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Abstract

High-resolution, proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra of 5-nanoliter samples have been obtained with much higher mass sensitivity [signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) per micromole] than with traditional methods. Arginine and sucrose show a mean sensitivity enhancement of 130 compared to 278-microliter samples run in a 5-millimeter tube in a conventional, commercial probe. This can reduce data acquisition time by a factor of >16,000 or reduce the needed sample mass by a factor of about 130. A linewidth of 0.6 hertz was achieved on a 300-megahertz spectrometer by matching the magnetic susceptibility of the medium that surrounds the detection cell to that of the copper coil. For sucrose, the limit of detection (defined at S/N = 3) was 19 nanograms (56 picomoles) for a 1-minute data acquisition. This technique should prove useful with mass-limited samples and for use as a detector in capillary separations.

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  2. Timothy L. Peck (additional)
  3. Andrew G. Webb (additional)
  4. Richard L. Magin (additional)
  5. Jonathan V. Sweedler (additional)
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@article{Olson_1995, title={High-Resolution Microcoil 1 H-NMR for Mass-Limited, Nanoliter-Volume Samples}, volume={270}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.270.5244.1967}, DOI={10.1126/science.270.5244.1967}, number={5244}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Olson, Dean L. and Peck, Timothy L. and Webb, Andrew G. and Magin, Richard L. and Sweedler, Jonathan V.}, year={1995}, month=dec, pages={1967–1970} }