Quo vadis EPR?

Gunnar Jeschke

doi:10.1016/j.jmr.2019.07.008

Quo vadis EPR?

J Magn Reson. 2019 Sep:306:36-41. doi: 10.1016/j.jmr.2019.07.008. Epub 2019 Jul 13.

Author

Gunnar Jeschke¹

Affiliation

¹ ETH Zurich, Lab. Phys. Chem., Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland. Electronic address: gjeschke@ethz.ch.

PMID: 31345773
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2019.07.008

Abstract

Complexity of paramagnetic catalysts and materials increases, and the same applies to systems targeted by integrative structural biology. Hence, EPR spectroscopists must find ways to enhance information content of their data. I argue that a third major wave of method development in EPR spectroscopy, which is triggered by recent advances in digital electronics and computing, can achieve this. Transfer of NMR methods to EPR will go on, but part of the new EPR methodology will depend on completely new concepts.

Keywords: Catalysis; Dynamical decoupling; Integrative structural biology; Machine learning; Miniaturization; Rapid scan; Shaped pulses; Spin dynamics.