This primer describes succinctly the range of NMR techniques commonly used in modern research, and explains how these experiments actually work, giving a unique perspective on this powerful experimental tool.

Peter Hore is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford.

Jonathan Jones is Head of Teaching in the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford.

Stephen Wimperis is Professor of Magnetic Resonance at the University of Glasgow.

• Part A: Product Operators


• 1: The vector model


• 2: Fourier transform NMR


• 3: Product operators I


• 4: Product operators II


• 5: Two-dimensional NMR


• 6: Phase cycling and pulsed field gradients


• Part B: Quantum mechanics


• 7: Quantum mechanics


• 8: Density matrices


• 9: Weak coupling


• 10: Strong coupling and equivalence