Theory and applications of supercycled symmetry-based recoupling sequences in solid-state NMR

We present the theoretical principles of supercycled symmetry-based recoupling sequences in solid-state magic-angle-spinning NMR. We discuss the construction procedure of the SR26 pulse sequence, which is a particularly robust sequence for double-quantum homonuclear dipole-dipole recoupling. The sup...

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Main Authors: Kristiansen, Per Eugen (Author), Carravetta, Marina (Author), van Beek, Jacco D. (Author), Lai, Wai Cheu (Author), Levitt, Malcolm H. (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2006-06-21.
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Summary:We present the theoretical principles of supercycled symmetry-based recoupling sequences in solid-state magic-angle-spinning NMR. We discuss the construction procedure of the SR26 pulse sequence, which is a particularly robust sequence for double-quantum homonuclear dipole-dipole recoupling. The supercycle removes destructive higher-order average Hamiltonian terms and renders the sequence robust over long time intervals. We demonstrate applications of the SR26 sequence to double-quantum spectroscopy, homonuclear spin counting, and determination of the relative orientations of chemical shift anisotropy tensors.