Abstract
The Wideband Uniform Rate Smooth Truncation – Carr–Purcell Meiboom–Gill (WURST–CPMG) pulse sequence was recently introduced as a new method of acquiring ultra-wideline solid-state NMR (SSNMR) patterns of quadrupolar nuclei (Chem. Phys. Lett. 464 (2008) 97). Herein, we describe the application of the WURST–CPMG pulse sequence to stationary samples (i.e., non-spinning or “static” samples) of various spin-1/2 nuclides (119Sn, 207Pb, 199Hg and 195Pt) in order to examine its effectiveness for acquiring ultra-wideline SSNMR patterns. WURST–CPMG is compared to the CPMG and Cross Polarization (CP)–CPMG pulse sequences in select cases (119Sn and 207Pb, respectively), and its usefulness in obtaining ultra-wideline SSNMR spectra in a piecewise fashion is explored. In addition, a preliminary investigation of pulses generated using optimal control theory (OCT) for the purpose of wideline excitation is presented; spectra acquired using these pulses are compared with standard, rectangular pulses of similar pulse powers. Both methods show much promise for acquiring high quality wideline patterns dominated by chemical shift anisotropy, with minimal distortions and significantly reduced experimental times.
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