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Heteronuclear decoupling in rotating solids
Andrew E. Bennett,Chad M. Rienstra,Michèle Auger,Michèle Auger,K. V. Lakshmi,K. V. Lakshmi,Robert G. Griffin +6 more
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In this article, a simple two pulse phase modulation (TPPM) scheme was proposed to reduce the residual linewidths arising from insufficient proton decoupling power in double resonance magic angle spinning (MAS) experiments.Abstract:
A simple two pulse phase modulation (TPPM) scheme greatly reduces the residual linewidths arising from insufficient proton decoupling power in double resonance magic angle spinning (MAS) experiments. Optimization of pulse lengths and phases in the sequence produces substantial improvements in both the resolution and sensitivity of dilute spins (e.g., 13C) over a broad range of spinning speeds at high magnetic field. The theoretical complications introduced by large homo‐ and heteronuclear interactions among the spins, as well as the amplitude modulation imposed by MAS, are explored analytically and numerically. To our knowledge, this method is the first phase‐switched sequence to exhibit improvement over continuous‐wave (cw) decoupling in a strongly coupled homogeneous spin system undergoing sample spinning.read more
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13C nuclear Overhauser polarization nuclear magnetic resonance in rotating solids: Replacement of cross polarization in uniformly 13C labeled molecules with methyl groups
TL;DR: In this article, a new 13C polarization technique in solids is presented on the basis of a recently proposed 13C-13C recoupling sequence [13C-1H dipolar-assisted rotational resonance (DARR), K. Takegoshi, S. Nakamura, and T. Terao, Chem. Phys. Lett. 344, 631 (2001)] operative under fast magic angle spinning (MAS), in which a rf field is applied to 1H with a rotary resonance condition but none to 13C.
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Comparison of acidic site quantification methods for a series of nanoscopic aluminum hydroxide fluorides
Abstract: Quantitative determination of acidic surface sites is highly important for the characterization of solid acids because the activity of a catalyst is often related to the concentration of these sites. A recently developed method using 15N Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy (NMR) for the quantification of acidic Lewis and Bronsted sites has been tested for a series of nanoscopic aluminum hydroxide fluorides. Comparison with other methods for the quantitative determination of acidic sites shows that this 15N NMR quantification method is a promising technique for the comprehensive investigation of acidic sites. Three different acidic sites, one Bronsted and two Lewis sites, can be distinguished by their 15N chemical shifts of pyridine and simultaneously quantified under conditions corresponding to catalytic reaction conditions. Determination of the individual concentrations of acidic sites allows further insight into the catalytic process. It was found that the concentration of Bronsted sites correlates with catalyzed conversion of citronellal to isopulegol in the investigated series of catalysts. Additionally, investigations indicate that one of the Lewis sites become blocked during the reaction of citronellal.
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Intersubunit Hydrophobic Interactions in Pf1 Filamentous Phage
TL;DR: Magic angle spinning solid-state NMR has been used to study the structural changes in the Pf1 filamentous bacteriophage, and observations show that the transition adjusts the hydrophobic interfaces between fairly rigid subunits.
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Accurate Determination of Interstrand Distances and Alignment in Amyloid Fibrils by Magic Angle Spinning NMR
Marc A. Caporini,Vikram S. Bajaj,Mikhail Veshtort,Anthony W. P. Fitzpatrick,Cait E. MacPhee,Michele Vendruscolo,Christopher M. Dobson,Robert G. Griffin +7 more
TL;DR: The results conclusively establish a parallel, in register, topology for the packing of this peptide into a β-sheet and provide constraints essential for the determination of an atomic resolution structure of the fibril.
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Structure determination of supra-molecular assemblies by solid-state NMR: Practical considerations.
TL;DR: This review provides a practical guide for the first steps of studying biological supra-molecular assemblies using ssNMR, and detailed and practical considerations are presented with respect to first setting up magic-angle spinning (MAS) ssN MR experiments.
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Proton‐enhanced NMR of dilute spins in solids
TL;DR: In this article, the NMR signals of isotopically or chemically dilute nuclear spins S in solids can be enhanced by repeatedly transferring polarization from a more abundant species I of high abundance (usually protons) to which they are coupled.
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Principles of high-resolution NMR in solids
Abstract: 1 Introduction.- 2 Nuclear Spin Interactions in Solids.- 2.1 Basic Nuclear Spin Interactions in Solids.- 2.2 Spin Interactions in High Magnetic Fields.- 2.3 Transformation Properties of Spin Interactions in Real Space.- 2.4 Powder Spectrum Line Shape.- 2.5 The NMR Spectrum. Lineshapes and Moments.- 2.6 Magic Angle Spinning (MAS).- 2.7 Rapid Anisotropic Molecular Rotation.- 2.8 Line Shapes in the Presence of Molecular Reorientation.- 3 Multiple-Pulse NMR Experiments.- 3.1 Idealized Multiple-Pulse Sequences.- 3.2 The Four-Pulse Sequence (WHH-4).- 3.3 Coherent Averaging Theory.- 3.4 Application of Coherent Averaging Theory to Multiple-Pulse Sequences.- 3.5 Arbitrary Rotations and Finite Pulse Width in Multiple-Pulse Experiments.- 3.6 Second Averaging.- 3.7 The Influence of Pulse Imperfections on Multiple-Pulse Experiments.- 3.8 Resolution of Multiple-Pulse Experiments.- 3.9 Magic Angle Rotating Frame Line Narrowing Experiments.- 3.10 Modulation Induced Line Narrowing.- 3.11 Applications of Multiple-Pulse Experiments.- 4 Double Resonance Experiments.- 4.1 Basic Principles of Double Resonance Experiments.- 4.2 Cross-Polarization of Dilute Spins.- 4.3 Cross-Polarization Dynamics.- 4.4 Spin-Decoupling Dynamics.- 4.5 Application of Cross-Polarization Experiments.- 5 Two-Dimensional NMR Spectroscopy.- 5.1 Basic Principles of 2 D-Spectroscopy.- 5.2 2D-Spectroscopy of 13C-1H Interactions in Solids.- 5.3 Applications of 2D-Spectroscopy.- 6 Multiple-Quantum NMR Spectroscopy.- 6.1 Double-Quantum Decoupling.- 6.2 The Three-Level System Double Quantum Coherence.- 6.3 Multiple-Quantum Coherence.- 6.4 Selective Multiple-Quantum Coherence.- 6.5 Double-Quantum Cross-Polarization.- 7 Magnetic Shielding Tensor.- 7.1 Ramsey's Formula.- 7.2 Approximate Calculations of the Shielding Tensor.- 7.3 Proton Shielding Tensors.- 7.4 19F Shielding Tensors.- 7.5 13C Shielding Tensors.- 7.6 Other Shielding Tensors.- 8 Spin-Lattice Relaxation.- 8.1 Spin-Lattice Relaxation in the Weak Collision Limit.- 8.2 Spin-Lattice Relaxation in Multiple-Pulse Experiments.- 8.3 Application of Multiple-Pulse Experiments to the Investigation of Spin-Lattice Relaxation.- 8.4 Spin-Lattice Relaxation in Dilute Spin Systems.- 8.5 Selective Excitation and Spectral Diffusion.- 9 Appendix.- A Irreducible Tensor Representation of Spin Interactions.- B Rotations.- C General Line Shape Theory.- D Homogeneous, Inhomogeneous and Heterogeneous Lineshapes.- E Lineshape and Relaxation due to Fluctuating Chemical Shift Tensors.- F Time Evolution and Magnus Expansion.- G Coherent Versus Secular Averaging Theory.- H Applications of Average Hamiltonian Theory.- I Relaxation Theory.- 10 References.- 11 Subject Index.
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra from a Crystal rotated at High Speed
TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that when these weak side-spectra are included the second moment does indeed remain invariant even though the second moments of the central portion, which is all that is observed experimentally, becomes smaller.
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Carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance of polymers spinning at the magic angle
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An improved sequence for broadband decoupling: WALTZ-16
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of the proton irradiation sequence by means of a train of spin rotation operators, the overall effect at the end of the cycle being calculated by explicit matrix multiplication, the offset dependence of this proton response determined the residual splitting of the carbon-13 resonance and hence the effectiveness of the decoupling.