Hyperpolarization Methods Lab
About
In the Hyperpolarization Methods lab, we develop chemical and physical methods to hyperpolarize molecules, and study their properties. Hyperpolarization techniques are able to enhance signal intensities in magnetic resonance by several orders of magnitude, and thus to largely overcome its major disadvantage of relatively low sensitivity. This enables the study of biological systems in greater detail, increasing the information that can be extracted with NMR spectroscopy. We work mostly with parahydrogen-induced polarization (PHIP), using quantum methods to manipulate spin polarization, and physicochemical methods to prolong the lifetimes of hyperpolarized states.
Research Topics
- Hyperpolarization
- Microfluidic NMR
- Zero- and ultralow-field NMR
- Pulsed magnetic resonance methods
July 2024 - Beginning of the Helmholtz Young Investigator Group, and the Hyperpolarization Methods Lab is established
September 2021 - Hyperpolarized NMR work wins the 2021 Erwin Schrödinger Prize: https://www.stifterverband.org/schroedinger-preis