Improving sensitivity and resolution of MQMAS spectra: A 45Sc-NMR case study of scandium sulphate pentahydrate

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 226-235

  Chandran, C Vinod ^a   Cuny, Jérôme ^b   Gautier, Régis ^b   Pollès, Laurent Le ^b   Pickard, Chris J ^c   Bräuniger, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIV RENNES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DFT calculations; FAM pulse sequences; MQMAS; Solid state NMR; Spin decoupling

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATED; ASYMMETRY PARAMETER; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC SITES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; DEPHASING; DFT CALCULATION; DIPOLAR COUPLINGS; HETERONUCLEAR DECOUPLING; ISOTROPIC CHEMICAL SHIFTS; MAGIC ANGLE SPINNING; MULTIPULSES; NMR SPECTRUM; NUMERICAL FITTING; PROTON DECOUPLING; PULSE SEQUENCE; QUADRUPOLAR COUPLING CONSTANTS; SC SIGNALS; SOLID STATE NMR; SULPHATES; TEST SAMPLES;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NANOINDENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROTONS; PULSE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SOLID STATE PHYSICS; SPIN DYNAMICS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

SCANDIUM;

SCANDIUM; SULFATE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ALGORITHMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANDIUM; SULFATES;

EID: 77949489906     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2009.12.021     Document Type: Article

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