Magnetic Resonance Research Center

Department

The Magnetic Resonance Research Center develops new techniques to optimise sensitivity and information content of NMR spectra and applies these methods to target specific topics in materials research in terms of local structure and dynamics addressing structure/function relationships.

The department Magnetic Resonance Research Center is part of Institute of Molecules and Materials (IMM) and part of the uNMR-NL infrastructure, consisting of the major centres for magnetic resonance research of Dutch universities.

Highlights

Below are the highlights of the Magnetic Resonance Research Center. View all News, Publications, Projects, Staff, and Vacancies.

NWO Open Competition Domain Science - XS Grant for research on efficient Redox flow batteries and research on the principles of magnetism

27 July 2023 Research news item

Evan Zhao and Dima Afanasiev, researchers within the Institute for Molecules and Materials (IMM) of Radboud University, have both been awarded an NWO Open Competition ENW - XS for research on creating efficient Redox flow batteries and research on...

Royal Distinctions for seven Radboudians

26 April 2023 News item

On the occasion of King's Day this year, seven employees of Radboud University and Radboudumc receive a royal distinction for their exceptional scientific and/or social achievements.

PANACEA

Research

The PANACEA project is a public-private and interdisciplinary collaboration with academic and industrial organisations aiming to provide access to instrumentation and experiments in solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to European chemists.

Research

The research is structured into three layers. The first involves applied projects, primarily focusing on polymers and materials for energy storage and conversion. The second layer delves into the underlying fundamentals within these projects to understand the principles that provide specific functionality to a material or molecular construct. Lastly, a substantial part of the research emphasises enabling technologies for a detailed understanding of the smallest functional units in their relation to the processes under investigation.

The research can be divided in three main areas:

NMR Methodology Focusing on Enhanced Sensitivity in Both Solids and Liquids.
Development and Application of NMR Techniques for Quadrupolar Nuclei.
Applications of Solid-State NMR in Functional Materials Research.

Publications

Internships

Would you like to do your internship at the Magnetic Resonance Research Center? Please get in touch for more information. A few examples of relevant subjects are:

Enhancing NMR Sensitivity with Dynamic Nuclear Polarisation in Supercritical CO2
Advanced Stripline NMR Detectors for Rapid-Phase Change Investigations
Developing a Micro Magic Angle Spinning Probe for Nanoliter Tissue Sample Study
Exploring Redox Flow Batteries with In Situ NMR Metrologies

The research department offers various Bachelor's and Master's courses. The group is closely involved in the Bachelor's Chemistry, Molecular Life Sciences and Science and the Master's specialisations of Molecular Sciences.

Vacancies

Facility

The Magnetic Resonance Research Center offers a facility for advanced materials research, ultra-high field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (uNMR) measurements. The laboratory houses eight NMR spectrometers for both liquid- and solid-state NMR research up to 850 MHz, and probes.

Magnetic Resonance Research Center Facility