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High-Resolution Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy of Cultural Organic Material

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Solid state NMR methods permit the examination of the bulk material of objects of importance to cultural heritage, without differential sampling characteristic of liquid- and gas-phase techniques. Solid state 13C and 1H methods, primarily using magic angle spinning to enhance resolution and cross polarization (only with 13C) to enhance sensitivity (CP/MAS), permit analysis of organic components in a wide variety of historical and archaeological materials, including gemstones (amber, jet), wood, asphalt, food residues, rubber, lacquer, textiles, leather, parchment, paper, bone, and paintings. Heretofore the main drawback of the technique is that sample sizes are relatively large, 50–200 mg. Recent results, however, demonstrate that the use of a small sample chamber with very high spinning speeds can permit acquisition of data on <5 mg of sample.

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    Joseph B. Lambert

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    Yuyang Wu

  3. Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, 20560, USA

    Jorge A. Santiago-Blay

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Lambert, J.B., Wu, Y., Santiago-Blay, J.A. (2018). High-Resolution Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy of Cultural Organic Material. In: Webb, G. (eds) Modern Magnetic Resonance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28388-3_26

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