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- The study presents a new reduced Liouville space model to simulate how protons cause spin diffusion.
- This model effectively explains the process of carbon-13 polarization transfer in a powdered sample when subjected to magic-angle spinning.
- Notably, the model is derived directly from the crystal structure, requiring no adjustable parameters for accuracy.
Article Abstract
Herein we design a reduced Liouville space for the simulation of proton-driven spin diffusion. Using this approach, the experimentally observed carbon-13 polarisation transfer in a powder sample undergoing magic-angle spinning is quantitatively described, directly from crystal geometry and without any adjustable parameters.
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