Detection of the Surface of Crystalline Y 2 O 3 Using Direct 89 Y Dynamic Nuclear Polarization. Brownbill, N. J., Lee, D., De Paëpe, G., & Blanc, F. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 10(12):3501–3508, June, 2019.
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Nuclei with low gyromagnetic ratio (γ) present a serious sensitivity challenge for nulear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Recently, dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) has shown great promise in overcoming this hurdle by indirect hyperpolarization (via 1H) of these low-γnuclei. Here we show that at a magnetic field of 9.4 T and cryogenic temperature of about 110 K direct DNP of 89Y in a frozen solution of Y(NO3)3 can offer signal enhancements greater than 80 times using exogeneous trityl OX063 monoradical by satisfying the cross effect magic angle spinning (MAS) DNP mechanism. The large signal enhancement achieved permits 89Y NMR spectra of Y2O3 and Gd2O3-added Y2O3 materials to be obtained quickly (∼30 min), revealing a range of surface yttrium hydroxyl groups in addition to the two octahedral yttrium signals of the core. The results open up promises for the observation of low gyromagnetic ratio nuclei and the detection of corresponding surface and (sub-)surface sites.
@article{brownbill_detection_2019,
	title = {Detection of the {Surface} of {Crystalline} {Y} 2 {O} 3 {Using} {Direct} 89 {Y} {Dynamic} {Nuclear} {Polarization}},
	volume = {10},
	issn = {1948-7185},
	url = {https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b01185},
	doi = {10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b01185},
	abstract = {Nuclei with low gyromagnetic ratio (γ) present a serious sensitivity challenge for nulear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Recently, dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) has shown great promise in overcoming this hurdle by indirect hyperpolarization (via 1H) of these low-γnuclei. Here we show that at a magnetic field of 9.4 T and cryogenic temperature of about 110 K direct DNP of 89Y in a frozen solution of Y(NO3)3 can offer signal enhancements greater than 80 times using exogeneous trityl OX063 monoradical by satisfying the cross effect magic angle spinning (MAS) DNP mechanism. The large signal enhancement achieved permits 89Y NMR spectra of Y2O3 and Gd2O3-added Y2O3 materials to be obtained quickly (∼30 min), revealing a range of surface yttrium hydroxyl groups in addition to the two octahedral yttrium signals of the core. The results open up promises for the observation of low gyromagnetic ratio nuclei and the detection of corresponding surface and (sub-)surface sites.},
	number = {12},
	journal = {The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters},
	author = {Brownbill, Nick J. and Lee, Daniel and De Paëpe, Gaël and Blanc, Frédéric},
	month = jun,
	year = {2019},
	pages = {3501--3508},
}

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