List of Contributors ............................................ v
Preface ....................................................... vii
Resolution Enhancement in In Vivo NMR Spectroscopy
Cornelius Faber
1. Introduction ................................................. 2
2. Resolution in in vivo MRS .................................... 5
3. Spatial resolution ........................................... 6
4. Temporal resolution .......................................... 8
5. Spectral resolution ......................................... 10
6. Conclusion .................................................. 41
Acknowledgements ............................................... 41
References ..................................................... 42
Spin Echo NMR Diffusion Studies
Frank Stallmach and Petrik Galvosas
1. Introduction ................................................ 52
2. Fundamentals of pulsed field gradient NMR diffusion
studies ..................................................... 54
3. Review of PFG NMR pulse sequences ........................... 74
4. Generation and application of high-intensity pulsed field
gradients ................................................... 91
5. Recent PFG NMR diffusion studies on porous materials ....... 105
Acknowledgements .............................................. 122
References .................................................... 122
Recent Advances in Theoretical Calculations of Indirect
Spin-Spin Coupling Constants
Leonid B.Krivdin and Ruben H.Contreras
1. Introduction ............................................... 134
2. General features of spin-spin coupling constants ........... 135
3. Calculation of spin-spin coupling constants ................ 159
4. Computational results - an illustrative compilation and
a practical guide .......................................... 192
Acknowledgements .............................................. 234
References .................................................... 234
Solid-State NMR Studies on Semicrystalline Polymers
Gun Chen and Hiromichi Kurosu
1. Introduction ............................................... 247
2. Polyethylene and ethylene copolymers ....................... 248
3. Some other semicrystalline polymers ........................ 264
References .................................................... 281
Selective NMR Excitations in Chiral Analysis
Jonathan Farjon, Latifa Ziani, Laetitia Beguin, Denis
Merlet and Jacques Courtieu
1. Introduction ............................................... 283
2. Selective homonuclear refocusing experiments: SERF and
SERFph ..................................................... 284
3. Combination of variable angle sample spinning and SERF
or SERFph experiments ...................................... 288
4. Heteronuclear selective refocusing, HetSERF, experiments ... 289
5. Conclusion ................................................. 292
References .................................................... 292
Index ......................................................... 295
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