NMR Based Diffusion Pore Imaging by Double Wave Vector Measurements

Abstract: In porous material research, one main interest of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) diffusion experiments is the determination of the exact shape of pores. It has been a longstanding ques-tion if this is achievable in principle. In this work, we present a method using short diffusion gradient pulses only, which is able to reveal the shape of arbitrary closed pores without rely-ing on a priori knowledge. In comparison to former approaches, the method has reduced de-mands on relaxation times and allows for a more flexible NMR sequence design, since, for example, stimulated echoes can be used.