Counting atoms faster: policy-based nuclear magnetic resonance pulse sequencing for atomic abundance measurement

Scope and Syllabus The aim of this course is to introduce the basic concepts of one and two -dimensional NMR spectroscopy to graduate students who have used NMR in their daily research to enable them to appreciate the workings of their analytical tool and enable them to run experiments with a deeper understanding of the subject. The students will be exposed to the close connection between theory and experiments in NMR. The basic quantum mechanical description and mathematical tools used to explain the concepts will be readily understandable for science students. A brief description of the working of a NMR spectrometer will be presented. Practical aspects in analysis of a small molecule will be presented with an example and the discussion will emphasize the reasons for the choice of particular experiments for the problem in hand.