Chemical shift anisotropy selective inversion

Magic angle spinning (MAS) is used in solid-state NMR to remove the broadening effects of the chemical shift anisotropy (CSA). In this work we investigate a technique that can reintroduce the CSA in order to selectively invert transverse magnetization. The technique involves an amplitude sweep of th...

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Main Authors: Caporini, Marc A., Turner, Christopher John, Bielecki, Anthony, Griffin, Robert Guy
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/82061
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1589-832X
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Summary:Magic angle spinning (MAS) is used in solid-state NMR to remove the broadening effects of the chemical shift anisotropy (CSA). In this work we investigate a technique that can reintroduce the CSA in order to selectively invert transverse magnetization. The technique involves an amplitude sweep of the radio frequency field through a multiple of the spinning frequency. The selectivity of this inversion mechanism is determined by the size of the CSA. We develop a theoretical framework to describe this process and demonstrate the CSA selective inversion with numerical simulations and experimental data. We combine this approach with cross-polarization (CP) for potential applications in multi-dimensional MAS NMR.