title: NMR spin locking of proton magnetization under a frequency-switched Lee-Goldburg pulse sequence.
abstract: The spin dynamics of NMR spin locking of proton magnetization under a frequency-switched Lee-Goldburg (FSLG) pulse sequence is investigated for a better understanding of the line-narrowing mechanism in PISEMA experiments. For the sample of oriented 15N(1,3,5,7)-labeled gramicidin A in hydrated DMPC bilayers, it is found that the spin-lattice relaxation time T(1rho)(H) in the tilted rotating frame is about five times shorter when the 1H magnetization is spin locked at the magic angle by the FSLG sequence compared to the simple Lee-Goldburg sequence. It is believed that the rapid phase alternation of the effective fields during the FSLG cycles results in averaging of the spin lock field so that the spin lock becomes less efficient. A FSLG supercycle has been suggested here to slow the phase alternation. It has been demonstrated experimentally that a modified PISEMA pulse sequence with such supercycles gives rise to about 30% line narrowing in the dipolar dimension in the PISEMA spectra compared to a standard PISEMA pulse sequence.
authors.affiliation: Center for Interdisciplinary Magnetic Resonance, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, 1800 E. Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, USA. rfu@magnet.fsu.edu
authors.forename: Riqiang
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Changlin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Timothy A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Cross
mesh_terms: D006096:Gramicidin / Q000737:chemistry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
chemical_list: D006096:Gramicidin