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Atomic Scale Structural Studies of Macromolecular Assemblies by Solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Published on: September 17, 2017
Sample patterning on NMR surface microcoils
K Ehrmann1, M Gersbach, P Pascoal
1Institute of Microsystems, EPFL-Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. klaus.ehrmann@epfl.ch
Abstract:
Aligned microcontact printing for patterning the sample in areas of homogeneous RF-field on the highly sensitive surface of planar NMR microprobes is presented. We experimentally demonstrate that sample patterning allows drastic improvement of the spin excitation uniformity. The NMR microprobes are designed for cell analysis and characterized using lipid vesicles as cell substitutes. Lipid vesicles are advantageous as composition and concentration of the confined solution are precisely controlled and because of their similarity to living cells. Using aligned microcontact printing, a monolayer of lipid vesicles is immobilized on the surface of the planar NMR microprobe in a patterned way. 1H NMR spectra and CPMG spin echoes of sucrose solution confined within the lipid vesicles are successfully recorded. Nutation curves of the sample structured in different patterns demonstrate the impact of patterning on the spin excitation uniformity. The total detection volumes are between 1 and 2 nL and derived with help of a theoretic model based on 3D finite element simulation. This model predicts the signal-to-noise ratio and the progression of the nutation curves.
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