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Author Spotlight: Exploring Intrinsically Disordered Protein Dynamics Through NMR Relaxation Experiments
Published on: November 1, 2024
Measurement of deformations by NMR
Dimitri Bytchenkoff1, Stéphane Rodts2
1Laboratoire Navier (UMR 8205 IFSTTAR-ENPC-CNRS), Université Paris Est, 2 allée Kepler, 77420 Champs-sur-Marne, France; Laboratoire d'Energétique et de Mécanique Théorique et Appliquée (UMR 7563), Université de Lorraine, 2 avenue de la Forêt de Haye, 54504 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
Abstract:
Two NMR data acquisition protocols together with corresponding data processing algorithms for locating macroscopic objects, measuring distances between them or monitoring their displacements or deformations with microscopic precision are presented and discussed. The performance of the methods is demonstrated by applying them to the measurement of deformations of a freely supported beam under loading. We believe that our methods will find their applications in mechanics, civil engineering and medicine.
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