Introduction

•The Nobel Prize has been awarded twice for work related to NMR. F. Bloch and E.M. Purcell received the Nobel Prize in Physics, in 1952, for the first experimental verifications of the phenomenon, and Prof. R.R. Ernst received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, in 1991, for the development of the NMR techniques. •Since its discovery 50 years ago, in 1945, it has spread from physics to chemistry, biosciences, material research and medical diagnosis.