High sensitivity nuclear magnetic resonance probe for anvil cell pressure experiments

Jürgen Haase; Swee K Goh; Thomas Meissner; Patricia L Alireza; Damian Rybicki

doi:10.1063/1.3183504

High sensitivity nuclear magnetic resonance probe for anvil cell pressure experiments

Rev Sci Instrum. 2009 Jul;80(7):073905. doi: 10.1063/1.3183504.

Authors

Jürgen Haase¹, Swee K Goh, Thomas Meissner, Patricia L Alireza, Damian Rybicki

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Physics and Earth Science, University of Leipzig, Linnéstrasse 5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.

PMID: 19655963
DOI: 10.1063/1.3183504

Abstract

While the highest pressures can be achieved with diamond anvil cells, limited sample size and anvil geometry have hampered their application in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments due to weak signal-to-noise. Here we report a new probe design that is based on having the resonant radio frequency coil that encloses the sample within the anvil cell inside the gasket hole. This increases the filling factor tremendously and results in greatly enhanced NMR sensitivity. The setup is described together with room temperature Na and Al NMR experiments.