Articles | Volume 6, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/mr-6-229-2025
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/mr-6-229-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
A fast sample shuttle to couple high and low magnetic fields and applications in high-resolution relaxometry
Jorge A. Villanueva-Garibay
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Bruker BioSpin GmbH, Rudolf-Plank-Str. 23, 76275 Ettlingen, Germany
Andreas Tilch
Bruker BioSpin GmbH, Rudolf-Plank-Str. 23, 76275 Ettlingen, Germany
Ana Paula Aguilar Alva
Chimie Physique et Chimie du Vivant, CPCV, Département de chimie, École normale supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
Guillaume Bouvignies
Chimie Physique et Chimie du Vivant, CPCV, Département de chimie, École normale supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
Frank Engelke
Bruker BioSpin GmbH, Rudolf-Plank-Str. 23, 76275 Ettlingen, Germany
Chimie Physique et Chimie du Vivant, CPCV, Département de chimie, École normale supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
Agnes Glémot
Bruker BioSpin AG, Industriestrasse 26, 8117 Fällanden, Switzerland
Ulric B. le Paige
Chimie Physique et Chimie du Vivant, CPCV, Département de chimie, École normale supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
Giulia Licciardi
Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff”, University of Florence, via della Lastruccia 3, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019, Italy
Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), University of Florence, via Sacconi 6, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019, Italy
Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche MetalloProteine (CIRMMP), via Sacconi 6, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019, Italy
Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff”, University of Florence, via della Lastruccia 3, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019, Italy
Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), University of Florence, via Sacconi 6, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019, Italy
Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche MetalloProteine (CIRMMP), via Sacconi 6, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019, Italy
Giacomo Parigi
Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff”, University of Florence, via della Lastruccia 3, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019, Italy
Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), University of Florence, via Sacconi 6, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019, Italy
Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche MetalloProteine (CIRMMP), via Sacconi 6, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019, Italy
Philippe Pelupessy
Chimie Physique et Chimie du Vivant, CPCV, Département de chimie, École normale supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
Enrico Ravera
Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff”, University of Florence, via della Lastruccia 3, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019, Italy
Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), University of Florence, via Sacconi 6, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019, Italy
Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche MetalloProteine (CIRMMP), via Sacconi 6, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019, Italy
Alessandro Ruda
Chimie Physique et Chimie du Vivant, CPCV, Département de chimie, École normale supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
Lucas Siemons
Chimie Physique et Chimie du Vivant, CPCV, Département de chimie, École normale supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
Olof Stenström
Chimie Physique et Chimie du Vivant, CPCV, Département de chimie, École normale supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
Jean-Max Tyburn
Bruker BioSpin, 34 rue de l'Industrie BP 10002, Cedex, 67166 Wissembourg, France
Data sets
Data for "A fast sample shuttle to couple high and low magnetic fields and applications in high-resolution relaxometry" A. Ruda et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16894282
Short summary
Investigating NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) phenomena at variable magnetic fields is useful and insightful for hyperpolarization and molecular dynamics in particular. To benefit from high-resolution at high magnetic fields, field-dependent investigations can be performed using a high-field NMR spectrometer, with a sample shuttle apparatus for field cycling. Here, we introduce a new design of a sample shuttle which is fast, reliable, and narrow. We show a series of applications involving small molecules and a protein in solution.
Investigating NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) phenomena at variable magnetic fields is useful...