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Title: 2-D Homonuclear Correlation and Separated Local Field Experiments for Solids with Strong Homonuclear Dipolar Couplings

Journal Article · · Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

An experiment for obtaining two-dimensional homonuclear correlation spectra of nuclei in solids in the presence of strong homonuclear dipolar couplings is described. The experiment utilizes a multiple-pulse homonuclear decoupling sequence with an effective precession axis parallel to the rotating frame z-axis during the evolution and detection periods. A multiple-pulse sequence that suppresses chemical shift and heteronuclear dipolar coupling evolution and scales the static homonuclear dipolar coupling is proposed for the mixing period. The evolution during the mixing period is analogous to the dynamics of the mixing period in solution-state TOCSY experiments, and can be interpreted as the oscillatory exchange of longitudinal magnetization between coupled spins. For nuclides with large gyromagnetic ratios, the static homonuclear dipolar interaction will be substantially larger than the mechanisms used to develop internuclear correlations in solution state 2-D experiments, which should make it possible to establish correlations over much longer distances and with significantly shorter mixing times. Extensions to separated local field experiments are discussed.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
877548
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-45851; SSNRE4; TRN: US0601592
Journal Information:
Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Vol. 29, Issue 1-3; ISSN 0926-2040
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English