title: Proton spin diffusion in polyethylene as a function of magic-angle spinning rate. A phenomenological approach.
abstract: Starting from the phenomenological Bloembergen-Purcell-Pound equation a relation between magic-angle spinning (MAS) rate and spin diffusion is derived. The resulting model equation was fitted to observed spin diffusion versus MAS rate data obtained at 298 K on an high-density polyethylene sample, revealing a reduction in the effective spin diffusivity by (65 + 5)% when increasing the MAS rate from 2 to 12 kHz. The same model equation enabled the rigid-lattice diffusivity to be estimated and was found to be only slightly higher, by approximately 10%, compared to the spin diffusivity observed at the lowest MAS rate applied (2 kHz). Moreover, the model equation predicts a reduction in the effective spin diffusivity by more than 90% when increasing the MAS rate to more than 30 kHz.
authors.affiliation: Physics Department, East China Normal University, 3663 Northern Zhongshan Road, Shanghai 200062, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhenlong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Lili
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Hansen