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 a 1-page report and information on publications resulting from your experiment.
Read the User Proposal Policy for complete guidelines or contact Facility Director Steve Hill with questions.
Latest Science Highlight
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Detailed Spectroscopic Study of a Square Planar High-Spin FeII Complex
15 December 2014
Square-planar high-spin Fe(II) molecular compounds are rare. Using an easily modifiable pincer-type ligand, the successful synthesis of the first compound of this type that breaks the FeO4 motif was achieved, and the first spectroscopic evidence that the geometry and spin state persist in solution was obtained.
Featured Publications
Influence of Electronic Spin and Spin-Orbit Coupling on Decoherence in Mononuclear Transition Metal Complexes
Zadrozny, J., et al, , J. Am. Chem. Soc., 136, 7623-7636 (2014) Read online …
Assigning the EPR Fine Structure Parameters of the Mn(II) Centers in Bacillus subtilis Oxalate Decarboxylase by Site-Directed Mutagenesis and DFT/MM Calculations
Campomanes, P., et al, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 136, 2313−2323 (2014) Read online …
Direct determination of exchange parameters in Cs2CuBr4 and Cs2CuCl4: high-field electron-spin-resonance studies
Zvyagin, S.A., et al, Phys. Rev. Lett., 112, 077206 (2014) Read online …
For more information contact Facility Director Steve Hill.