PULSED FIELD GRADIENT MULTIPLE-QUANTUM MAS NMR SPECTROSCOPY OF HALF-INTEGER SPIN QUADRUPOLAR NUCLEI

摘要

Pulsed field gradients (PFGs) have been applied to select coherence transfer pathways in multiple-quantum (MQ) MAS NMR spectra of half-integer spin quadrupolar nuclei in rigid solids. Al-27 triple-quantum (3Q) MAS NMR spectra of the aluminophosphate molecular sieves VPI-5 and AlPO4-18 have been used to demonstrate the selection of the (0) --> (3) --> (-1) coherence transfer pathway using PFGs and no phase cycling. Compared to MQMAS experiments that employ phase cycling schemes, the main advantage of the PFG-MQMAS technique is its simplicity, which should facilitate the combination of MQMAS with other pulse sequences. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V. [References: 32]