Dr. Vlad Badilita [Contact]

Welcome

… to the homepage of the SPA Lab. SPA is an interdisciplinary research group developing application-driven technologies for miniaturized imaging and spectroscopy solutions based on photonics and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR).

Research

SPA Lab designs and implements novel instrumentation for liquid state and solid state NMR with the general goal to improve sensitivity and enable novel applications. The miniaturization of NMR detectors allows for a superior signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and is particularly useful when analysing “small” samples (typically less than 1 µl). We have a portfolio of microstructured NMR detectors adapted to a variety of volume- and mass-limited samples, both in solid and liquid state. This allows us to address various applications ranging from chemistry and biology, to energy storage materials and devices.

Recent work reports on the use of topology optimization to propose a novel concept for a geometry-insensitive high-field magnetic resonance detector, a novel stripline Lenz lens resonator that enables one order of magnitude NMR signal enhancement.

Feel free to contact us for any potential collaboration and for more details about our research. You are always welcome to visit us in person at the Institute of Microstructure Technology in the Campus North of KIT.