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Franck Fayon

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PubMed2006

Two-dimensional one pulse MAS of half-integer quadrupolar nuclei.

We show that the two-dimensional one pulse (TOP) representation of magic-angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance data of half-integer quadrupolar nuclei has significant advantages over the conventional one-dimensional spectrum. The TOP spectrum, which correlates NMR frequency to spinning sideband order, provides a rapid determination of the number of sites as well as the size of the their quadrupolar coupling. Additionally, synchronous acquisition spectra of the central and satellite transition resonances can be separated by different projections of the TOP spectrum, with higher resolution spectra often found in the satellite transitions projection. A previously perceived problem of centerband aliasing in TOP can be eliminated with an algorithm that uses larger subspectral widths and the sideband order dimension to distinguish centerbands from sidebands.

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PubMed2006

Through-bond homonuclear correlation experiments in solid-state NMR applied to quadrupolar nuclei in Al-O-P-O-Al chains.

Through-bond homonuclear correlation experiments can be realised in solids between spins of type X, separated by four chemical bonds, in X-O-Y-O-X motifs, provided a J coupling between X and Y exists: central transitions of quadrupolar 27Al spins can be correlated via the J2 scalar coupling between 27Al (X) and 31P (Y) in materials featuring Al-O-P-O-Al motifs.

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PubMed2006

Toward a better description of gallo-phosphate materials in solid-state NMR: 1D and 2D correlation studies.

We show that weak 2J(71Ga-O-31P), typically approximately 12 Hz in GaPO4, can be used to efficiently establish heteronuclear 31P-71Ga correlation using a MAS HMQC experiment in gallo-phosphate materials. The experiment demonstrated for cristobalite GaPO4 is then applied to Ga(PO3)3, where it allows the differentiation of the signature of three different Ga sites overlapping in the 1D spectrum.

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PubMed2005

Triple-quantum correlation NMR experiments in solids using J-couplings.

We show that triple-quantum-single-quantum (TQ-SQ) correlation spectra of crystalline and disordered solids can be obtained under MAS using pulse sequences based on through-bond J-couplings. The feasibility of the experiments in coupled spin-1/2 systems is demonstrated for fully 13C-labelled L-alanine and Pb3P4O13 crystalline compounds, considered as model three-spin and four-spin systems, respectively. In the case of phosphate glasses, we show that the obtained TQ-SQ correlation spectra provide an improved description of the glass forming network connectivities and of the chain length distribution in the disordered network.

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PubMed2005

Through-space contributions to two-dimensional double-quantum J correlation NMR spectra of magic-angle-spinning solids.

A routinely used assumption when interpreting two-dimensional NMR spectra obtained with a commonly used double-quantum (DQ) magic-angle-spining (MAS) pulse sequence referred to as the refocused incredible natural abundance double-quantum transfer experiment (INADEQUATE) [A. Lesage, M. Bardet, and L. Emsley, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 121, 10987 (1999)] has been that correlation peaks are only observed for pairs of nuclei with a through-bond connectivity. The validity of this assumption is addressed here by theory, experiment, and computer simulations. If the isotropic chemical shifts of the two nuclei are different and the MAS frequency is far from rotational resonance, the theoretical description demonstrates that DQ correlation peaks are indeed indicative of a J coupling. However, if the isotropic chemical shifts are the same, it is shown that DQ peaks can appear for pairs of nuclei even in the absence of a through-bond J coupling. These peaks appear in the specific case of a pair of nuclei with a nonzero through-space dipole-dipole coupling and chemical shift anisotropy tensors having different principal magnitudes or orientations, provided that the MAS frequency is comparable to or smaller than the chemical shift anisotropies. Experimental 31P spectra recorded on a sample of TiP2O7 and computer simulations show that the magnitude of these anomalous peaks increases with increasing B0 magnetic field and that they decrease with increasing MAS frequency. This behavior is explained theoretically.

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PubMed2004

The nature of oxygen exchange in ZrW2O8 revealed by two-dimensional solid-state 17O NMR.

17O magic angle spinning (MAS) NMR has been used to determine the nature of oxygen exchange in ZrW(2)O(8). A highly effective isotopic labelling technique has been developed and 1D NMR and 2D exchange spectroscopy (EXSY) experiments have revealed that mutual exchange occurs between all oxygen sites, even at temperatures considerably below the alpha to beta order-disorder phase transition.

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