@article {411, title = {Enhancement of surface NMR by laser-polarized noble gases}, journal = {Physical Review B}, volume = {55}, year = {1997}, note = {Phys Rev BWy504Times Cited:65Cited References Count:34}, month = {May 1}, pages = {11604-11610}, abstract = {
The transfer of spin polarization from laser-polarized helium and xenon to spins such as H-1 and C-13 On the surface of high-surface-area solids (Aerosil) is demonstrated over a temperature range from 4 to 200 K. The transfer mechanism is dipole-dipole cross relaxation between the spins of the adsorbed mobile noble gas and the surface spins (spin-polarization-induced nuclear Overhauser effect). The enhancement of surface proton magnetization by laser-polarized helium at 4 K and 10 K is between one and twofold. Using laser-polarized xenon, enhancement factors of up to 20 were obtained when compared to the Boltzmann polarization in a field of 4.2 T and at a temperature of 130 K.
}, keywords = {he-3}, isbn = {0163-1829}, doi = {Doi 10.1103/Physrevb.55.11604}, url = {Optical pumping with laser light can be used to polarize the nuclear spins of gaseous xenon-129. When hyperpolarized xenon-129 is dissolved in liquids, a time-dependent departure of the proton spin polarization from its thermal equilibrium is observed, The variation of the magnetization is an unexpected manifestation of the nuclear Overhauser effect, a consequence of cross-relaxation between the spins of solution protons and dissolved xenon-129. Time-resolved magnetic resonance images of both nuclei in solution show that the proton magnetization is selectively perturbed in regions containing spin-polarized xenon-129. This effect could find use in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of surfaces and proteins and in magnetic resonance imaging.
}, keywords = {resonance}, isbn = {0036-8075}, doi = {Doi 10.1126/Science.271.5257.1848}, url = {