Quantum rotor induced hyperpolarization

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 10799-10803

  Ludwig, Christian ^a   Saunders, Martin ^a   Marin Montesinos, Ildefonso ^b   Günther, Ulrich L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD INSTRUMENTS PLASMA TECHNOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; METHYL GROUP; PROTON;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC NUCLEAR POLARIZATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOLECULE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM ROTOR;

EID: 77954645117     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0908421107     Document Type: Article

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