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A new PGSE NMR experiment, designed to measure molecular diffusion coefficients in systems with nonvanishing static dipolar coupling, is described. The fast static dipolar dephasing of the single-quantum 13C coherences is removed by multiple-pulse heteronuclear decoupling. The resulting slow dephasing of the 13 coherences allows for inserting appropriate gradient pulses into the pulse sequence. The presence of the large magnetic field gradient reduces the efficiency of the decoupling sequences which is compensated for by introducing a scheme of sequential slice selection across the sample. The method is demonstrated by 19F-decoupled 13C PGSE NMR experiments in a lyotropic nematic and lamellar liquid crystal.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)102-110
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Magnetic Resonance
Volume142
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2000

    Scopus subject areas

  • Biophysics
  • Biochemistry
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Condensed Matter Physics

    Research areas

  • Cesium perfluorooctanoate, Heteronuclear dipolar decoupling, Liquid crystals, PGSE NMR, Slice selection

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