Sensitivity enhancement of the central-transition signal of half-integer spin quadrupolar nuclei in solid-state NMR: Features of multiple fast amplitude-modulated pulse transfer

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 230-234

  Goswami, Mithun ^a   Madhu, P K ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

FAM; m FAM; m SW(1 ) FAM; Quadrupolar nuclei; Sensitivity enhancement; Solid state NMR; SW(1 ) FAM

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; METAL SPINNING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID STATE REACTIONS;

CENTRAL-TRANSITION SIGNALS; MAGIC-ANGLE SPINNING (MAS); SATELLITE TRANSITIONS; SENSITIVITY ENHANCEMENT;

SPIN POLARIZATION;

EID: 43949109243     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2008.02.020     Document Type: Article

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