Nanoscale nuclear magnetic resonance with chemical resolution

作者:Aslam, Nabeel; Pfender, Matthias; Neumann, Philipp*; Reuter, Rolf; Zappe, Andrea; de Oliveira, Felipe Favaro; Denisenko, Andrej; Sumiya, Hitoshi; Onoda, Shinobu; Isoya, Junichi; Wrachtrup, Joerg
来源:Science, 2017, 357(6346): 67-71.
DOI:10.1126/science.aam8697

摘要

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a key analytical technique in chemistry, biology, and medicine. However, conventional NMR spectroscopy requires an at least nanoliter-sized sample volume to achieve sufficient signal. We combined the use of a quantum memory and high magnetic fields with a dedicated quantum sensor based on nitrogen vacancy centers in diamond to achieve chemical shift resolution in H-1 and F-19 NMR spectroscopy of 20-zeptoliter sample volumes. We demonstrate the application of NMR pulse sequences to achieve homonuclear decoupling and spin diffusion measurements. The best measured NMR linewidth of a liquid sample was similar to 1 part per million, mainly limited by molecular diffusion. To mitigate the influence of diffusion, we performed high-resolution solid-state NMR by applying homonuclear decoupling and achieved a 20-fold narrowing of the NMR linewidth.

  • 出版日期2017-7-7