TY - JOUR
T1 - Billion-fold enhancement in sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for magnesium ions in solution
AU - Gottberg, Alexander
AU - Stachura, Monika Kinga
AU - Kowalska, Magdalena
AU - Bissell, Mark L
AU - Arcisauskaité, Vaida
AU - Blaum, Klaus
AU - Helmke, Alexander
AU - Johnston, Karl
AU - Kreim, Kim
AU - Larsen, Flemming Hofmann
AU - Neugart, Rainer
AU - Neyens, Gerda
AU - Ruiz, Ronald F. Garcia
AU - Szunyogh, Daniel
AU - Thulstrup, Peter Waaben
AU - Yordanov, Deyan T.
AU - Hemmingsen, Lars Bo Stegeager
PY - 2014/10/20
Y1 - 2014/10/20
N2 - β-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is highly sensitive compared to conventional NMR spectroscopy, and may be applied for several elements across the periodic table. β-NMR has previously been successfully applied in the fields of nuclear and solid-state physics. In this work, β-NMR is applied, for the first time, to record an NMR spectrum for a species in solution. 31Mg β-NMR spectra are measured for as few as 107 magnesium ions in ionic liquid (EMIM-Ac) within minutes, as a prototypical test case. Resonances are observed at 3882.9 and 3887.2 kHz in an external field of 0.3 T. The key achievement of the current work is to demonstrate that β-NMR is applicable for the analysis of species in solution, and thus represents a novel spectroscopic technique for use in general chemistry and potentially in biochemistry.
AB - β-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is highly sensitive compared to conventional NMR spectroscopy, and may be applied for several elements across the periodic table. β-NMR has previously been successfully applied in the fields of nuclear and solid-state physics. In this work, β-NMR is applied, for the first time, to record an NMR spectrum for a species in solution. 31Mg β-NMR spectra are measured for as few as 107 magnesium ions in ionic liquid (EMIM-Ac) within minutes, as a prototypical test case. Resonances are observed at 3882.9 and 3887.2 kHz in an external field of 0.3 T. The key achievement of the current work is to demonstrate that β-NMR is applicable for the analysis of species in solution, and thus represents a novel spectroscopic technique for use in general chemistry and potentially in biochemistry.
U2 - 10.1002/cphc.201402619
DO - 10.1002/cphc.201402619
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 25303164
SN - 1439-4235
VL - 15
SP - 3929
EP - 3932
JO - ChemPhysChem
JF - ChemPhysChem
IS - 18
ER -