title: Application of fast amplitude-modulated pulse trains for signal enhancement in static and magic-angle-spinning 47,49Ti-NMR spectra.
abstract: It is demonstrated that the use of fast amplitude-modulated RF pulse trains with constant (FAM-I) and incremented pulse durations (SW-FAM) leads to considerable sensitivity enhancement for the central-transition signal (via spin population transfer from the satellite transitions) for solid-state NMR spectra of titanium, 47Ti (I = [Formula: see text] and 49Ti (I = [Formula: see text]. For the magic-angle spinning spectra of TiO2 and BaTiO3, the intensity of the 49Ti central-transition line was more than doubled compared to simple Hahn-echo acquisition, while for the static case, enhancement factors of 1.6 (TiO2) and 1.8 (BaTiO3) were obtained. No lineshape distortions are observed in either MAS or static spectra of both compounds. Employment of the FAM and SW-FAM sequences should be useful in the routine acquisition of 47,49Ti spectra, as the NMR signal can be detected much faster.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics NMR Group, University of Halle, Friedemann-Bach-Platz 6, 06108 Halle, Germany. braeuniger@physik.uni-halle.de
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bräuniger
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Madhu
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pampel
authors.forename: Detlef
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reichert