Course Identification

 The basic tools for understanding what is NMR all about:

1. Spin angular momentum, RF irradiation and the rotating frame
2. The quantum mechanics of NMR: from the spin wave function to the density operator, angular momentum operators and expectation values
3. Relaxation and the Bloch equations.  RF pulse sequences,
4. The NMR spectrometer: the RF probe, detection and accumulation, Fourier Transform 
5. Chemical shift and spin-spin interactions: High resolution NMR spectra and vector models for two-spin systems
6. 6. Pulse sequences for 2D spectroscopy: angular momentum representations, phase cycling and detection
7. Short introduction to Solid State NMR and the NMR-MRI connection.

This course is not a hands-on course and no formal lab sessions will be given. The course will not teach you how to operate a Bruker or Varian NMR system. It will, however, teach you what goes on behind the scenes when operating those consoles.

Special topics can be presented on request.

There are no formal prerequisites. All required mathematics and basic physics will be discussed when necessary during the weekly encounters with the Teaching Assistant.

Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:

1. Understand both the basic 1D liquid state NMR experiment
2. Carry out both the basic 1D liquid state NMR experiment
3. Understand the important features of 2D-NMR.  

Keeler, Understanding NMR spectroscopy

Jacobsen, NMR spectroscopy explained

For advanced reading: Levitt:  Spin Dynamics