EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS ON DEUTERIUM NMR IN THE SOLID-STATE BY MAGIC ANGLE SAMPLE SPINNING

Magic angle sample spinning has been applied to remove the first order quadrupole broadening in NMR spectra of deuterium in the solid state. The free induction decay of the rotating sample consists of a series of spatially induced echoes which were sampled in synchronism with the rotation to produce an isotropic decay. A minute adjustment of the axis of rotation with respect to the laboratory field direction was necessary since the spectra were narrowed by about three orders of magnitude. The resulting spectra exhibit resolved, isotropic, chemically shifted lines and indicate the feasibility of high resolution deuterium NMR in solids. © 1979.