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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26675287
DNP-NMR spectroscopy has been applied to enhance the signal for organic molecules adsorbed on gamma-Al2O3-supported Pd nanoparticle catalysts. By offering >2500-fold time savings, the technique enabled the observation of (13)C-(13)C cross-peaks for low coverage species, which were assigned to products from oxidative degradation of methionine adsorbed on the nanoparticle surface.