At Its Extremes : NMR at Giga-Pascal Pressures

TLDR: A review of the basic principles of generating pressures in excess of 1 GPa (= 10.000 atm) is presented in this paper, followed by a summary of suitable NMR resonators.

Abstract: Implementation of nuclear magnetic resonance in high pressure vessels is among the most demanding technological endeavours of the field, owing to inherently low signal amplitudes, low sensitivities of the resonator set-ups, and samples which are both difficult to handle and to access in the finished experimental set-up. The following chapter presents a review of the basic principles of generating pressures in excess of 1 GPa (= 10.000 atm), followed by a summary of suitable NMR resonators. Additionally, recent high pressure experiments on correlated and uncorrelated electronic system at pressures as high as 30 GPa will be covered.