Abstract
This article attempts to explain what nuclear relaxation is, why it can be a friend, why it can also be a foe, and how the destructive qualities of relaxation may sometimes be held at bay using the symmetry properties of the quantum states and of the relaxation processes.
Article PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
Avoid common mistakes on your manuscript.
Suggested Reading
M H Levitt, Spin Dynamics, Wiley, Chichester (UK), 2nd edition, 2007.
J Kowalewski and L Mäler, Nuclear Spin Relaxation in Liquids: Theory, Experiments and Applications, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2006.
M H Levitt, Singlet nuclear magnetic resonance, Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, Vol.63, pp.89–105, 2012.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Additional information
Malcolm H Levitt is at the Department of Chemistry in the University of Southampton, United Kingdom. He is an NMR spectroscopist, specialising in the methodology and theory of both solution and solid-state NMR.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Levitt, M.H. Nuclear spin relaxation. Reson 20, 986–994 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-015-0266-4
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-015-0266-4