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Ran Wei1, Yu Rao1, Amrit Venkatesh1
1Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Solid effect dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) using BDPA radicals achieved 500x 1H NMR signal enhancement. Further microwave power increases are expected to boost solid effect DNP performance.
Area of Science:
- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
- Chemical Physics
Background:
- Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP) significantly enhances Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) sensitivity.
- Solid effect (SE) DNP mechanisms are less developed compared to cross-effect (CE) and Overhauser effect (OE) mechanisms.
- Existing polarizing agents yield enhancement factors up to ~300 at 9.4 T.
Purpose of the Study:
- To model and compare the performance of SE and OE mechanisms in DNP.
- To investigate the potential of SE DNP for achieving higher sensitivity.
- To explore the impact of microwave power on SE DNP enhancement.
Main Methods:
- Comparative modeling of SE and OE DNP mechanisms.
- Experimental measurement of 1H enhancement factors using 1,3-bisdiphenylene-2-phenylallyl (BDPA) in an ortho-terphenyl (OTP) matrix.
- Variable microwave power application at 9.4 T and 100 K.
Main Results:
- Achieved 1H enhancement factors up to 500 using BDPA in OTP via SE DNP.
- Experimental results align with theoretical predictions for SE and OE mechanisms.
- SE DNP was found to be saturation limited, especially at higher temperatures.
Conclusions:
- SE DNP, utilizing BDPA, demonstrates significant potential for boosting NMR sensitivity beyond current limits.
- Further increases in microwave power are predicted to enhance SE DNP performance.
- SE DNP is a promising avenue for developing more efficient polarizing agents for DNP-enhanced MAS NMR spectroscopy.
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