NMR Imaging of Elastomers

Relaxation can be probed in inhomogeneous fields, so that the homogeneous polarization field B0 is not a necessity for successful applications of soft-matter imaging. Based on this fact, small portable NMR sensors can be built, which provide NMR data from a single volume element with the same specificity as the contrast in an NMR image [12]. Such 

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NMR imaging has been tested in a multitude of cases and many simple and sophisticated methods have been developed. The most successful applications of the method, however, are in the field of soft matter, because transverse relaxation times are compatible with current hardware technology. In the non-medical field, NMR imaging of elastomers shows great promise for genuine applications, and in addition to academic laboratories, the method is used in industry for product development and control. While academic efforts often strive towards the development more sophisticated measurement schemes and... 

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