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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance with Spin Singlet States and Nitrogen Vacancy Centers in Diamond
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are techniques widely utilized by many scientific fields, but their applications are often limited by short spin relaxation times and low sensitivity. This thesis explores two novel forms of NMR addressing these issues: nuclear spin singlet states for extending spin polarization lifetime and nitrogen-vacancy centers for sensing small samples.Chemistry and Chemical Biolog
Dependence of nuclear spin singlet lifetimes on RF spin-locking power
We measure the lifetime of long-lived nuclear spin singlet states as a
function of the strength of the RF spin-locking field and present a simple
theoretical model that agrees well with our measurements, including the
low-RF-power regime. We also measure the lifetime of a long-lived coherence
between singlet and triplet states that does not require a spin-locking field
for preservation. Our results indicate that for many molecules, singlet states
can be created using weak RF spin-locking fields: more than two orders of
magnitude lower RF power than in previous studies. Our findings suggest that in
many biomolecules, singlets and related states with enhanced lifetimes might be
achievable in vivo with safe levels of RF power
Preparation of Nuclear Spin Singlet States Using Spin-Lock Induced Crossing
We introduce a broadly applicable technique to create nuclear spin singlet states in organic molecules and other many-atom systems. We employ a novel pulse sequence to produce a spin-lock induced crossing (SLIC) of the spin singlet and triplet energy levels, which enables triplet-singlet polarization transfer and singlet-state preparation. We demonstrate the utility of the SLIC method by producing a long-lived nuclear spin singlet state on two strongly coupled proton pairs in the tripeptide molecule phenylalanine-glycine-glycine dissolved in DO and by using SLIC to measure the J couplings, chemical shift differences, and singlet lifetimes of the proton pairs. We show that SLIC is more efficient at creating nearly equivalent nuclear spin singlet states than previous pulse sequence techniques, especially when triplet-singlet polarization transfer occurs on the same time scale as spin-lattice relaxation.Physic
A statistical learning framework for mapping indirect measurements of ergodic systems to emergent properties
The discovery of novel experimental techniques often lags behind contemporary
theoretical understanding. In particular, it can be difficult to establish
appropriate measurement protocols without analytic descriptions of the
underlying system-of-interest. Here we propose a statistical learning framework
that avoids the need for such descriptions for ergodic systems. We validate
this framework by using Monte Carlo simulation and deep neural networks to
learn a mapping between low-field nuclear magnetic resonance spectra and proton
exchange rates in ethanol-water mixtures. We found that trained networks
exhibited normalized-root-mean-square errors of less than 1% for exchange rates
under 150 s-1 but performed poorly for rates above this range. This
differential performance occurred because low-field measurements are
indistinguishable from one another at fast exchange. Nonetheless, where a
discoverable relationship between indirect measurements and emergent dynamics
exists, we demonstrate the possibility of approximating it without the need for
precise analytic descriptions, allowing experimental science to flourish in the
midst of ongoing theoretical wor
Dependence of nuclear spin singlet lifetimes on RF spin-locking power
We measure the lifetime of long-lived nuclear spin singlet states as a function of the strength of the RF spin-locking field and present a simple theoretical model that agrees well with our measurements, including the low-RF-power regime. We also measure the lifetime of a long-lived coherence between sin- glet and triplet states that does not require a spin-locking field for preservation. Our results indicate that for many molecules, singlet states can be created using weak RF spin-locking fields: more than two orders of magnitude lower RF power than in previous studies. Our findings suggest that for many endogenous biomolecules, singlets and related states with enhanced lifetimes might be achievable in vivo with safe levels of RF power.Chemistry and Chemical BiologyPhysic
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Nuclear spin singlet states as a contrast mechanism for NMR spectroscopy
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra of complex chemical mixtures often contain unresolved or hidden spectral components, especially when strong background signals overlap weaker peaks. In this article we demonstrate a quantum filter utilizing nuclear spin singlet states, which allows undesired NMR spectral background to be removed and target spectral peaks to be uncovered. The quantum filter is implemented by creating a nuclear spin singlet state with spin quantum numbers j = 0, m = 0 in a target molecule, applying a continuous RF field to both preserve the singlet state and saturate the magnetization of undesired molecules and then mapping the target molecule singlet state back into an NMR observable state so that its spectrum can be read out unambiguously. The preparation of the target singlet state can be carefully controlled with pulse sequence parameters, so that spectral contrast can be achieved between molecules with very similar structures. We name this NMR contrast mechanism ‘Suppression of Undesired Chemicals using Contrast-Enhancing Singlet States’ (SUCCESS) and we demonstrate it in vitro for three target molecules relevant to neuroscience: aspartate, threonine and glutamine.Physic
Probing scalar coupling differences via long-lived singlet states
a b s t r a c t We probe small scalar coupling differences via the coherent interactions between two nuclear spin singlet states in organic molecules. We show that the spin-lock induced crossing (SLIC) technique enables the coherent transfer of singlet order between one spin pair and another. The transfer is mediated by the difference in syn and anti vicinal or long-range J couplings among the spins. By measuring the transfer rate, we calculate a J coupling difference of 8 ± 2 mHz in phenylalanine-glycine-glycine and 2:57 AE 0:04 Hz in glutamate. We also characterize a coherence between two singlet states in glutamate, which may enable the creation of a long-lived quantum memory. Published by Elsevier Inc
NMR technique for determining the depth of shallow nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond
We demonstrate a robust experimental method for determining the depth of individual shallow nitrogen-vacancy
(NV) centers in diamond with ∼1 nm uncertainty. We use a confocal microscope to observe single NV centers and
detect the proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signal produced by objective immersion oil, which has well
understood nuclear spin properties, on the diamond surface. We determine the NV center depth by analyzing the
NV NMR data using a model that describes the interaction of a single NV center with the statistically polarized proton spin bath. We repeat this procedure for a large number of individual, shallow NV centers and compare the resulting NV depths to the mean value expected from simulations of the ion implantation process used to create the NV centers, with reasonable agreement.Physic