title: Description of depolarization effects in double-quantum solid state nuclear magnetic resonance experiments using multipole-multimode Floquet theory.
abstract: Using an analytical model based on multipole-multimode Floquet theory (MMFT), we describe the polarization loss (or depolarization) observed in double-quantum (DQ) dipolar recoupling magic angle spinning (MAS) experiments. Specifically, the factors responsible for depolarization are analyzed in terms of higher order corrections to the spin Hamiltonian in addition to the usual phenomenological decay rate constant. From the MMFT model and the effective Hamiltonians, we elucidate the rationale behind the inclusion of a phenomenological damping term in DQ recoupling experiments. As a test of this theoretical approach, the recoupling efficiency of one class of (13)C-(13)C and (13)C-(15)N resonance width dipolar recoupling experiments are investigated at different magnetic field strengths and compared with the more exact numerical simulations. In contrast to existing analytical treatments, the role of higher order corrections is clearly explained in the context of the MMFT approach leading to a better understanding of the underlying spin physics. Furthermore, the analytical model presented herein provides a general framework for describing coherent and incoherent effects in homonuclear and heteronuclear DQ MAS recoupling experiments.
authors.affiliation: Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramachandran
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Griffin
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D002627:Chemistry, Physical / Q000379:methods*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D015233:Models, Statistical; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009587:Nitrogen Isotopes; D011789:Quantum Theory; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D009587:Nitrogen Isotopes