Electron spin density matching for cross-effect dynamic nuclear polarization.
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SUBMITTER: Li Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6597276 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
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Electron spin density matching for cross-effect dynamic nuclear polarization.
Li Yuanxin Y Equbal Asif A Tagami Kan K Han Songi S
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 20190601 53
A new design principle for a mixed broad (TEMPO) and narrow (Trityl) line radical to boost the dynamic nuclear polarization efficiency is electron spin density matching, suggesting a polarizing agent of one Trityl tethered to at least two TEMPO moieties. ...[more]
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