Classic NMR Papers
Here you will find a (non-exhaustive) list of classic NMR papers that helped shape the field into what it is today.
XXXII. On the Influence of Magnetism on the Nature of Light emitted by a Substance (1897) - P. Zeeman (Nobel Laureate)
LXIII. On the theory of the magnetic influence on spectra; and on the radiation from moving ions (1897) - J. Larmor
Magnetic Moment of a Proton (1933) - I. Estermann, R. Frisch and O. Stern (Nobel Laureate)
The Molecular Beam Resonance Method for Measuring Nuclear Magnetic Moments (1939) - I. I. Rabi (Nobel Laureate), S. Millman, P. Husch (Nobel Laureate) and J. R. Zacharias
Nuclear Induction (1946) - F. Bloch (Nobel Laureate)
Resonance Absorption by Nuclear Magnetic Moments in Solids (1946) - E. M. Purcell (Nobel Laureate), H. C. Torrey and R. V. Pound
The Dependence of a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Frequency upon Chemical Compound (1950) - W. G. Proctor, F. C. Yu
Dependence of the F19 Nuclear Resonance Position on Chemical Compound (1950) - W. C. Dickinson
Spin Echoes (1950) - E. L. Hahn
Chemical Effects on Nuclear Induction Signals from Organic Compounds (1951) - J. T. Arnold, S. S. Dharmatti, M. E. Packard
Relaxation Processes in a System of Two Spins (1955) - I. Solomon
Overhauser Effect in Nonmetals (1955) - A. Abragam
On the Theory of Relaxation Processes (1957) - A. G. Redfield
Spin Temperature (1958) - A. Abragam, W. G. Proctor
Selection of Coherence-transfer Pathways in NMR Pulse Experiments (1984) - G. Bodenhousen, H. Kogler and R. R. Ernst (Nobel Laureate)
Product Operator Formalism for the Description of NMR Pulse Experiments (1984)- O. W. Sorensen, G. W. Eich, M. H. Levitt, G. Bodenhausen, R. R. Ernst (Nobel Laureate)
DISTINCTION BETWEEN CYCLOHEPTATRIENE AND BICYCLOHEPTADIENE STRUCTURES BY NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (1955) - E. J. Corey (Nobel Laureate), H. J. Burke, W. A. Remers
Application of Fourier Transform Spectroscopy to Magnetic Resonance (1966) - R. R. Ernst (Nobel Laureate) and W. A. Anderson
Pulse pair technique in high resolution NMR (1971) - J. Jeener
Two‐dimensional spectroscopy. Application to nuclear magnetic resonance (1976) - W. P. Aue, E. Bartholdi, and R. R. Ernst (Nobel Laureate)
Investigation of Exchange Processes by Two-dimensional NMR Spectroscopy (1979) - J. Jeener, B. H. Meier, P. Bachmann, R. R. Ernst (Nobel Laureate)
Enhancement of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Signals by Polarisation Transfer (1979) - G. A. Morris and R. Freeman
Natural abundance nitrogen-15 NMR by enhanced heteronuclear spectroscopy (1980) - G. Bodenhausen and D. J. Ruben
Coherence transfer by isotropic mixing: Application to proton correlation spectroscopy (1983) - L. Braunschweiler and R. R. Ernst (Nobel Laureate)
Improved spectral resolution in COSY 1H NMR spectra of proteins via double quantum filtering (1983) - M. Rance, O. W. Sorensen, G. Bodenhausen, G. Wagner, R. R. Ernst (Nobel Laureate), and K. Wuthrich (Nobel Laureate)
Structure Determination of a Tetrasaccharide: Transient nuclear Overhauser Effects in the Rotating Frame (1984) - A. A. Bothner-By, R. L. Stephens, J. Lee, C. D. Warren, R. W. Jeanloz
Proton and carbon-13 assignments from sensitivity-enhanced detection of heteronuclear multiple-bond connectivity by 2D multiple quantum NMR (1986) - A. Bax, M. F. Summers
A two-dimensional nuclear overhauser experiment with pure absorption phase in four quadrants (1982) - D. J. States, R. A. Haberkorn, D. J. Ruben
Application of phase sensitive two-dimensional correlated spectroscopy (COSY) for measurements of 1H-1H spin-spin coupling constants in proteins (1983) - D. Marion, K. Wuthrich (Nobel Laureate)
Comparison and evaluation of methods for two-dimensional NMR spectra with absorption-mode lineshapes (1985) - J. Keeler, D. Neuhaus
Pure-phase heteronuclear multiple-quantum spectroscopy using field gradient selection (1992) - J. R. Tolman, J. Chung, J. H. Prestegard
Removal of Dipolar Broadening of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra of Solids by Specimen Rotation (1959) - E. R. Andrew, A. Bradbury, R. G. Eades
Free Induction Decays of Rotating Solids (1959) - I. J. Lowe
Proton‐Enhanced Nuclear Induction Spectroscopy. A Method for High Resolution NMR of Dilute Spins in Solids (1972) - A. Pines, M. G. Gibby, J. S. Waugh
Heteronuclear decoupling in rotating solids (1995) - A. E. Bennett, C. M. Rienstra, M. Auger, K. V. Lakshmi, R. G. Griffin
Solution conformation of proteinase inhibitor IIA from bull seminal plasma by 1H nuclear magnetic resonance and distance geometry (1985) - M. P. Williamson, T. F. Havel, K. Wuthrich (Nobel Laureate)
Three-dimensional triple-resonance NMR spectroscopy of isotopically enriched proteins (1992) - L. E. Kay, M. Ikura, R. Tschudin, A. Bax
Direct Measurement of Distances and Angles in Biomolecules by NMR in a Dilute Liquid Crystalline Medium (1997) - N. Tjandra, A. Bax
NMR population inversion using a composite pulse (1979) - M. H. Levitt, R. Freeman
Separation of the different orders of NMR multiple-quantum transitions by the use of pulsed field gradients (1980) - A. Bax, P. G. De Jong, A. F. Mehlkopf, J. Smidt
Gaussian Pulses (1984) - C. Bauer, R. Freeman, T. Frenkiel, J. Keeler, A. J. Shaka
Frequency-modulated “Chirp” pulses for broadband inversion recovery in magnetic resonance (1990) - J. Bohlen, I. Burghurdt, M. Rey, G. Bodenhausen
Band-Selective Radiofrequency Pulses (1991) - H. Geen, R. Freeman
Pure absorption gradient enhanced heteronuclear single quantum correlation spectroscopy with improved sensitivity (1992) - L. E. Kay, P. Keifer, T. Saarinen
Adiabatic Pulses for Wideband Inversion and Broadband Decoupling (1995) - E. Kupce, R. Freeman
Short Selective Pulses for Biochemical Applications (1995) - E. Kupce, J. Boyd, I. D. Campbell
Elimination of Zero‐Quantum Interference in Two‐Dimensional NMR Spectra (2003) - M. J. Thrippleton, J Keeler
Influence of a Second Radiofrequency Field on High‐Resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra (1962) - W. A. Anderson, R. Freeman
Utilization of chirp frequency modulation with 180°-phase modulation for heteronuclear spin decoupling (1979) - V. J. Basus, P. D. Ellis, H. D. W. Hill, J. S. Waugh
Composite Pulse Decoupling (1981) - M. H. Levitt, R. Freeman
Supercycles for Broadband Heteronuclear Decoupling (1982) - M. H. Levitt, R. Freeman, T. Frenkiel
Theory of Broadband Decoupling (1982) - J. S. Waugh
An Improved Sequence for Broadband Decoupling: Waltz-16 (1983) - A. J. Shaka, J. Keeler, T. Frenkiel, R. Freeman
Computer-optimized decoupling scheme for wideband applications and low-level operation (1985) - A. J. Shaka, P. B. Barker, R. Freeman
Theory of Broadband Decoupling in Multispin Systems (1987) - D. Suter, K. V. Schencker, A. Pines
Suppression of Cycling Sidebands Using Bi-level Adiabatic Decoupling (1996) - E. Kupce, R. Freeman, G. Wider, K. Wutrich (Nobel Laureate)
Polarization of Nuclear Spins in Metals (1953) - T. R. Carver, C. P. Slichter
Parahydrogen and synthesis allow dramatically enhanced nuclear alignment (1987) - C. R. Bowers, D. P. Weitekamp
Net NMR alignment by adiabatic transport of parahydrogen addition products to high magnetic field (1988) - M. G. Pravica, D. P. Weitekamp
Reversible Interactions with para-Hydrogen Enhance NMR Sensitivity by Polarization Transfer (2009) - R. W. Adams, J. A. Anguilar, K. D. Atkinson, M. J. Cowley, P. I. P. Elliott, S. B. Duckett, G. G. R. Green, I. G. Khazal, J. Lopez-Serrano, D. C. Williamson
Homonuclear Decoupling and Peak Elimination in Fourier Transform Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (1973) - J. P. Jesson, P. Meakin, G. Kneissel
Water Suppression that Works. Excitation Sculpting Using Arbitrary Wave-forms and Pulsed Field Gradients (1995) - T. L. Hwang, A. J. Shaka
Gradient-tailored excitation for single-quantum NMR spectroscopy of aqueous solutions (1992) - M. Piotto, V. Saudek, V. Sklenar
Gradient-tailored water suppression for 1H-15N HSQC experiments optimised to retain full sensitivity (1993) - V. Sklenar, M. Piotto, R. Leppik, V. Saudek