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Duff B, Corti L, Turner B, Han G, Daniels LM, Rosseinsky MJ, Blanc F. Revealing the Local Structure and Dynamics of the Solid Li Ion Conductor Li 3P 5O 14. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS : A PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2024; 36:7703-7718. [PMID: 39220613 PMCID: PMC11360135 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c00727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2024] [Revised: 05/31/2024] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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The development of fast Li ion-conducting materials for use as solid electrolytes that provide sufficient electrochemical stability against electrode materials is paramount for the future of all-solid-state batteries. Advances on these fast ionic materials are dependent on building structure-ionic mobility-function relationships. Here, we exploit a series of multinuclear and multidimensional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) approaches, including 6Li and 31P magic angle spinning (MAS), in conjunction with density functional theory (DFT) to provide a detailed understanding of the local structure of the ultraphosphate Li3P5O14, a promising candidate for an oxide-based Li ion conductor that has been shown to be a highly conductive, energetically favorable, and electrochemically stable potential solid electrolyte. We have reported a comprehensive assignment of the ultraphosphate layer and layered Li6O16 26- chains through 31P and 6Li MAS NMR, respectively, in conjunction with DFT. The chemical shift anisotropy of the eight resonances with the lowest 31P chemical shift is significantly lower than that of the 12 remaining resonances, suggesting the phosphate bonding nature of these P sites being one that bridges to three other phosphate groups. We employed a number of complementary 6,7Li NMR techniques, including MAS variable-temperature line narrowing spectra, spin-alignment echo (SAE) NMR, and relaxometry, to quantify the lithium ion dynamics in Li3P5O14. Detailed analysis of the diffusion-induced spin-lattice relaxation data allowed for experimental verification of the three-dimensional Li diffusion previously proposed computationally. The 6Li NMR relaxation rates suggest sites Li1 and Li5 (the only five-coordinate Li site) are the most mobile and are adjacent to one another, both in the a-b plane (intralayer) and on the c-axis (interlayer). As shown in the 6Li-6Li exchange spectroscopy NMR spectra, sites Li1 and Li5 likely exchange with one another both between adjacent layered Li6O16 26- chains and through the center of the P12O36 12- rings forming the three-dimensional pathway. The understanding of the Li ion mobility pathways in high-performing solid electrolytes outlines a route for further development of such materials to improve their performance.
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- Benjamin
B. Duff
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZD Liverpool, U.K.
- Stephenson
Institute for Renewable Energy, University
of Liverpool, L69 7ZF Liverpool, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZD Liverpool, U.K.
- Leverhulme
Research Centre for Functional Materials Design, Materials Innovation
Factory, University of Liverpool, L7 3NY Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZD Liverpool, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZD Liverpool, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZD Liverpool, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZD Liverpool, U.K.
- Leverhulme
Research Centre for Functional Materials Design, Materials Innovation
Factory, University of Liverpool, L7 3NY Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZD Liverpool, U.K.
- Stephenson
Institute for Renewable Energy, University
of Liverpool, L69 7ZF Liverpool, U.K.
- Leverhulme
Research Centre for Functional Materials Design, Materials Innovation
Factory, University of Liverpool, L7 3NY Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Dong HH, Ren JJ, Chen YG, Wang F, Chen DP, Deng L, Shao CY, Wang SK, Yu CL, Hu LL. Theoretical and experimental investigation of Al 3+ ion-suppressed phase-separation structures in rare-earth-doped high-phosphorus silica glasses. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:3869-3879. [PMID: 38226609 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp04758j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
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Rare-earth-doped silica-based composite glasses (Re-SCGs) are widely used as high-quality laser gain media in defense, aerospace, energy, power, and medical applications. The variable regional chemical environments of Re-SCGs can induce new photoluminescence properties of rare-earth ions but can cause the selective aggregation of rare-earth ions, limiting the application of Re-SCGs in the field of high-power lasers. Here, topological engineering is proposed to adjust the degree of cross-linking of phase-separation network chains in Re-SCGs. A combination of experimental and theoretical characterization techniques suggested that the selective aggregation of rare-earth ions originates from the formation of phase-separated structures in glasses. The decomposition of nanoscale phase separation structures to the sub-nanometer scale, enabled by incorporating Al3+ ions, not only maintains the high luminescence efficiency of rare earth ions but also increases light transmittance and reduces light scattering. Furthermore, our investigation encompassed the exploration of the inhibitory mechanism of Al3+ ions on phase-separation structures, as well as their influence on the spectral characteristics of Re-SCGs. This work provides a new design concept for composite glass materials doped with rare-earth ions and could broaden their application in the field of high-power lasers.
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- He-He Dong
- Key Laboratory of Materials for High Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, People's Republic of China.
- Centre of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials for High Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Materials for High Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, People's Republic of China.
- Centre of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials for High Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Materials for High Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Materials for High Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Materials for High Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Materials for High Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Materials for High Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, People's Republic of China.
- Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials for High Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, People's Republic of China.
- Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, People's Republic of China
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Poulhazan A, Dickwella Widanage MC, Muszyński A, Arnold AA, Warschawski DE, Azadi P, Marcotte I, Wang T. Identification and Quantification of Glycans in Whole Cells: Architecture of Microalgal Polysaccharides Described by Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:19374-19388. [PMID: 34735142 PMCID: PMC8630702 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c07429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Microalgae are photosynthetic organisms widely distributed in nature and serve as a sustainable source of bioproducts. Their carbohydrate components are also promising candidates for bioenergy production and bioremediation, but the structural characterization of these heterogeneous polymers in cells remains a formidable problem. Here we present a widely applicable protocol for identifying and quantifying the glycan content using magic-angle-spinning (MAS) solid-state NMR (ssNMR) spectroscopy, with validation from glycosyl linkage and composition analysis deduced from mass-spectrometry (MS). Two-dimensional 13C-13C correlation ssNMR spectra of a uniformly 13C-labeled green microalga Parachlorella beijerinckii reveal that starch is the most abundant polysaccharide in a naturally cellulose-deficient strain, and this polymer adopts a well-organized and highly rigid structure in the cell. Some xyloses are present in both the mobile and rigid domains of the cell wall, with their chemical shifts partially aligned with the flat-ribbon 2-fold xylan identified in plants. Surprisingly, most other carbohydrates are largely mobile, regardless of their distribution in glycolipids or cell walls. These structural insights correlate with the high digestibility of this cellulose-deficient strain, and the in-cell ssNMR methods will facilitate the investigations of other economically important algae species.
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- Alexandre Poulhazan
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal H2X 2J6, Canada
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- Complex
Carbohydrate Research Center, University
of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal H2X 2J6, Canada
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- Laboratoire
des Biomolécules, LBM, CNRS UMR 7203,
Sorbonne Université, École Normale Supérieure,
PSL University, 75005 Paris, France
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- Complex
Carbohydrate Research Center, University
of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal H2X 2J6, Canada
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- Department
of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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Tan C, Chen Y, Peng X, Chen Z, Cai S, Cross TA, Fu R. Revealing weak histidine 15N homonuclear scalar couplings using Solid-State Magic-Angle-Spinning NMR spectroscopy. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2020; 316:106757. [PMID: 32535401 PMCID: PMC7426724 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2020.106757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2020] [Revised: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The tautomeric structure and chemistry of the histidine imidazole ring play active roles in many structurally and functionally important proteins and polypeptides. While in NMR spectroscopy histidine chemical shifts (e.g. 15N, 13C, and 1H) have been commonly used to characterize the tautomeric structure, hydrogen bonding, and torsion angles, homonuclear 15N scalar couplings in histidine have rarely been reported. Here, we propose double spin-echo sequences to compare the observed signals with and without a 90° pulse between the two spin-echo periods, such that their signal ratio as a function of the echo time solely depends on homonuclear scalar couplings, allowing for measuring weak homonuclear scalar couplings without influence from transverse dephasing effects, thus capable of revealing hydrogen-bond mediated 15N-15N J-couplings that can provide direct and definitive evidence for the formation of N…H…N hydrogen-bonding associated with the imidazole ring. We used two 13C,15N labeled histidine samples recrystallized from solutions at pH 6.3 and pH 11.0 to demonstrate the feasibility of this method and reveal the existence of a weak two-bond scalar coupling between the Nδ1 and Nε2 sites in the histidine imidazole ring in three tautomeric states and the presence of a hydrogen-bond mediated scalar coupling between the Nδ1 site in the imidazole ring and the backbone Nα site in the histidine neutral τ and π states. Our results demonstrate that weak 15N homonuclear scalar couplings can be measured even when their values are less than their corresponding intrinsic natural linewidths, thus providing direct and definitive evidence for the formation of N…H…N hydrogen bonding that is associated with the histidine imidazole ring.
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- Chunhua Tan
- National High Magnet Field Lab, 1800 East Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA; Department of Electronic Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Microscale Magnetic Resonance and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Microscale Magnetic Resonance and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Electronic Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China
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- Department of Electronic Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China
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- National High Magnet Field Lab, 1800 East Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
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- National High Magnet Field Lab, 1800 East Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA.
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Fu R, Miao Y, Qin H, Cross TA. Observation of the Imidazole-Imidazolium Hydrogen Bonds Responsible for Selective Proton Conductance in the Influenza A M2 Channel. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:2115-2119. [PMID: 31970982 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b09985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The integral membrane M2 protein is a 97-residue membrane protein that assembles as a tetramer to conduct protons at a slow rate (102-103/s) when activated by low pH. The proton conductance mechanism has been extensively debated in the literature, but it is accepted that the proton conductance is facilitated by hydrogen bonds involving the His37 residues. However, the hydrogen bonding partnership remains unresolved. Here, we report on the measurement of 15N-15N J-couplings of 15N His37-labeled full length M2 (M2FL) protein from Influenza A virus embedded in synthetic liquid crystalline lipid bilayers using two-dimensional J-resolved NMR spectroscopy. We experimentally observed the hydrogen-bond mediated J-couplings between Nδ1 and Nε2 of adjacent His37 imidazole rings, providing direct evidence for the existence of various imidazolium-imidazole hydrogen-bonding geometries in the histidine tetrad at low pH, thus validating the proton conduction mechanism in the M2FL protein by which the proton is transferred through the breaking and reforming of the hydrogen bonds between pairs of His37 residues.
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- Riqiang Fu
- National High Magnet Field Lab , 1800 East Paul Dirac Drive , Tallahassee , Florida 32310 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Florida State University , Tallahassee , Florida 32306 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Florida State University , Tallahassee , Florida 32306 , United States
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- National High Magnet Field Lab , 1800 East Paul Dirac Drive , Tallahassee , Florida 32310 , United States.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Florida State University , Tallahassee , Florida 32306 , United States
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Webber AL, Yates JR, Zilka M, Sturniolo S, Uldry AC, Corlett EK, Pickard CJ, Pérez-Torralba M, Angeles Garcia M, Santa Maria D, Claramunt RM, Brown SP. Weak Intermolecular CH···N Hydrogen Bonding: Determination of 13CH- 15N Hydrogen-Bond Mediated J Couplings by Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy and First-Principles Calculations. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:560-572. [PMID: 31880451 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b10726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Weak hydrogen bonds are increasingly hypothesized to play key roles in a wide range of chemistry from catalysis to gelation to polymer structure. Here, 15N/13C spin-echo magic-angle spinning (MAS) solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments are applied to "view" intermolecular CH···N hydrogen bonding in two selectively labeled organic compounds, 4-[15N] cyano-4'-[13C2] ethynylbiphenyl (1) and [15N3,13C6]-2,4,6-triethynyl-1,3,5-triazine (2). The synthesis of 2-15N3,13C6 is reported here for the first time via a multistep procedure, where the key element is the reaction of [15N3]-2,4,6-trichloro-1,3,5-triazine (5) with [13C2]-[(trimethylsilyl)ethynyl]zinc chloride (8) to afford its immediate precursor [15N3,13C6]-2,4,6-tris[(trimethylsilyl)ethynyl]-1,3,5-triazine (9). Experimentally determined hydrogen-bond-mediated 2hJCN couplings (4.7 ± 0.4 Hz (1) and 4.1 ± 0.3 Hz (2)) are compared with density functional theory (DFT) gauge-including projector augmented wave (GIPAW) calculations, whereby species-independent coupling values 2hKCN (29.0 × 1019 kg m-2 s-2 A-2 (1) and 27.9 × 1019 kg m-2 s-2 A-2 (2)) quantitatively demonstrate the J couplings for these "weak" CH···N hydrogen bonds to be of a similar magnitude to those for conventionally observed NH···O hydrogen-bonding interactions in uracil (2hKNO: 28.1 and 36.8 × 1019 kg m-2 s-2 A-2). Moreover, the GIPAW calculations show a clear correlation between increasing 2hJCN (and 3hJCN) coupling and reducing C(H)···N and H···N hydrogen-bonding distances, with the Fermi contact term accounting for at least 98% of the isotropic 2hJCN coupling.
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- Amy L Webber
- Department of Physics , University of Warwick , Coventry CV4 7AL , U.K
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- Department of Materials , University of Oxford , Parks Road , Oxford OX1 3PH , U.K
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- Department of Physics , University of Warwick , Coventry CV4 7AL , U.K
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- Scientific Computing Department , Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Chilton, Didcot , Oxfordshire OX11 0QX , U.K
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- Department for Biomedical Research , University of Bern , Freiburgstrasse 15 , Bern 3010 , Switzerland
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- Department of Physics , University of Warwick , Coventry CV4 7AL , U.K
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- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy , University of Cambridge , 27 Charles Babbage Road , Cambridge CB3 0FS , U.K.,Advanced Institute for Materials Research , Tohoku University 2-1-1 Katahira , Aoba, Sendai 980-8577 , Japan
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica y Bio-Orgánica , Facultad de Ciencias, UNED , Senda del Rey 9 , Madrid E-28040 , Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica y Bio-Orgánica , Facultad de Ciencias, UNED , Senda del Rey 9 , Madrid E-28040 , Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica y Bio-Orgánica , Facultad de Ciencias, UNED , Senda del Rey 9 , Madrid E-28040 , Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica y Bio-Orgánica , Facultad de Ciencias, UNED , Senda del Rey 9 , Madrid E-28040 , Spain
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- Department of Physics , University of Warwick , Coventry CV4 7AL , U.K
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Zhang W, Yoon MK, Meredith RJ, Zajicek J, Oliver AG, Hadad M, Frey MH, Carmichael I, Serianni AS. 13C- 13C spin-coupling constants in crystalline 13C-labeled saccharides: conformational effects interrogated by solid-state 13C NMR spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:23576-23588. [PMID: 31621725 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp03228b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Solid-state 13C NMR spectroscopy has been used in conjunction with selectively 13C-labeled mono- and disaccharides to measure 13C-13C spin-couplings (JCC) in crystalline samples. This experimental approach allows direct correlation of JCC values with specific molecular conformations since, in crystalline samples, molecular conformation is essentially static and can be determined by X-ray crystallography. JCC values measured in the solid-state in known molecular conformations can then be compared to corresponding JCC values calculated in the same conformations using density functional theory (DFT). The latter comparisons provide important validation of DFT-calculated J-couplings, which is not easily obtained by other approaches and is fundamental to obtaining reliable experiment-based conformational models from redundant J-couplings by MA'AT analysis. In this study, representative 1JCC, 2JCCC and 3JCOCC values were studied as either intra-residue couplings in the aldohexopyranosyl rings of monosaccharides or inter-residue (trans-glycoside) couplings in disaccharides. The results demonstrate that (a) accurate JCC values can be measured in crystalline saccharides that have been suitably labeled with 13C, and (b) DFT-calculated JCC values compare favorably with those determined by solid-state 13C NMR when molecular conformation is a constant in both determinations.
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- Wenhui Zhang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556-5670, USA.
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Widdifield CM, Nilsson Lill SO, Broo A, Lindkvist M, Pettersen A, Svensk Ankarberg A, Aldred P, Schantz S, Emsley L. Does Z' equal 1 or 2? Enhanced powder NMR crystallography verification of a disordered room temperature crystal structure of a p38 inhibitor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018. [PMID: 28621371 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp02349a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The crystal structure of the Form A polymorph of N-cyclopropyl-3-fluoro-4-methyl-5-[3-[[1-[2-[2-(methylamino)ethoxy]phenyl]cyclopropyl]amino]-2-oxo-pyrazin-1-yl]benzamide (i.e., AZD7624), determined using single-crystal X-ray diffraction (scXRD) at 100 K, contains two molecules in the asymmetric unit (Z' = 2) and has regions of local static disorder. This substance has been in phase IIa drug development trials for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a disease which affects over 300 million people and contributes to nearly 3 million deaths annually. While attempting to verify the crystal structure using nuclear magnetic resonance crystallography (NMRX), we measured 13C solid-state NMR (SSNMR) spectra at 295 K that appeared consistent with Z' = 1 rather than Z' = 2. To understand this surprising observation, we used multinuclear SSNMR (1H, 13C, 15N), gauge-including projector augmented-wave density functional theory (GIPAW DFT) calculations, crystal structure prediction (CSP), and powder XRD (pXRD) to determine the room temperature crystal structure. Due to the large size of AZD7624 (ca. 500 amu, 54 distinct 13C environments for Z' = 2), static disorder at 100 K, and (as we show) dynamic disorder at ambient temperatures, NMR spectral assignment was a challenge. We introduce a method to enhance confidence in NMR assignments by comparing experimental 13C isotropic chemical shifts against site-specific DFT-calculated shift distributions established using CSP-generated crystal structures. The assignment and room temperature NMRX structure determination process also included measurements of 13C shift tensors and the observation of residual dipolar coupling between 13C and 14N. CSP generated ca. 90 reasonable candidate structures (Z' = 1 and Z' = 2), which when coupled with GIPAW DFT results, room temperature pXRD, and the assigned SSNMR data, establish Z' = 2 at room temperature. We find that the polymorphic Form A of AZD7624 is maintained at room temperature, although dynamic disorder is present on the NMR timescale. Of the CSP-generated structures, 2 are found to be fully consistent with the SSNMR and pXRD data; within this pair, they are found to be structurally very similar (RMSD16 = 0.30 Å). We establish that the CSP structure in best agreement with the NMR data possesses the highest degree of structural similarity with the scXRD-determined structure (RMSD16 = 0.17 Å), and has the lowest DFT-calculated energy amongst all CSP-generated structures with Z' = 2.
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- Cory M Widdifield
- Institut des Sciences Analytiques (CNRS/ENS de Lyon/UCB Lyon 1), Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs, Université de Lyon, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
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Guerry P, Brown SP, Smith ME. Strong-coupling induced damping of spin-echo modulations in magic-angle-spinning NMR: Implications for J coupling measurements in disordered solids. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2017; 283:22-32. [PMID: 28843058 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2017.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2017] [Revised: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 08/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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In the context of improving J coupling measurements in disordered solids, strong coupling effects have been investigated in the spin-echo and refocused INADEQUATE spin-echo (REINE) modulations of three- and four-spin systems under magic-angle-spinning (MAS), using density matrix simulations and solid-state NMR experiments on a cadmium phosphate glass. Analytical models are developed for the different modulation regimes, which are shown to be distinguishable in practice using Akaike's information criterion. REINE modulations are shown to be free of the damping that occurs for spin-echo modulations when the observed spin has the same isotropic chemical shift as its neighbour. Damping also occurs when the observed spin is bonded to a strongly-coupled pair. For mid-chain units, the presence of both direct and relayed damping makes both REINE and spin-echo modulations impossible to interpret quantitatively. We nonetheless outline how a qualitative comparison of the modulation curves can provide valuable information on disordered networks, possibly also pertaining to dynamic effects therein.
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- Paul Guerry
- Green Grow Scientific, 21 Montée de l'Observance, 69009 Lyon, France; Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK; Vice-Chancellor's Office, University House, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YW, UK; Department of Chemistry, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, UK.
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Ren J, Eckert H. Applications of DQ-DRENAR for the structural analysis of phosphate glasses. SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE 2015; 72:140-147. [PMID: 26499362 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2015.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A new solid state NMR technique entitled DQ-DRENAR (Double-Quantum based Dipolar Recoupling Effects Nuclear Alignment Reduction) has been recently described for measuring homonuclear dipole-dipole interactions in multi-spin-1/2 systems under magic-angle spinning conditions. As in rotational echo double resonance (REDOR), the homonuclear dipole-dipole coupling constant can be extracted from a plot of a normalized difference signal (S0-S')/S0 versus dipolar mixing time, where S is the signal amplitude with the DQ-Hamiltonian present, and S0 is the signal amplitude in the absence of the DQ-Hamiltonian, which is used for normalization. Within the range of (S0-S)/S0≤0.3-0.5 such "homonuclear REDOR curves" can be approximated by simple parabolae, yielding effective squared dipole-dipole coupling constants ∑bjk(2) summed over all the pairwise interactions present. The effect of glassy disorder has been studied by simulations, replacing singular-valued internuclear distances by Gaussian distance distributions with the same central value. This situation results in a systematic over-estimation effect, which tends to compensate the implicit under-estimation effect caused by the parabolic fitting approach. The present contribution describes applications to a number of phosphate-based glasses and glass ceramics. The method turns out to be well suited for the differentiation of the various Q((n)) phosphate species, for characterizing the spatial distribution of isolated orthophosphate ions and for the detection of incipient nano-segregation and/or phase separation effects in glass ceramics.
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- Jinjun Ren
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 30, D-48149 Münster, Germany; Key Laboratory of Materials for High-Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China.
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 30, D-48149 Münster, Germany; Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), C.P. 369, CEP 13566-590 São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
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Kakita VMR, Kupče E, Bharatam J. Solid-state Hadamard NMR spectroscopy: simultaneous measurements of multiple selective homonuclear scalar couplings. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2015; 251:8-12. [PMID: 25554944 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2014.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2014] [Revised: 11/10/2014] [Accepted: 11/16/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Unambiguous measurement of homonuclear scalar couplings (J) in multi-spin scalar network systems is not straightforward. Further, the direct measurement of J-couplings is obscured in solid-state samples due to the dipolar and chemical shift anisotropy (CSA)-dominated line broadening, even under the magic angle spinning (MAS). We present a new multiple frequency selective spin-echo method based on Hadamard matrix encoding, for simultaneous measurement of multiple homonuclear scalar couplings (J) in the solid-state. In contrast to the Hadamard encoded selective excitation schemes known for the solution-state, herein the selectivity is achieved during refocusing period. The Hadamard encoded refocusing scheme concurrently allows to create the spin-spin commutation property between number of spin-pairs of choice in uniformly labelled molecules, which, therefore avoids (1) the repetition of the double selective refocusing experiments for each spin-pair and (2) the synthesis of expensive selective labelled molecules. The experimental scheme is exemplified for determining (1)JCC and (3)JCC values in (13)C6l-Histidine.HCl molecule, which are found to be in excellent agreement with those measured in conventional double frequency selective refocusing mode as well as in the solution-state. This method can be simply extended to 2D/3D pulse schemes and be applied to small bio-molecular solids.
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- Veera Mohana Rao Kakita
- Centre for NMR & Structural Chemistry, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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- Bruker UK Limited, Banner Lane, Coventry CV4 9GH, UK
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- Centre for NMR & Structural Chemistry, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad 500 007, India.
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Perras FA, Bryce DL. Theoretical study of homonuclear J coupling between quadrupolar spins: single-crystal, DOR, and J-resolved NMR. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2014; 242:23-32. [PMID: 24594753 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2014.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2013] [Revised: 01/12/2014] [Accepted: 01/20/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The theory describing homonuclear indirect nuclear spin-spin coupling (J) interactions between pairs of quadrupolar nuclei is outlined and supported by numerical calculations. The expected first-order multiplets for pairs of magnetically equivalent (A2), chemically equivalent (AA'), and non-equivalent (AX) quadrupolar nuclei are given. The various spectral changeovers from one first-order multiplet to another are investigated with numerical simulations using the SIMPSON program and the various thresholds defining each situation are given. The effects of chemical equivalence, as well as quadrupolar coupling, chemical shift differences, and dipolar coupling on double-rotation (DOR) and J-resolved NMR experiments for measuring homonuclear J coupling constants are investigated. The simulated J coupling multiplets under DOR conditions largely resemble the ideal multiplets predicted for single crystals, and a characteristic multiplet is expected for each of the A2, AA', and AX cases. The simulations demonstrate that it should be straightforward to distinguish between magnetic inequivalence and equivalence using J-resolved NMR, as was speculated previously. Additionally, it is shown that the second-order quadrupolar-dipolar cross-term does not affect the splittings in J-resolved experiments. Overall, the homonuclear J-resolved experiment for half-integer quadrupolar nuclei is demonstrated to be robust with respect to the effects of first- and second-order quadrupolar coupling, dipolar coupling, and chemical shift differences.
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- Frédéric A Perras
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie Curie Private, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie Curie Private, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada.
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Thureau P, Mollica G, Ziarelli F, Viel S. Selective measurements of long-range homonuclear J-couplings in solid-state NMR. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2013; 231:90-94. [PMID: 23608042 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2013.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2012] [Revised: 03/17/2013] [Accepted: 03/23/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We demonstrate here that the principle of frequency-selective spin-echoes can be extended to the measurements of long-range homonuclear scalar J-couplings in the solid-state. Singly or doubly frequency-selective pulses were used to generate either a J-modulated experiment (S) or a reference experiment (S0). The combination of these two distinct experiments provides experimental data that, in favorable cases, are insensitive to incoherent relaxation effects, and which can be used to estimate long-range homonuclear J-couplings in multiple spin-systems. The concept is illustrated in the case of a uniformly (13)C and (15)N labeled sample of L-histidine, where the absolute value of homonuclear J-couplings between two spins separated by one, two or three covalent bonds are measured. Moreover, we show that a (2)J((15)N-C-(15)N) coupling as small as 0.9 Hz can be precisely measured with the method presented here.
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- Pierre Thureau
- Aix-Marseille Univ., CNRS, UMR 7273: Institut de Chimie Radicalaire, 13397 Marseille, France.
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Larink D, Ren J, Eckert H. Spectral editing based on scalar spin-spin interactions: new results on the structure of metathiophosphate glasses. SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE 2012; 45-46:30-35. [PMID: 22664187 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2012.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2012] [Accepted: 05/09/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The local structure of glassy NaPS(3) and AgPS(3) was analyzed based on quantitative (31)P MAS-NMR spectroscopy. The glasses contain some oxide impurities, which could be quantified from the NMR spectral analysis. Four discrete resonances are observed in both glasses, which were assigned to four distinct types of phosphate groups P((n)), where n is the number of P-S-P bridges(i.e., P((0)), P((1)), P((2)), and P((3)) units, respectively) with the help of 2D homonuclear J-resolved and INADEQUATE methods. Based on the results obtained, the interpretations of previous spectra obtained at low spinning speeds on lithium and silver thiophosphate glasses (Chem. Mater. 2 (1990), 273, and J. Am. Chem. Soc. 114 (1992), 5775) need to be revised. Contrary to the situation in alkali phosphate glasses, the corresponding sulfide analogs are characterized by a wide P((n)) species distribution close to that predicted by a statistical charge distribution. INADEQUATE experiments fail to detect P((n))-P((n-1)) connectivities, suggesting that the structure of these glasses is rather inhomogeneous, possibly featuring the different P((n)) species in segregated domains.
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- Dirk Larink
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, WWU Münster, Münster, Germany
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Hill MR, Bastow TJ, Bourgeois L, Turner DR, Seeber A, McBean K, Whitfield HJ. A simple route to full structural analysis of biophosphates and their application to materials discovery. Dalton Trans 2012; 41:5497-501. [PMID: 22426245 DOI: 10.1039/c2dt00023g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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An integrated suite of synthesis and characterisation techniques that includes synchrotron-based single crystal, powder X-ray diffraction, nuclear magnetic resonance and electron diffraction have been employed to uncover two new distinct structures in the Ca(x)Ba(2-x)P(2)O(7) polymorphic phosphate system. These materials have particular relevance for their application as both biomaterials and phosphors. Calcium barium pyrophosphate, CaBaP(2)O(7), was shown by a combination of spectroscopic and diffraction techniques to have two polymorphs distinct in structure from all of the five previously reported polymorphs of Ca, Sr and Ba pyrophosphate. A high temperature polymorph HT-CaBaP(2)O(7) prepared at 1200 °C is orthorhombic, of space group P(212121) with a = 13.0494 Å, b = 8.9677 Å, c = 5.5444 Å. A low temperature polymorph LT-CaBaP(2)O(7), prepared below 1000 °C, is monoclinic with space group P2(1)/c and dimensions a = 12.065 Å, b = 10.582 Å, c = 9.515 Å, β = 94.609°.
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- Matthew R Hill
- CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, Clayton South MDC, VIC, Australia. matthew.hill@csiro
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Kiani A, Lakhkar NJ, Salih V, Smith ME, Hanna JV, Newport RJ, Pickup DM, Knowles JC. Titanium-containing bioactive phosphate glasses. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2012; 370:1352-1375. [PMID: 22349246 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The use of biomaterials has revolutionized the biomedical field and has received substantial attention in the last two decades. Among the various types of biomaterials, phosphate glasses have generated great interest on account of their remarkable bioactivity and favourable physical properties for various biomedical applications relating to both hard and soft tissue regeneration. This review paper focuses mainly on the development of titanium-containing phosphate-based glasses and presents an overview of the structural and physical properties. The effect of titanium incorporation on the glassy network is to introduce favourable properties. The biocompatibility of these glasses is described along with recent developments in processing methodologies, and the potential of Ti-containing phosphate-based glasses as a bone substitute material is explored.
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- A Kiani
- Division of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, University College London Eastman Dental Institute, 256 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8LD, UK
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Barrow NS, Yates JR, Feller SA, Holland D, Ashbrook SE, Hodgkinson P, Brown SP. Towards homonuclear J solid-state NMR correlation experiments for half-integer quadrupolar nuclei: experimental and simulated 11B MAS spin-echo dephasing and calculated 2JBB coupling constants for lithium diborate. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:5778-89. [DOI: 10.1039/c0cp02343d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Slater C, Laurencin D, Burnell V, Smith ME, Grover LM, Hriljac JA, Wright AJ. Enhanced stability and local structure in biologically relevant amorphous materials containing pyrophosphate. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1039/c1jm13930d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Yates JR. Prediction of NMR J-coupling in solids with the planewave pseudopotential approach. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2010; 48 Suppl 1:S23-S31. [PMID: 20625980 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.2646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We review the calculation of NMR J-coupling in solid materials using the planewave pseudopotential formalism of Density Functional Theory. The methodology is briefly summarised and an account of recent applications is given. We discuss various aspects of the calculations which should be taken into account when comparing results with solid-state NMR experiments including anisotropy and orientation of the J tensors, the reduced coupling constant, and the relation between J and crystal structure.
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- Jonathan R Yates
- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PH, UK.
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Hanna JV, Smith ME. Recent technique developments and applications of solid state NMR in characterising inorganic materials. SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE 2010; 38:1-18. [PMID: 20605082 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2010.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2010] [Revised: 05/29/2010] [Accepted: 05/31/2010] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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A broad overview is given of some key recent developments in solid state NMR techniques that have driven enhanced applications to inorganic materials science. Reference is made to advances in hardware, pulse sequences and associated computational methods (e.g. first principles calculations, spectral simulation), along with their combination to provide more information about solid phases. The resulting methodology has allowed more nuclei to be observed and more structural information to be extracted. Cross referencing between experimental parameters and their calculation from the structure has given an added dimension to NMR as a characterisation probe of materials. Emphasis is placed on the progress made in the last decade especially from those nuclei that were little studied previously. The general points about technique development and the increased range of nuclei observed are illustrated through some specific exemplars from inorganic materials science.
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- J V Hanna
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV47AL, UK
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