Theoretical Tools for the Design of NMR Relaxation Dispersion Pulse Sequences
Publication date: Available online 2 July 2015
Source:Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Author(s): Nicola Salvi
Recent decades have witnessed tremendous progress in the development of new experimental methods for studying biomolecules, particularly in the field of NMR relaxation dispersion. Here we review the theoretical frameworks that provided the insights necessary for such progress. The effect of radio-frequency manipulations on spin systems is discussed using Average Hamiltonian
Theory (AHT), Average Liouvillian Theory (ALT), and Bloch-Wangsness-Redfield (BWR) relaxation theory. We illustrate these concepts using the case of Heteronuclear Double Resonance (HDR) methods.
Graphical abstract
More...