MAS double-quantum filtered dipolar shift correlation spectroscopy

Heindrichs1, Geen, Titman

  • 1School of Physics and Astronomy, School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom.

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