Tunnelling magnetic resonances: Dynamic nuclear polarisation and the diffusion of methyl group tunnelling energy

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-17

  Horsewill, A J ^a   Sun, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic nuclear polarisation; Field cycling NMR; Methyl tunnelling; Tunnel diffusion; Tunnel resonance

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTRA; FIELD-CYCLING; FIELD-CYCLING NMR; FUNCTION OF TIME; ION CONCENTRATIONS; LINE SHAPE; METHYL GROUP; METHYL TUNNELLING; NMR SPECTROSCOPY; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; POLARISATION; SPECTRAL DIFFUSION; THEORETICAL MODELS; TIME EVOLUTIONS; ZINC ACETATE DIHYDRATE;

DIFFUSION; HYDROCARBONS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RESONANCE; SPIN DYNAMICS; SPIN POLARIZATION; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

COPPER; ION; PROTON; ZINC ACETATE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; METHODOLOGY; METHYLATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPPER; DIFFUSION; IONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHYLATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PROTONS; ZINC ACETATE;

EID: 67349119502     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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