The paper "Dynamics on the Microsecond Timescale in Hydrous Silicates Studied by Solid-State 2H NMR Spectroscopy", written by John Griffin, Andrew Miller, Andrew Berry, Steve and Sharon Ashbrook, has been accepted for publication in Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.
Steve spent September and October in Paris, working with Dr Luminita Duma and the group of Professor Geoffrey Bodenhausen at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) [See Photo]. Steve was awarded a "Research in Paris" grant by the ville de Paris to work at the ENS. The research project involved developing 2H and 14N MAS NMR methods for studying dynamics in solids. During his time in France, Steve also gave research talks in Paris, Lyon and Lausanne, Switzerland, and visited the CEHMTI labotoratory in Orléans to perform experiments on the 750 MHz NMR spectrometer.
Teresa visited Steve at the ENS in Paris (22-25 September 2009) and helped to shim a new MAS probe [See Photo].
Sharon and Steve's paper "Spin-Locking of Half-Integer Quadrupolar Nuclei in NMR of Solids: Second-Order Quadrupolar and Resonance Offset Effects" has been published in J. Chem. Phys. [Get Reprint].
Steve attended the 6th Alpine Conference on Solid-State NMR in Chamonix, France (13-17 September 2009) and chaired probably the best session at the meeting, which included talks by Sharon Ashbrook and James Yesinowski.
A special "Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy" themed issue of the journal PCCP has appeared, with Paul Hodgkinson and Steve as Guest Editors. The special issue contains 22 excellent papers, including two specially commissioned Perspectives articles authored by Sharon Ashbrook and Anne Lesage.
Sharon, Michael, Jamie and Steve's paper "Second-Order Cross-Term Interactions in High-Resolution MAS NMR of Quadrupolar Nuclei" has been published in Prog. NMR Spectrosc. [Get Reprint].
Malcolm Levitt's group have put some amusing vector-model animations of several composite pulses on their website. The pulse with the highest level of error compensation is one of Steve's (J. Magn. Reson. A 109, 221-231 (1994)).
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