EMR stands for Electron Magnetic Resonance, which covers a variety of magnetic resonance techniques associated with the electron. The most popular of those techniques is Electron Paramagnetic/Spin Resonance (EPR/ESR). In simplified terms, EPR/ESR can be performed on any sample that has unpaired electron spins.
EPR/ESR has proven an indispensable tool in a large range of applications in physics, materials science, chemistry and biology, including studies of impurity states, molecular clusters, antiferromagnetic, ferromagnetic and thin film compounds, natural or induced radicals, optically excited paramagnetic states, electron spin-based quantum information devices, transition-metal based catalysts; and for structural and dynamical studies of metallo-proteins, spin-labeled proteins and other complex bio-molecules and their synthetic models.
To learn more about EMR and the advantages of high frequencies and high fields, visit our EMR Resources section.
HOW TO APPLY
Our magnets are open to all scientists — for free — via a competitive process and we accept proposals throughout the year.
- Prepare your documentation
A proposal and prior results report are required. - Create a user profile
Returning users simply need to log in. - Submit a request online
Upload files and provide details about the proposed experiment. - Report your results
By year's end, submit information on publications resulting from your experiment.
Please review the MagLab User Policies and Procedures before submitting your proposal and experiment or contact Facility Director Steve Hill with questions. View User FAQs.
Latest Science Highlight
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Strong Magnetic Coupling in Molecular Magnets through Direct Metal-Metal Bonds
11 February 2021
An exciting advance of interest to future molecular-scale information storage. By using the uniquely high frequency Electron Magnetic Resonance techniques available at the MagLab, researchers have found single molecule magnets that feature direct metal orbital overlap (instead of weak superexchange interactions), resulting in behavior similar to metallic feromagnets that is far more suitable to future technologies than previous molecular magnets.
Featured Publications
Spin-Charge Interconversion at Near-Terahertz Frequencies
Vaidya, P., et al., Science, 368, 160-165 (2020) See Science Highlight or Read online …
Molecular magnetic building blocks
Liu, J.-L., et al., ngew. Chem., February (2020) See Science Highlight or Read online …
Nuclear Spin Patterning Controls Electron Spin Coherence
Jackson, C.E., et al., Chem. Sci., 10 (36), 8447-8454 (2019) See Science Highlight or Read online …
For more information
Contact EMR Facility Director Steve Hill or Fellow users who are experts on the use of EMR Facility.