Detection of the Surface of Crystalline Y<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> Using Direct <SUP>89</SUP>Y Dynamic Nuclear Polarization


Brownbill, Nick J, Lee, Daniel, De Paepe, Gael and Blanc, Frederic ORCID: 0000-0001-9171-1454 (2019) Detection of the Surface of Crystalline Y<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> Using Direct <SUP>89</SUP>Y Dynamic Nuclear Polarization. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 10 (12). pp. 3501-3508.

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Abstract

Nuclei with low gyromagnetic ratio (γ) present a serious sensitivity challenge for nulear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Recently, dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) has shown great promise in overcoming this hurdle by indirect hyperpolarization (via <sup>1</sup>H) of these low-γ nuclei. Here we show that at a magnetic field of 9.4 T and cryogenic temperature of about 110 K direct DNP of <sup>89</sup>Y in a frozen solution of Y(NO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>3</sub> can offer signal enhancements greater than 80 times using exogeneous trityl OX063 monoradical by satisfying the cross effect magic angle spinning (MAS) DNP mechanism. The large signal enhancement achieved permits <sup>89</sup>Y NMR spectra of Y<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> and Gd<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>-added Y<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> materials to be obtained quickly (∼30 min), revealing a range of surface yttrium hydroxyl groups in addition to the two octahedral yttrium signals of the core. The results open up promises for the observation of low gyromagnetic ratio nuclei and the detection of corresponding surface and (sub-)surface sites.

Item Type: Article
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 19 Jun 2019 10:27
Last Modified: 14 Oct 2023 09:21
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b01185
Open Access URL: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b01185
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3046542
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