Abstract
7Li NMR relaxation measurements under spin-locking conditions are used to probe the dynamical properties of the lithium counterions within dense dispersions of charged anisotropic nanoplatelets. By simultaneously measuring the T1ρ and T2ρ relaxation times in addition to triple-quantum filtered relaxation times under the same spin-locking conditions, it is possible to separately quantify the contributions from the quadrupolar and the heterogeneous dipolar relaxation mechanisms. Thanks to the contribution from the residual quadrupolar coupling felt by the condensed lithium counterions, that procedure allows a broad dynamical range to be probed by performing spin-locking relaxation measurements using a limited number of irradiation powers. As illustrated by a multiscale modeling of the lithium diffusion and relaxation within such heterogeneous system, the frequency variation of the spectral densities characterizing the decorrelation of the quadrupolar coupling is a sensitive probe of the ionic mobility and the structure of the colloidal dispersion.
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