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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) relaxometry is a powerful nuclear spectroscopy technique, that has a diverse array of research, clinical and industrial applications. It is used in a broad variety of scientific fields such as, physics, chemistry, materials engineering and medicine.
The aim of this technique is to obtain detailed information about the structure and dynamics of a given molecular sample, from the interaction between the molecular spins and their environment.
The Fast-Field Cycling (FFC) NMR technique originated from the fact that the conventional spectroscopy techniques did not allow to obtain good experimental results for lower magnetic fields (corresponding to lower frequencies).
The evolution of the FFC technique has been made by developing equipment for new industrial applications. For this purpose, the configurations and performances of these equipments have to be in line with the specifications and constraints of the users.
Under this context, with this thesis it is intended to develop and build a first prototype of a FFC magnet for a unilateral NMR relaxometer. The project will require the study of possible magnet designs and also the design of the radio frequency detection system. The main goal is the development of a new, inexpensive, efficient and portable device, that presents some significant advantages compared to the state of the art FFC NMR relaxometers available worldwide, namely the ones being currently used at IST.
