Renaissance of DNP

Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP) effect is based on the transfer of the large electron spin polarization to nuclear spins, thus DNP has a potential of significantly boosting NMR sensitivity, both in solids and in the liquid state. There has been recently a surge of interest in DNP mostly driven by advances in instrumentation. It was very timely, that Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics had decided to put together a special DNP-themed issue, which is now available online. This issue, guest-edited by leading experts in DNP, Robert Griffin and Thomas Prisner, represents a comprehensive overview of the modern state-of-the-art DNP instrumentation and research.
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 12 (2010) issue 22