The advent of benchtop NMR instrumentation has paved the way for the deployment of NMR systems away from traditional laboratory settings. Still, a wider adoption of benchtop NMR for routine identification testing has been hampered by known limitations including low sensitivity and reduced signal dispersion. This presentation summarizes the results of a cross-company collaboration aiming at the development of rapid identification testing procedures using benchtop NMR. Potential opportunities and challenges for the implementation of NMR-based identification tests away from NMR facilities will be discussed.
