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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">MRD</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Magnetic Resonance Discussions</journal-title>
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<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Magn. Reson. Discuss.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2699-0059</issn>
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<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/mr-2026-9</article-id>
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<article-title>Line-Narrowing by Polychromatic Selective Spin-Locking in NMR</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Wiame</surname>
<given-names>Coline</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Loutfi</surname>
<given-names>Hadi</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Sheberstov</surname>
<given-names>Kirill</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3520-6258</ext-link>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Bodenhausen</surname>
<given-names>Geoffrey</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8633-6098</ext-link>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Chimie Physique et Chimie du Vivant (CPCV, UMR 8228), Department of Chemistry, Ecole Normale Supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne University, CNRS, Paris, 75005,  France</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>06</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>2026</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>19</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Coline Wiame et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<p>Selective Spin-Locking (SSL) of the magnetisation vectors of selected singlets or multiplets in high-resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectra by mono- or polychromatic selective radio-frequency (RF) irradiation can reduce the line-widths to the limit given by homogeneous &lt;em&gt;T&lt;/em&gt;&lt;sub&gt;1&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&amp;rho;&lt;/sub&gt; relaxation. The resulting line-narrowing leads to an increase in signal height of spectra of &lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;H, &lt;sup&gt;19&lt;/sup&gt;F, &lt;sup&gt;31&lt;/sup&gt;P or other nuclei that is in principle only limited by the ratio &lt;em&gt;T&lt;/em&gt;&lt;sub&gt;1&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&amp;rho;&lt;/sub&gt;/&lt;em&gt;T&lt;/em&gt;&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;*. At the same time, the scalar interactions that give rise to multiplets are decoupled, thus leading to an additional gain in signal height. Common one-dimensional (1D) experiments such as inversion recovery (IR) as well as the excitation and reconversion of Long-Lived States (LLS) by Spin-Lock Induced Crossing (SLIC) can significantly benefit from SSL.</p>
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<funding-source>European Research Council</funding-source>
<award-id>951459</award-id>
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