Practical dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization #DNPNMR #Review

Published: Wednesday, 15 December 2021 - 00:00 UTC

Author: Thorsten Maly

Elliott, Stuart J., Quentin Stern, Morgan Ceillier, Théo El Daraï, Samuel F. Cousin, Olivier Cala, and Sami Jannin. “Practical Dissolution Dynamic Nuclear Polarization.” Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 126–127 (October 2021): 59–100.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnmrs.2021.04.002.

This review article intends to provide insightful advice for dissolution-dynamic nuclear polarization in the form of a practical handbook. The goal is to aid research groups to effectively perform such experiments in their own laboratories. Previous review articles on this subject have covered a large number of useful topics including instrumentation, experimentation, theory, etc. The topics to be addressed here will include tips for sample preparation and for checking sample health; a checklist to correctly diagnose system faults and perform general maintenance; the necessary mechanical requirements regarding sample dissolution; and aids for accurate, fast and reliable polarization quantification. Herein, the challenges and limitations of each stage of a typical dissolutiondynamic nuclear polarization experiment are presented, with the focus being on how to quickly and simply overcome some of the limitations often encountered in the laboratory.