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De Biasi F, Karthikeyan G, Visegrádi M, Levien M, Hope MA, Brown PJ, Wasielewski MR, Ouari O, Emsley L. Light-Induced 1H NMR Hyperpolarization in Solids at 9.4 and 21.1 T. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:19667-19672. [PMID: 39007869 PMCID: PMC11273353 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c06151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2024] [Revised: 06/10/2024] [Accepted: 07/03/2024] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
Abstract
The inherently low sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is the major limiting factor for its application to elucidate structure and dynamics in solids. In the solid state, nuclear spin hyperpolarization methods based on microwave-induced dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) provide a versatile platform to enhance the bulk NMR signal of many different sample formulations, leading to significant sensitivity improvements. Here we show that 1H NMR hyperpolarization can also be generated in solids at high magnetic fields by optical irradiation of the sample. We achieved this by exploiting a donor-chromophore-acceptor molecule with an excited state electron-electron interaction similar to the nuclear Larmor frequency, enabling solid-state 1H photochemically induced DNP (photo-CIDNP) at high magnetic fields. Through hyperpolarization relay, we obtained bulk NMR signal enhancements εH by factors of ∼100 at both 9.4 and 21.1 T for the 1H signal of o-terphenyl in magic angle spinning (MAS) NMR experiments at 100 K. These findings open a pathway toward a general light-induced hyperpolarization approach for dye-sensitized high-field NMR in solids.
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Affiliation(s)
- Federico De Biasi
- Institut
des Sciences et Ingenierie Chimiques, École
Polytechnique Fedérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Aix-Marseille
University, CNRS, Institut de Chimie Radicalaire, 13013 Marseille, France
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- Institut
des Sciences et Ingenierie Chimiques, École
Polytechnique Fedérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut
des Sciences et Ingenierie Chimiques, École
Polytechnique Fedérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut
des Sciences et Ingenierie Chimiques, École
Polytechnique Fedérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction, Paula M.
Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction, Paula M.
Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Aix-Marseille
University, CNRS, Institut de Chimie Radicalaire, 13013 Marseille, France
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- Institut
des Sciences et Ingenierie Chimiques, École
Polytechnique Fedérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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De Biasi F, Hope MA, Avalos CE, Karthikeyan G, Casano G, Mishra A, Badoni S, Stevanato G, Kubicki DJ, Milani J, Ansermet JP, Rossini AJ, Lelli M, Ouari O, Emsley L. Optically Enhanced Solid-State 1H NMR Spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2023. [PMID: 37366803 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c03937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
Abstract
Low sensitivity is the primary limitation to extending nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques to more advanced chemical and structural studies. Photochemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization (photo-CIDNP) is an NMR hyperpolarization technique where light is used to excite a suitable donor-acceptor system, creating a spin-correlated radical pair whose evolution drives nuclear hyperpolarization. Systems that exhibit photo-CIDNP in solids are not common, and this effect has, up to now, only been observed for 13C and 15N nuclei. However, the low gyromagnetic ratio and natural abundance of these nuclei trap the local hyperpolarization in the vicinity of the chromophore and limit the utility for bulk hyperpolarization. Here, we report the first example of optically enhanced solid-state 1H NMR spectroscopy in the high-field regime. This is achieved via photo-CIDNP of a donor-chromophore-acceptor molecule in a frozen solution at 0.3 T and 85 K, where spontaneous spin diffusion among the abundant strongly coupled 1H nuclei relays polarization through the whole sample, yielding a 16-fold bulk 1H signal enhancement under continuous laser irradiation at 450 nm. These findings enable a new strategy for hyperpolarized NMR beyond the current limits of conventional microwave-driven DNP.
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- Federico De Biasi
- Institut des Sciences et Ingenierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fedérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingenierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fedérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingenierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fedérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Radical Chemistry, Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, ICR, 13013 Marseille, France
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- Institute of Radical Chemistry, Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, ICR, 13013 Marseille, France
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingenierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fedérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingenierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fedérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingenierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fedérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingenierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fedérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut de Physique, École Polytechnique Fedérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut de Physique, École Polytechnique Fedérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Ames Laboratory, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM) and Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche delle Metalloproteine Paramagnetiche (CIRMMP), 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Institute of Radical Chemistry, Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, ICR, 13013 Marseille, France
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingenierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fedérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Nishimura K, Yabuki R, Hamachi T, Kimizuka N, Tateishi K, Uesaka T, Yanai N. Dynamic Electron Polarization Lasting More Than 10 μs by Hybridizing Porphyrin and TEMPO with Flexible Linkers. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:1219-1228. [PMID: 36717096 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c07936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Abstract
Dynamic electron polarization (DEP), induced by quenching of photoexcited species by stable radicals, can hyperpolarize electron spins in solution at room temperature. Recently, development of technologies based on electron spin polarization such as dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) has been progressing, where it is important to design molecules that achieve long-lasting DEP in addition to high DEP. Hybridization by linking dyes and radicals is a promising approach for efficient DEP, but strong interactions between neighboring dyes and radicals often result in the rapid decay of DEP. In this study, we introduce a flexible linker into the hybrid system of porphyrin and TEMPO to achieve both efficient DEP and long-lasting DEP. The structural flexibility of the linker switches the interaction between the radical and the triplet, which promotes the DEP process by bringing the radical and the triplet into close proximity, while avoiding abrupt relaxation due to strong interactions. As a result, the new hybridized system exhibits a larger DEP than the unlinked system, while at the same time achieving a DEP lasting more than 10 μs.
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- Koki Nishimura
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Center for Molecular Systems (CMS), Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Center for Molecular Systems (CMS), Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Center for Molecular Systems (CMS), Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Center for Molecular Systems (CMS), Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka819-0395, Japan
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- Cluster for Pioneering Research, RIKEN, RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama351-0198, Japan
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- Cluster for Pioneering Research, RIKEN, RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Center for Molecular Systems (CMS), Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka819-0395, Japan
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Kundu K, Dubroca T, Rane V, Mentink-Vigier F. Spinning-Driven Dynamic Nuclear Polarization with Optical Pumping. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:2600-2608. [PMID: 35417169 PMCID: PMC9121629 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c01559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
We propose a new, more efficient, and potentially cost effective, solid-state nuclear spin hyperpolarization method combining the cross-effect mechanism and electron spin optical hyperpolarization in rotating solids. We first demonstrate optical hyperpolarization in the solid state at low temperatures and low field and then investigate its field dependence to obtain the optimal condition for high-field electron spin hyperpolarization. The results are then incorporated into advanced magic-angle spinning dynamic nuclear polarization (MAS-DNP) numerical simulations that show that optically pumped MAS-DNP could yield breakthrough enhancements at very high magnetic fields. Based on these investigations, enhancements greater than the ratio of electron to nucleus magnetic moments (>658 for 1H) are possible without microwave irradiation. This could solve at once the MAS-DNP performance decrease with increasing field and the high cost of MAS-DNP instruments at very high fields.
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- Krishnendu Kundu
- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, 1800 E Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, 1800 E Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, 1800 E Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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Rane V. Harnessing Electron Spin Hyperpolarization in Chromophore-Radical Spin Probes for Subcellular Resolution in Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Imaging: Concept and Feasibility. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:2715-2728. [PMID: 35353514 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c10920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Obtaining a subcellular resolution for biological samples doped with stable radicals at room temperature (RT) is a long-sought goal in electron paramagnetic resonance imaging (EPRI). The spatial resolution in current EPRI methods is constrained either because of low electron spin polarization at RT or the experimental limitations associated with the field gradients and the radical linewidth. Inspired by the recent demonstration of a large electron spin hyperpolarization in chromophore-nitroxyl spin probe molecules, the present work proposes a novel optically hyperpolarized EPR imaging (OH-EPRI) method, which combines the optical method of two-photon confocal microscopy for hyperpolarization generation and the rapid scan (RS) EPR method for signal detection. An important aspect of OH-EPRI is that it is not limited by the abovementioned restrictions of conventional EPRI since the large hyperpolarization in the spin probes overcomes the poor thermal spin polarization at RT, and the use of two-photon optical excitation of the chromophore naturally generates the required spatial resolution, without the need for any magnetic field gradient. Simulations based on time-dependent Bloch equations, which took into account both the RS field modulation and the hyperpolarization generation by optical means, were performed to examine the feasibility of OH-EPRI. The simulation results revealed that a spatial resolution of up to 2 fL can be achieved in OH-EPRI at RT under in vitro conditions. Notably, the majority of the requirements for an OH-EPRI experiment can be fulfilled by the currently available technologies, thereby paving the way for its easy implementation. Thus, the proposed method could potentially bridge the sensitivity gap between the optical and magnetic imaging techniques.
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- Vinayak Rane
- Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India
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Luo J, Rong XF, Ye YY, Li WZ, Wang XQ, Wang W. Research Progress on Triarylmethyl Radical-Based High-Efficiency OLED. Molecules 2022; 27:1632. [PMID: 35268732 PMCID: PMC8911689 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27051632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2022] [Revised: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Perchlorotrityl radical (PTM), tris (2,4,6-trichlorophenyl) methyl radical (TTM), (3,5-dichloro-4-pyridyl) bis (2,4,6 trichlorophenyl) methyl radical (PyBTM), (N-carbazolyl) bis (2,4,6-trichlorophenyl) methyl radical (CzBTM), and their derivatives are stable organic radicals that exhibit light emissions at room temperature. Since these triarylmethyl radicals have an unpaired electron, their electron spins at the lowest excited state and ground state are both doublets, and the transition from the lowest excited state to the ground state does not pose the problem of a spin-forbidden reaction. When used as OLED layers, these triarylmethyl radicals exhibit unique light-emitting properties, which can increase the theoretical upper limit of the OLED's internal quantum efficiency (IQE) to 100%. In recent years, research on the luminescent properties of triarylmethyl radicals has attracted increasing attention. In this review, recent developments in these triarylmethyl radicals and their derivatives in OLED devices are introduced.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China; (J.L.); (X.-F.R.); (Y.-Y.Y.); (W.-Z.L.)
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China; (J.L.); (X.-F.R.); (Y.-Y.Y.); (W.-Z.L.)
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Biedenbänder T, Aladin V, Saeidpour S, Corzilius B. Dynamic Nuclear Polarization for Sensitivity Enhancement in Biomolecular Solid-State NMR. Chem Rev 2022; 122:9738-9794. [PMID: 35099939 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
Solid-state NMR with magic-angle spinning (MAS) is an important method in structural biology. While NMR can provide invaluable information about local geometry on an atomic scale even for large biomolecular assemblies lacking long-range order, it is often limited by low sensitivity due to small nuclear spin polarization in thermal equilibrium. Dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) has evolved during the last decades to become a powerful method capable of increasing this sensitivity by two to three orders of magnitude, thereby reducing the valuable experimental time from weeks or months to just hours or days; in many cases, this allows experiments that would be otherwise completely unfeasible. In this review, we give an overview of the developments that have opened the field for DNP-enhanced biomolecular solid-state NMR including state-of-the-art applications at fast MAS and high magnetic field. We present DNP mechanisms, polarizing agents, and sample constitution methods suitable for biomolecules. A wide field of biomolecular NMR applications is covered including membrane proteins, amyloid fibrils, large biomolecular assemblies, and biomaterials. Finally, we present perspectives and recent developments that may shape the field of biomolecular DNP in the future.
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- Thomas Biedenbänder
- Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3a, 18059 Rostock, Germany.,Department Life, Light & Matter, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 25, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3a, 18059 Rostock, Germany.,Department Life, Light & Matter, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 25, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3a, 18059 Rostock, Germany.,Department Life, Light & Matter, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 25, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3a, 18059 Rostock, Germany.,Department Life, Light & Matter, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 25, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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