A simple low-cost single-crystal NMR setup.
A low-cost single-crystal NMR kit is presented along with a web-based post-processing software. The kit consists of a piezo-crystal motor and a goniometer for the crystal, both embedded in a standard wide-bore NMR probe with a 3D printed scaffold. The NMR pulse program controls the angle setting automatically, and the post-processing software incorporates a range of orientation-angle discrepancies present in the kit and other single-crystal setups. Results with a NaNO3 single-crystal show a high degree of reproducibility and excellent agreement with previous findings for the anisotropic quadrupolar interaction.
Center for Ultrahigh-Field NMR Spectroscopy, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark; Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
Mads S
MS
Vinding
Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
Tommy O
TO
Kessler
Center for Ultrahigh-Field NMR Spectroscopy, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark; Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark. Electronic address: tv@chem.au.dk.
Thomas
T
Vosegaard
3D print; Goniometer; JavaScript; Piezo motor; Single-crystal NMR; jsNMR