A new goniometer design for single-crystal nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

TY - JOUR

T1 - A new goniometer design for single-crystal nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

AU - Vosegaard, Thomas

AU - Langer, Vagn

AU - Christensen, Preben Daugård

AU - Hald, Eigil

AU - Bildsøe, Henrik K.

AU - Jakobsen, Hans J.

PY - 1996

Y1 - 1996

N2 - A new goniometer for single-crystal nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has been constructed and built into a multinuclear X-1H double-tuned probe for cross-polarization and/or 1H decoupling. Improvements in the ease of mounting/remounting the crystal on the three rotational axes and in the accuracy of the stepwise rotation about these axes have been achieved compared to the usual cube goniometer. A similar improvement is achieved for the determination of the orientation of the crystal relative to the goniometer frame. The NMR goniometer has three dovetail mortises that enable rotation of the crystal about three orthogonal axes, all perpendicular to the magnetic field. The crystal is glued onto a tenon that fits precisely into the dovetails of the NMR goniometer and also into a slightly modified x-ray diffraction goniometer, thereby allowing a high-accuracy determination of the orientation for the tensorial NMR interactions with respect to the crystal frame. The performance of the goniometer is illustrated by single-crystal 23Na NMR spectra of NaNO3.

AB - A new goniometer for single-crystal nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has been constructed and built into a multinuclear X-1H double-tuned probe for cross-polarization and/or 1H decoupling. Improvements in the ease of mounting/remounting the crystal on the three rotational axes and in the accuracy of the stepwise rotation about these axes have been achieved compared to the usual cube goniometer. A similar improvement is achieved for the determination of the orientation of the crystal relative to the goniometer frame. The NMR goniometer has three dovetail mortises that enable rotation of the crystal about three orthogonal axes, all perpendicular to the magnetic field. The crystal is glued onto a tenon that fits precisely into the dovetails of the NMR goniometer and also into a slightly modified x-ray diffraction goniometer, thereby allowing a high-accuracy determination of the orientation for the tensorial NMR interactions with respect to the crystal frame. The performance of the goniometer is illustrated by single-crystal 23Na NMR spectra of NaNO3.

U2 - 10.1063/1.1147026

DO - 10.1063/1.1147026

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:0030168129

SN - 0034-6748

VL - 67

SP - 2130

EP - 2133

JO - Review of Scientific Instruments

JF - Review of Scientific Instruments

IS - 6

ER -