title: Quadrupole relaxation enhancement--application to molecular crystals.
abstract: A general theory of field dependent spin-lattice relaxation for nuclei of the spin quantum number 1/2 (1H, 19F, 13C) caused by dipole-dipole interactions with neighboring quadrupolar nuclei (nuclei possessing a quadrupolar moment) is presented. The theory is valid for arbitrary motional conditions and should be treated as a quadrupolar counterpart of the paramagnetic relaxation enhancement theory. When the energy level splitting of the dipolar spin (I=1/2) matches one of the transition frequencies of the quadrupolar nuclei one can observe a local enhancement of the dipolar spin relaxation (referred to as "quadrupolar peaks"). To see such effects the dynamics modulating the spin interactions has to be relatively slow. This brings the system beyond the validity range of perturbation approaches and requires the stochastic Liouville equation to be applied. The presented theory describes the quadrupolar relaxation enhancement (QRE) for an arbitrary spin quantum number of the quadrupolar nuclei and includes the asymmetry of the quadrupolar coupling. It has been applied to interpret the shape of magnetization curves (amplitude of 1H magnetization versus magnetic field) for the molecular crystal [C3N2H5]6[Bi4Br18] ([C3N2H5]-imidazolium). The magnetization curves show several dips (local minima) attributed to 1H-14N quadrupolar relaxation enhancement effects. In addition, as a limiting case a perturbation approach to QRE has been presented and its validity conditions have been discussed.
authors: University of Warmia & Mazury Olsztyn, Faculty of Mathematics & Computer Science, Sloneczna 54, PL-10710 Olsztyn, Poland. danuta.kruk@matman.uwm.edu.pl
authors: Danuta
authors: D
authors: Kruk
authors: Aleksandra
authors: A
authors: Kubica
authors: Wlodzimierz
authors: W
authors: Masierak
authors: Alexei F
authors: AF
authors: Privalov
authors: Milosz
authors: M
authors: Wojciechowski
authors: Wojciech
authors: W
authors: Medycki