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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2008
Songi Han, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Evan R. Mccarney, Wellington, NZ;
Brandon D. Armstrong, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Ravinath Kausik, Goleta, CA (US);
Hanna Pavlova, Goleta, CA (US);
Mark Lingwood, Goleta, CA (US);
Elliott Brown, Glendale, CA (US);
Songi Han, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Evan R. McCarney, Wellington, NZ;
Brandon D. Armstrong, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Ravinath Kausik, Goleta, CA (US);
Hanna Pavlova, Goleta, CA (US);
Mark Lingwood, Goleta, CA (US);
Elliott Brown, Glendale, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for treating hydrated material in a fluid that contains water in which a stable nitroxide is attached to the hydrated material. A dynamic nuclear polarization process (DNP) is conducted on the hydrated material whereby to hyperpolarize the water. A polarization cell contains the hydrated material to obtain hyperpolarized water free from the nitroxide. The dynamic nuclear polarization process is conducted using components comprising a tunable, solid state high power X-band driver and an X-band resonator for microwave transmission to the hydrated material. The components can also include a radio-frequency nuclear magnetic resonance probe, a permanent magnet formed to receive the hydrated material, a portable nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, and an electron spin resonance detector. The components can be sized to be portable, and include electrical input and output and a lap-size hard-case with access to the electrical input and output.