Lilly Thankamony, A.S., et al., Insights into the catalytic activity of nitridated fibrous silica (KCC-1) nanocatalysts from (15) N and (29) Si NMR spectroscopy enhanced by dynamic nuclear polarization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 2015. 54(7): p. 2190-3.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25469825
Fibrous nanosilica (KCC-1) oxynitrides are promising solid-base catalysts. Paradoxically, when their nitrogen content increases, their catalytic activity decreases. This counterintuitive observation is explained here for the first time using (15) N-solid-state NMR spectroscopy enhanced by dynamic nuclear polarization.