An embodiment of the invention relates to an integrated on-chip NMR or ESR
device for performing chemical analysis and medical diagnostics.
Specifically, the device contains, on a single substrate, a sample
holding space, a magnet for generating a static magnetic field across the
sample holding space and a microcoil for generating an excitation
magnetic field across sample holding space. The magnetic fields are able
to create NMR or ESR within a sample in the sample holding space and
collect and/or process the signals from the NMR or ESR. The substrate may
comprise an array of microcoils and sample holding spaces for performing
multiple NMR or ESR analysis, such as multiple DNA analysis. Other
embodiments of the invention relate methods for fabrication such devices
and methods for performing NMR or ESR analysis using such devices.