Nuclear magnetic resonance mechanism

The static methods include determinations of heat capacities (including differential thermal analysis), volume change, and, as a consequence of the Lorentz-Lorenz volume-refractive index relationship, the change in refractive index as a function of temperature. Dynamic methods are represented by techniques such as broad-line nuclear magnetic resonance, mechanical loss, and dielectric-loss measurements. 

The numerical value of the glass-transition temperature depends on the rate of measurement (see Section 10.1.2). The techniques are therefore subdivided into static and dynamic measurements. The static methods include determinations of heat capacities (including differential thermal analysis), volume change, and, as a consequence of the Lorentz-Lorenz volume-refractive index relationship, the change in refractive index as a function of temperature. Dynamic methods are represented by techniques such as broad-line nuclear magnetic resonance, mechanical loss, and dielectric-loss measurements. Static and dynamic glass transition temperatures can be interconverted. The probability p of segmental mobility increases as the free volume fraction / Lp increases (see also Section 5.5.1). For /wlf = of necessity, p = 0. For / Lp oo, it follows that p = 1. The functionality is consequently... 

Because this problem is complex several avenues of attack have been devised in the last fifteen years. A combination of experimental developments (protein engineering, advances in x-ray and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), various time-resolved spectroscopies, single molecule manipulation methods) and theoretical approaches (use of statistical mechanics, different computational strategies, use of simple models) [5, 6 and 7] has led to a greater understanding of how polypeptide chains reach the native confonnation. 

Transitions. Samples containing 50 mol % tetrafluoroethylene with ca 92% alternation were quenched in ice water or cooled slowly from the melt to minimise or maximize crystallinity, respectively (19). Internal motions were studied by dynamic mechanical and dielectric measurements, and by nuclear magnetic resonance. The dynamic mechanical behavior showed that the CC relaxation occurs at 110°C in the quenched sample in the slowly cooled sample it is shifted to 135°C. The P relaxation appears near —25°C. The y relaxation at — 120°C in the quenched sample is reduced in peak height in the slowly cooled sample and shifted to a slightly higher temperature. The CC and y relaxations reflect motions in the amorphous regions, whereas the P relaxation occurs in the crystalline regions. The y relaxation at — 120°C in dynamic mechanical measurements at 1 H2 appears at —35°C in dielectric measurements at 10 H2. The temperature of the CC relaxation varies from 145°C at 100 H2 to 170°C at 10 H2. In the mechanical measurement, it is 110°C. There is no evidence for relaxation in the dielectric data. 

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 2.1.1.3.A Electron Paramagnetic Resonance 2.1.1.4 Thermal/Mechanical Energy Interaction... 

The mechanism outlined above is supported by experimental findings. An intermediate 5 has been isolated, " and has been identified by and N-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Side-products have been isolated, which are likely to be formed from intermediate 4. N-isotope labeling experiments have shown that only the nitrogen remote from the phenyl group is eliminated as ammonia. 

In this review recent theoretical developments which enable quantitative measures of molecular orientation in polymers to be obtained from infra-red and Raman spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance have been discussed in some detail. Although this is clearly a subject of some complexity, it has been possible to show that the systematic application of these techniques to polyethylene terephthalate and polytetramethylene terephthalate can provide unique information of considerable value. This information can be used on the one hand to gain an understanding of the mechanisms of deformation, and on the other to provide a structural understanding of physical properties, especially mechanical properties. 

Nagayama et al. [36] studied a-sulfonation using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). They reported the presence of two intermediates. The first intermediate is the adduct of S03 to the carbonyl oxygen formed at low temperatures. In contrast to the mechanism of Stein et al., they did not propose a rearrangement of this intermediate but a second addition of S03 to the activated a-hydrogen to give the second intermediate. The reaction of the intermediate with sodium hydroxide can lead to the disodium salt if the neutralization is immediate or to the sodium a-sulfo fatty acid ester if the neutralization is delayed. 

Dawson, M.J., Gadian, D.G., Wilkie, D.R. (1980). Mechanical relaxation rate and metabolism studied in fatiguing muscle by phosphorus nuclear magnetic resonance. J. Physiol. 299,465-484. 

A study on the effectiveness of the E-plastomers as impact modifiers for iPP was carried out in relation to the traditional modifier EPDM. In this study, the flow properties of the E-plastomer-iPP and EPDM-PP blends were also evaluated. The blends were analyzed by solid-state 13C-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, microscopy (SEM), and DSC. The results showed that E-plastomer-PP and EPDM-PP blends present a similar crystallization behavior, which resulted in a similar mechanical performance of the blends. However, the E-plastomer-PP blend presents lower torque values than the EPDM-PP blend, which indicates a better processibility when E-plastomer is used as an impact modifier for iPP. 

It is an unfortunate fact that several preexisting theories have tried to explain complicated mechanical phenomena of CB-reinforced rubbery materials but they have not been so successful." " However, a recent report might have a capability of explaining them collectively," when the author accepted the existence of the component whose molecular mobility is different from that of matrix mbber component in addition to the existence of well-known bound rubber component. The report described that this new component might be the most important factor to determine the reinforcement. These mbber components have been verified by spin-spin relaxation time 2 by pulsed nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technique, ° while the information obtained by NMR is qualitative and averaged over the sample and, therefore, lacking in the spatial... 

Several mechanisms are involved in the permeability through Caco-2 cells. In order to obtain a more pure measure of membrane permeability, an experimental method based on ghost erythrocytes (red blood cells which have been emptied of their intracellular content) and diffusion constant measurements using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has been proposed [108]. 

Volume 177. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (Part B Structure and Mechanism) Edited by Norman J. Oppenheimer and Thomas L. James... 

At room temperature, nuclear magnetic resonance cannot used to distinguish between R2Mg and RMgX. What does this signify Propose a mechanism for a process to explain this observation. 

Crosslinked polymer networks formed from multifunctional acrylates are completely insoluble. Consequently, solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy becomes an attractive method to determine the degree of crosslinking of such polymers (1-4). Solid-state NMR spectroscopy has been used to study the homopolymerization kinetics of various diacrylates and to distinguish between constrained and unconstrained, or unreacted double bonds in polymers (5,6). Solid-state NMR techniques can also be used to determine the domain sizes of different polymer phases and to determine the presence of microgels within a poly multiacrylate sample (7). The results of solid-state NMR experiments have also been correlated to dynamic mechanical analysis measurements of the glass transition (1,8,9) of various polydiacrylates. 

Urry and coworkers 4 O 1 1 proposed a left-handed helical structure for gramicidin A. This conformation can undergo ion induced relaxations which provides a mechanism for the movement of the ion along the channel. These workers confirmed this proposed structure by nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry1 2. 

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