Ultra-Low Temperature Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Bouleau, E., Lee, D., Saint-Bonnet, P., Hediger, S., & De Paëpe, G. In volume 171, 2017. Issue: 1
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Because NMR spectroscopy requests more sensitivity and more resolution, high-frequency and high-power microwave irradiation of electron spins in a magnetic field, Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP) is becoming a common partner for fast sample spinning NMR experiments. Currently, this technics is performed at minimum sample temperatures ∼100 K, using cold nitrogen gas to pneumatically spin and cool the sample. The desire is to improve NMR by providing ultra-low temperatures, using cryogenic helium gas. It is shown that stable and fast spinning can be attained for sample temperatures down to 30 K using a cryostat developed in our laboratory. Using this cryostat to cool a closed-loop of helium gas results in spinning frequencies that can greatly surpass those achievable with nitrogen gas. It results in substantial sensitivity enhancements (∼600) and according experimental time-savings by 2 to 4 orders of magnitude. Therefore, access to this temperature range is demonstrated to be both viable and highly pertinent.
@inproceedings{bouleau_ultra-low_2017,
	title = {Ultra-{Low} {Temperature} {Nuclear} {Magnetic} {Resonance}},
	volume = {171},
	doi = {10.1088/1757-899X/171/1/012142},
	abstract = {Because NMR spectroscopy requests more sensitivity and more resolution, high-frequency and high-power microwave irradiation of electron spins in a magnetic field, Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP) is becoming a common partner for fast sample spinning NMR experiments. Currently, this technics is performed at minimum sample temperatures ∼100 K, using cold nitrogen gas to pneumatically spin and cool the sample. The desire is to improve NMR by providing ultra-low temperatures, using cryogenic helium gas. It is shown that stable and fast spinning can be attained for sample temperatures down to 30 K using a cryostat developed in our laboratory. Using this cryostat to cool a closed-loop of helium gas results in spinning frequencies that can greatly surpass those achievable with nitrogen gas. It results in substantial sensitivity enhancements (∼600) and according experimental time-savings by 2 to 4 orders of magnitude. Therefore, access to this temperature range is demonstrated to be both viable and highly pertinent.},
	author = {Bouleau, E. and Lee, D. and Saint-Bonnet, P. and Hediger, S. and De Paëpe, G.},
	year = {2017},
	note = {Issue: 1},
}

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