Integrated Stopped-Flow Device for the Study of Porous Materials Using Hyperpolarized 129Xe NMR

Anal Chem. 2024 Jun 11;96(23):9430-9437. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.4c00490. Epub 2024 May 31.

Abstract

A simple, low-cost, and efficient device is proposed for the study of porous materials via NMR using small gas probes. Mainly built through additive manufacturing and being equipped with a radiofrequency solenoid microcoil, it only requires tiny quantities of sample and/or gas and is particularly suited for hyperpolarized xenon. The performances of this device have been accessed on a commercial sample of MCM-41 exhibiting multiporosity. Both the delivery mode of hyperpolarized xenon and the stopped-flow system are judged as efficient according to 2D 129Xe self-diffusion and EXSY experiments.