Mixed-valence compounds as polarizing agents for Overhauser dynamic nuclear polarization in solids

Andrei Gurinov, Sieland Benedikt, Andrey Kuzhelev, Hossam Elgabarty, Thomas D Kühne, Thomas Prisner, Jan Paradies, Marc Baldus, Konstantin L Ivanov, Svetlana Pylaeva

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Abstract

Herein, we investigate a novel set of polarizing agents—mixed-valence compounds—by theoretical and experimental methods and demonstrate their performance in high-field dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) NMR experiments in the solid state. Mixed-valence compounds constitute a group of molecules in which molecular mobility persists even in solids. Consequently, such polarizing agents can be used to perform Overhauser-DNP experiments in the solid state, with favorable conditions for dynamic nuclear polarization formation at ultra-high magnetic fields.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)15371-15375
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie-International Edition
Volume60
Issue number28
Early online date28 Apr 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Jul 2021

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work has been supported by iNEXT-Discovery, grant number 871037, funded by the Horizon 2020 program of the European Commission. Svetlana Pylaeva would like to thank Prof. Matvey Fedin, Dr. Yury Lebedev for fruitful discussions of EPR experiments and organic synthesis. HE acknowledges the DFG for funding his temporary position as a principal investigator (Eigene Stelle). TDK acknowledges funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (grant agreement no. 716142). The generous allocation of supercomputer time by the Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing (PC2) is kindly acknowledged. JP acknowledges the DFG for funding (PA1562-14/1). The DNP experiments were supported by the Dutch Research Council (NWO grants 700.11.344 and 700.58.102 to MB). Open access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.

Funding Information:
This work has been supported by iNEXT‐Discovery, grant number 871037, funded by the Horizon 2020 program of the European Commission. Svetlana Pylaeva would like to thank Prof. Matvey Fedin, Dr. Yury Lebedev for fruitful discussions of EPR experiments and organic synthesis. HE acknowledges the DFG for funding his temporary position as a principal investigator (Eigene Stelle). TDK acknowledges funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (grant agreement no. 716142). The generous allocation of supercomputer time by the Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing (PC2) is kindly acknowledged. JP acknowledges the DFG for funding (PA1562‐14/1). The DNP experiments were supported by the Dutch Research Council (NWO grants 700.11.344 and 700.58.102 to MB). Open access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition published by Wiley-VCH GmbH

Keywords

  • DNP in solids
  • Overhauser effect
  • ab initio calculations
  • mixed valence compounds
  • molecular dynamics

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