Abstract
Several versions of cross-polarization (CP) sequences are analyzed in order to improve the sensitivity of 14N overtone NMR of biological solids. Optimum conditions are determined from experiments on a single crystalline sample of a model peptide, N-acetyl-D,L-valine, for an efficient CP from 1H to 14N overtone frequency. Experimental results infer that a CP sequence consisting of an amplitude modulated spin-locking of 14N overtone frequency during the CP period followed by a composite 90° postpulse is efficient in transferring the proton dipolar order to the observable overtone signal.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 398-402 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Chemical Physics Letters |
| Volume | 286 |
| Issue number | 5-6 |
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| State | Published - 17 Apr 1998 |