Grafting nitroxide radicals on nanodiamond surface using click chemistry.

We demonstrate grafting of nitroxide radicals on the surface of nanodiamonds (NDs). The surface of NDs is functionalized by azide groups. Nitroxide radicals are covalently bonded using Cu(I)-catalyzed azide/alkyne-click chemistry approach.

Diffusion studies in confined nematic liquid crystals by MAS PFG NMR.

Pulsed field gradient (PFG) NMR and magic-angle spinning (MAS) NMR have been combined in order to measure the diffusion coefficients of liquid crystals in confined geometry. Combination of MAS NMR with PFG NMR has a higher spectroscopic resolution in comparison with conventional PFG NMR and improves the application of NMR diffusometry to liquid crystals. It is found that the confinement of the liquid crystal 5CB in porous glasses with mean pore diameters of 30 and 200 nm does not notably change its diffusion behavior in comparison with the bulk state.

1H NMR signal broadening in spectra of alkane molecules adsorbed on MFI-type zeolites.

The anisotropic behavior of C1-C6 alkane molecules adsorbed in MFI zeolite was studied by 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) using single-pulse excitation, Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill (CPMG) pulse sequence, Hahn echo (HE) pulse sequence, and magic-angle spinning. The molecular order parameter was obtained by both static 2H NMR spectroscopy and molecular simulations. This yields an order parameter in the range of 0.