Cloud-magnetic resonance imaging system: In the era of 6G and artificial intelligence
February 2025
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) plays an important role in medical diagnosis, generating petabytes of image data annually in large hospitals. This voluminous data stream requires a significant amount...
Progress in magnetic resonance imaging of the glymphatic system
November 2024
The glymphatic system (GS) is a newly discovered brain anatomy. Its discovery improves our understanding of brain fluid flow and waste removal paths and provides an anatomical basis for the flow of...
Analysis of the electron transfer pathway in small laccase by EPR and UV–vis spectroscopy coupled with redox titration
August 2024
Bacterial small laccases (SLAC) are promising industrial biocatalysts due to their ability to oxidize a broad range of substrates with exceptional thermostability and tolerance for alkaline pH. Electron...
NMR methods for investigating functionally relevant biomolecular dynamics
November 2025
The dynamics of biomolecules span across a wide range of timescales, reflecting the complexity of free energy landscapes of biomolecules. Among these, the microsecond-to-millisecond (μs–ms) timescale...
Rapid and quantitative 1D 13C NMR analysis of polypropylene tacticity with relaxation agent and proton polarization transfer
November 2025
Polypropylene (PP) accounts for approximately 28.0% of the global polyolefin market, valued at $243.4 billion in 2022. Known for its lightweight, chemical resistance, cost-effectiveness, high strength...
In-cell dehydration of sodium manganese hexacyanoferrate cathode revealed by solid-state NMR
February 2025
The hard-to-remove lattice water has been regarded as a significant obstacle impeding the practical use of Prussian blue analogue cathodes for sodium-ion batteries. This work monitored the electrochemical...
Biophysical and NMR analysis reveals binding affinity between HAX1 and CLPB proteins
February 2025
HCLS1-associated protein X-1 (HAX1) is a multifunctional mitochondrial protein involved in the regulation of apoptosis, a crucial process of programmed cell death, and mRNA processing. Despite its significance,...
RF power design optimization in MRI system
August 2021
Magnetic resonance image quality and patient safety have been the focus of engineering and research ever since the invention of equipment in the early 1970s. In high field (or ultrahigh field) MRI systems,...
Probing electronic structures of transition metal complexes using electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy
February 2023
Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) or electron spin resonance (ESR) has been widely employed to characterize transition metal complexes. However, because of the high degree of complexity of transition...
Magnetic resonance imaging techniques for lithium-ion batteries: Principles and applications
May 2024
Operando monitoring of internal and local electrochemical processes within lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is crucial, necessitating a range of non-invasive, real-time imaging characterization techniques...
Dynamic nuclear polarization and chemically induced hyperpolarization: Progress, mechanisms, and opportunities
August 2025
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a powerful and broadly used spectroscopic technique for characterizing molecular structures and dynamics. Yet the power of NMR is restricted by its inherently...
Overview and progress of X-nuclei magnetic resonance imaging in biomedical studies
November 2023
Proton nuclear (1H) is the observed nucleus on which most magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) applications depend. Most traditional 1H MRI can provide structural and functional information about organisms,...
Using NMR-detected hydrogen-deuterium exchange to quantify protein stability in cosolutes, under crowded conditions in vitro and in cells
November 2023
We review the use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to assess the exchange of amide protons for deuterons (HDX) in efforts to understand how high concentration of cosolutes, especially...
Progress in in-situ electrochemical nuclear magnetic resonance for battery research
May 2024
A thorough understanding of the fundamental electrochemical and chemical processes in batteries is crucial to advancing energy density and power density. However, the characterizations of such processes...
23Na relaxometry: An overview of theory and applications
May 2023
23Na is a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-active isotope with a nuclear spin quantum number of 3/2. 23Na relaxation phenomenon is at the core of 23Na NMR measurement and analysis. Due to the dominance...
Operando NMR methods for studying electrocatalysis
May 2024
The combination of electrochemical measurements with spectroscopic characterizations provides valuable insights into reaction mechanisms. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, as a powerful...
Characterization of kerogen nanopores using 2D NMR relaxation and MD simulations
November 2025
The characterization of kerogen nanopores is crucial for predicting the geostorage capacity and recoverability of natural gas in unconventional gas shale reservoirs. Towards this end, a powerful technique...
Solid-state NMR in the field of drug delivery: State of the art and new perspectives
August 2021
In the last decades, a variety of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques have been applied with success in the field of advanced functional materials, including the important area of drug delivery....
Femtotesla atomic magnetometer for zero- and ultralow-field nuclear magnetic resonance
August 2025
Zero- and ultralow-field nuclear magnetic resonance (ZULF NMR) has experienced rapid development and provides an excellent tool for diverse research fields ranging from materials science and quantum...
Solid-state NMR of vulcanized natural rubber/butadiene rubber blends: Local organization and cross-linking heterogeneities
November 2024
Elastomer blends, among which natural rubber (NR) and butadiene rubber (BR), are involved in many components of the automotive/tire industry. A comprehensive understanding of their mechanical behavior...
A random fractional 13C labeling strategy for P. pastoris expressed eukaryotic membrane proteins for solid-state NMR studies
Available online 3 November 2025
Solid-state NMR (SSNMR) has emerged as an important technique for characterizing membrane protein structures. Using sparse 13C labeling of membrane proteins can significantly enhance spectral resolution....
Numerical design of transverse gradient coil with transformed magnetic gradient field over an effective imaging area
February 2025
Gradient coil is an essential component of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner. To achieve high spatial resolution and imaging speed, a high-efficiency gradient coil with high slew rate is required....
Solid-state NMR spectroscopy at ultrahigh resolution for structural and dynamical studies of MOFs
May 2023
To characterize the structure and dynamics of metal–-organic frameworks (MOFs) in-depth at the molecular level, it is necessary to pursue high-resolution solid-state magic angle spinning (MAS) nuclear...
Transmembrane association of DDR1 and DDR2 mediated by Leucine zipper motifs
November 2025
Discoidin domain receptors (DDRs) are single-pass transmembrane proteins belonging to receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) family, which are activated by collagen ligands with unusual slow, sustained kinetics,...
A review of functional MRI application for brain research of Chinese language processing
February 2023
As one of the most widely used languages in the world, Chinese language is distinct from most western languages in many properties, thus providing a unique opportunity for understanding the brain basis...