NMR versatility

The growth and range of application of NMR‐based diffusion studies has been phenomenal, with applications spanning a vast range of sciences, engineering and clinical medicine. The advancements in both hardware and method development have indeed propelled NMR/MRI as a popular analytical or clinical tool. No other diffusion measuring technique can come close to NMR in its versatility and practicality. Thus, the versatility of NMR means that its range of applications encompasses much of nature and technology. The chapter provides an impressive confirmation of the extraordinary power and range of application of NMR with examples taken from such diverse fields as selective measurements with molecular mixtures, orientation-dependent measurements with liquid crystals, measurement of ionic velocities, diffusion under confinement in pores and—last but not least—diffusion measurement in parallel with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), the (NMR-based!) most powerful imaging technique of medical diagnosis.