Magnetic Resonance Microscopy Instrumentation and Applications in Engineering, Life Science, and Energy Research

This book provides an up-to-date overview of the methods, hardware and approaches in magnetic resonance microscopy. A wide range of applications are discussed in material science and engineering, life sciences and electrochemical systems.

Sabina Haber-Pohlmeier is a research scientist in the group of Prof. Blümich at the Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry of RTWH Aachen University, Germany. After receiving her PhD in Chemistry from University of Bielefeld in the field of dynamic light scattering in time and frequency domains, she worked as a Lise Meitner Fellow on Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) before moving to the field of NMR. Her research focuses on relaxometry, especially fast field cycling relaxometry of fluids in porous media, spatially resolved studies in soil-plant systems, investigation of transport processes and combination of MRM with complementary non-invasive tomographic methods such as neutron imaging. During her time in Aachen she had several research stays at institutes in the USA, New Zealand and Canada.
Bernhard Blümich is a Professor at the Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry of RTWH Aachen University, Germany.
Luisa Ciobanu is a Researcher and Team Leader at the Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA), France.

Part I DEVELOPMENTS IN HARDWARE AND METHODS
Magnet technology suitable for ultra high field NMR and MRI
Ceramic and metamaterial coils for MR microscopy
Micro-integrated gradient system for magnetic resonance microscopy
Advances and adventures with mobile NMR
Technology of a portable brain scanner for use in emergency medicine
Single-and-Multi-shot spatiotemporally encoded MRI
Sweep imaging with Fourier transformation: New developments and perspectives

Part II APPLICATIONS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Imaging of transport processes in biofilms
MRI of transport in food and fruit
MRI of filtration processes
Ultra-fast MR techniques to image multi-phase flows in pipes and trickle bed reactors

Part III APPLICATIONS IN LIFE SCIENCES
Magnetic Resonance Microscopy: a tool for imaging down to the subcellular level
MRI of single cells labelled with super paramagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles
Magnetic resonance studies of wood
3D imaging of flow pattern in natural porous media under low flow rate
Part IV Applications in Energy Research
Spectroscopic imaging of lithiation fronts in battery electrodes
Combining PFG-NMR and in situ MRI for salt distribution and diffusivity in battery electrolytes
Magnetic field map measurements as a diagnostic tool for the battery condition
Long-run in-operando NMR as a suitable tool for battery research

Perspectives