PCCP: Solid-State NMR themed issue

A great collection of papers, plus two "recent advances" articles on spin-1/2 and quadrupolar nuclei.
Guest Editors: Paul Hodgkinson, Durham, UK, and Stephen Wimperis, Glasgow, UK

Editorial
Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, DOI: 10.1039/b914008p

Perspectives
Recent advances in solid-state NMR spectroscopy of spin
I = 1/2 nuclei
Anne Lesage, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009
DOI: 10.1039/b907733m

Recent advances in solid-state NMR spectroscopy of
quadrupolar nuclei
Sharon E. Ashbrook, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009,
DOI: 10.1039/b907183k

Papers
Solid-state 17O NMR as a sensitive probe of keto and gemdiol
forms of -keto acid derivatives
Jianfeng Zhu, Amanda J. Geris and Gang Wu, Phys. Chem.
Chem. Phys., 2009, DOI: 10.1039/b906438a

Anomalous resonances in 29Si and 27Al NMR spectra of
pyrope ([Mg,Fe]3Al2Si3O12) garnets: effects of paramagnetic
cations
Jonathan F. Stebbins and Kimberly E. Kelsey, Phys. Chem.
Chem. Phys., 2009, DOI: 10.1039/b904731j

New opportunities in acquisition and analysis of natural
abundance complex solid-state 33S MAS NMR spectra:
(CH3NH3)2WS4
Hans J. Jakobsen, Henrik Bildsøe, Jørgen Skibsted, Michael
Brorson, Bikshandarkoil R. Srinivasan, Christian Näther and
Wolfgang Bensch, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009,
DOI: 10.1039/b904841n

An analytic expression for the double quantum 1H nuclear
magnetic resonance build-up and decay from a Gaussian
polymer chain with dynamics governed by a single
relaxation time
Michael E. Ries and Michael G. Brereton, Phys. Chem. Chem.
Phys., 2009, DOI: 10.1039/b905350f

Static solid-state 14N NMR and computational studies of
nitrogen EFG tensors in some crystalline amino acids
Luke A. O Dell and Robert W. Schurko, Phys. Chem. Chem.
Phys., 2009, DOI: 10.1039/b906114b

Solid state deuteron relaxation time anisotropy measured
with multiple echo acquisition
Robert L. Vold, Gina L. Hoatson, Liliya Vugmeyster, Dmitry
Ostrovsky and Peter J. De Castro, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.,
2009, DOI: 10.1039/b907343d

Application of multinuclear magnetic resonance and gaugeincluding
projector-augmented-wave calculations to the
study of solid group 13 chlorides
Rebecca P. Chapman and David L. Bryce, Phys. Chem. Chem.
Phys., 2009, DOI: 10.1039/b906627f

High-resolution 17O double-rotation NMR characterization of
ring and non-ring oxygen in vitreous B2O3
Alan Wong, Andy P. Howes, Ben Parkinson, Tiit Anupõld, Ago
Samoson, Diane Holland and Ray Dupree, Phys. Chem. Chem.
Phys., 2009, DOI: 10.1039/b906501f

Probing chemical disorder in glasses using silicon-29 NMR
spectral editing
Julien Hiet, Michaël Deschamps, Nadia Pellerin, Franck Fayon and
Dominique Massiot, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009,
DOI: 10.1039/b906399d

GIPAW (gauge including projected augmented wave) and local
dynamics in 13C and 29Si solid state NMR: the study case of
silsesquioxanes (RSiO1.5)8
Christel Gervais, Laure Bonhomme-Coury, Francesco Mauri,
Florence Babonneau and Christian Bonhomme, Phys. Chem.
Chem. Phys., 2009
DOI: 10.1039/b907450c

Determining relative proton–proton proximities from the buildup
of two-dimensional correlation peaks in 1H double-quantum
MAS NMR: insight from multi-spin density-matrix simulations
Jonathan P. Bradley, Carmen Tripon, Claudiu Filip and Steven P.
Brown, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009
DOI: 10.1039/b906400a

Manifestation of Landau level effects in optically-pumped NMR
of semi-insulating GaAs
Stacy Mui, Kannan Ramaswamy, Christopher J. Stanton, Scott A.
Crooker and Sophia E. Hayes, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009
DOI: 10.1039/b907588g

Motional heterogeneity in single-site silica-supported species
revealed by deuteron NMR
Julia Gath, Gina L. Hoaston, Robert L. Vold, Romain Berthoud,
Christophe Copéret, Mary Grellier, Sylviane Sabo-Etienne, Anne
Lesage and Lyndon Emsley, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009
DOI: 10.1039/b907665d

Magnesium silicate dissolution investigated by 29Si MAS, 1H–
29Si CPMAS, 25Mg QCPMG, and 1H–25Mg CP QCPMG NMR
Michael C. Davis, William J. Brouwer, David J. Wesolowski,
Lawrence M. Anovitz, Andrew S. Lipton and Karl T. Mueller, Phys.
Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009
DOI: 10.1039/b907494e

Intermediate motions and dipolar couplings as studied by Lee–
Goldburg cross-polarization NMR: Hartmann–Hahn matching
profiles
Marcio Fernando Cobo, Kate ina Mali áková, Detlef Reichert, Kay
Saalwächter and Eduardo Ribeiro deAzevedo, Phys. Chem.
Chem. Phys., 2009
DOI: 10.1039/b907674c

Measurements of relative chemical shift tensor orientations in
solid-state NMR: new slow magic angle spinning dipolar
recoupling experiments
Andrew P. S. Jurd and Jeremy J. Titman, Phys. Chem. Chem.
Phys., 2009
DOI: 10.1039/b906814g

Signal loss in 1D magic-angle spinning exchange NMR
(CODEX): radio-frequency limitations and intermediate
motions
Christiane Hackel, Cornelius Franz, Anja Achilles, Kay Saalwächter
and Detlef Reichert, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009
DOI: 10.1039/b906527j

Calculation of fluorine chemical shift tensors for the
interpretation of oriented 19F-NMR spectra of gramicidin A in
membranes
Ulrich Sternberg, Marco Klipfel, Stephan L. Grage, Raiker Witter
and Anne S. Ulrich, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009
DOI: 10.1039/b908236k

J-Based 3D sidechain correlation in solid-state proteins
Ye Tian, Lingling Chen, Dimitri Niks, J. Michael Kaiser, Jinfeng
Lai, Chad M. Rienstra, Michael F. Dunn and Leonard J. Mueller,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009
DOI: 10.1039/b911570f

Natural abundance 13C and 15N solid-state NMR analysis of
paramagnetic transition-metal cyanide coordination polymers
Pedro M. Aguiar, Michael J. Katz, Daniel B. Leznoff and Scott
Kroeker, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009
DOI: 10.1039/b907747b