Future prospects for NMR magnets: A perspective

Hideaki Maeda; Yoshinori Yanagisawa

doi:10.1016/j.jmr.2019.07.011

Future prospects for NMR magnets: A perspective

J Magn Reson. 2019 Sep:306:80-85. doi: 10.1016/j.jmr.2019.07.011. Epub 2019 Jul 9.

Authors

Hideaki Maeda¹, Yoshinori Yanagisawa²

Affiliations

¹ Japan Science and Technology Agency, Yokohama, Japan; RIKEN RSC, Yokohama, Japan. Electronic address: hideaki.maeda@riken.jp.
² RIKEN RSC, Yokohama, Japan.

PMID: 31337560
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2019.07.011

Abstract

Superconducting magnet technology changed dramatically with the discovery of high temperature superconductors (HTS) in 1986, an event which drove the development of much higher field magnets. However, this technology paradigm shift has been delayed by as much as a decade in the case of NMR magnets. In this paper, we will provide a historical perspective to the reasons for this delay and assess the future prospects for high- and ultrahigh-field NMR magnets resulting from current trends in the development of HTS magnet technology.

Keywords: Cryocooler; High temperature superconducting magnet; Hybrid magnet; Low temperature superconducting magnet; NMR magnet; Ultra-high field magnet.