Zero-field nuclear magnetic resonance of chemically exchanging systems

Danila A. Barskiy; Michael C. D. Tayler; Irene Marco-Rius; John Kurhanewicz; Daniel B. Vigneron; Sevil Cikrikci; Ayca Aydogdu; Moritz Reh; Andrey N. Pravdivtsev; Jan-Bernd Hövener; John W. Blanchard; Teng Wu; Dmitry Budker; Alexander Pines

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10787-9

Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

Zero-field nuclear magnetic resonance of chemically exchanging systems

Danila A. Barskiy,
Michael C. D. Tayler,
Irene Marco-Rius,
John Kurhanewicz,
Daniel B. Vigneron,
Sevil Cikrikci,
Ayca Aydogdu,
Moritz Reh,
Andrey N. Pravdivtsev,
Jan-Bernd Hövener,
John W. Blanchard,
Teng Wu,
Dmitry Budker,
Alexander Pines

Affiliations

Danila A. Barskiy: Department of Chemistry, University of California—Berkeley
Michael C. D. Tayler: Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge
Irene Marco-Rius: Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California—San Francisco
John Kurhanewicz: Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California—San Francisco
Daniel B. Vigneron: Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California—San Francisco
Sevil Cikrikci: Department of Chemistry, University of California—Berkeley
Ayca Aydogdu: Department of Chemistry, University of California—Berkeley
Moritz Reh: Department of Physics, University of California—Berkeley
Andrey N. Pravdivtsev: Section for Biomedical Imaging, Molecular Imaging North Competence Center (MOIN CC), Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Kiel University
Jan-Bernd Hövener: Section for Biomedical Imaging, Molecular Imaging North Competence Center (MOIN CC), Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Kiel University
John W. Blanchard: Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
Teng Wu: Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
Dmitry Budker: Department of Physics, University of California—Berkeley
Alexander Pines: Department of Chemistry, University of California—Berkeley

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10787-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Zero-field nuclear magnetic resonance can identify species and collective behaviors in mixtures without applied magnetic fields. Here the authors demonstrate its use for resolving proton exchange in ammonium and for the detection of hyperpolarized pyruvic acid, an important imaging biomarker.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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