High-resolution methods for the measurement of scalar coupling constants

Yanqin Lin1, Qing Zeng1, Liangjie Lin1

  • 1Department of Electronic Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China.

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