Signal enhancement in the triple-quantum magic-angle spinning NMR of spins-3/2 in solids: the FAM-RIACT-FAM sequence.

We achieve a significant signal enhancement for the triple-quantum magic-angle spinning NMR of a spin-3/2 system, by using an amplitude-modulated radiofrequency field, followed by a selective 90 degrees pulse and a phase-shifted strong rf field, for the triple-quantum excitation, and an amplitude-modulated radiofrequency field for the conversion of triple-quantum coherence to observable single-quantum coherence. The experiment is demonstrated on the (87)Rb NMR of polycrystalline rubidium nitrate. (c) 2002 Elsevier Science (USA).