Use of cross-correlated NMR relaxation for the study of motional anisotropy of liquid crystals

Bhattacharyya, Rangeet and Kumar, Anil (2003) Use of cross-correlated NMR relaxation for the study of motional anisotropy of liquid crystals. In: Chemical Physics Letters, 372 (1-2). pp. 35-44.

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Abstract

A method to measure the rotational diffusion coefficients of a liquid crystal based on the measurements of auto and cross-correlated relaxation is presented here. We report the measurements of cross-correlations between the relaxation processes originating from the chemical shift anisotropy (CSA) of $^{13}C$ and its dipolar coupling with the attached proton, for various carbons in a liquid crystal. The spectral densities are expressed as a function of motional parameters, using extended Lipari–Szabo model-free approach. These motional parameters were extracted from the measured self-relaxation, cross-relaxation and the cross-correlation rates. The potential of this method is demonstrated by the determination of the rotational diffusion coefficients of N-4-methoxybenzylidene-4-butylaniline (MBBA) at 297 K undergoing magic angle sample spinning.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Chemical Physics Letters
Publisher:	Elsevier Science B.V.
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science B.V.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Sophisticated Instruments Facility (Continued as NMR Research Centre) Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2007
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:29
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/7535

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