: lecture notes and literature articles