Front Cover -- Annual Reports on NMR Spectroscopy -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter One: Solid-State NMR Studies of Lithium Ion Dynamics Across Materials Classes -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Diffusion: Lithium in Solids -- 1.2. Basics of Diffusion in Solid State -- 1.3. Li Nuclear Magnetic Resonance -- 2. Methods -- 2.1. Spin Relaxation NMR -- 2.2. Beta-NMR -- 2.3. Field Gradient NMR -- 2.4. Exchange NMR Spectroscopy -- 2.5. Spin Alignment Echo NMR -- 3. Application of NMR Methods in Materials -- 3.1. Hydrides -- 3.2. Oxides -- 3.3. Chalcogenides -- 3.4. Sulfates -- 3.5. Aluminates -- 3.6. Nitrides -- 3.7. Carbides -- 3.8. Silicides -- 3.9. Silicates -- 3.10. Halides -- 3.11. Transition Metal Oxides -- 3.11.1. Titanates -- 3.11.2. Vanadates -- 3.11.3. Niobates -- 3.11.4. Oxides of Co and Mn -- 3.11.5. Oxides of Ta and Zr -- 3.12. Transition Metal Chalcogenides -- 3.13. Transition Metal Phosphates -- 3.14. Garnets -- 3.15. Other Inorganic Compounds -- 3.16. Zeolites -- 3.17. Metallic Lithium -- 3.18. Glasses -- 3.18.1. Chalcogenide Glasses -- 3.18.2. Borate Glasses -- 3.18.3. Phosphate Glasses -- 3.18.4. Silicate Glasses -- 3.18.5. Mixed Glasses -- 3.19. Polymers -- 3.20. Organic Solids -- 4. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter Two: Orphan Spin Polarization: A Catalyst for High-Throughput Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy of Proteins -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Single and Multiple Acquisition MAS Solid-State NMR -- 3. Dual Polarization Pathways and Simultaneous Acquisition of Multidimensional Experiments -- 4. Deconvolution of Transferred and Residual Polarization Pathways Enables the Acquisition of Multiple Two- and Three-Dime ... -- 5. How Far Can We Push the Residual Polarization? -- 6. Strategies for Choosing the Best Scheme for Simultaneous Acquisition of ssNMR Experiments -- 7. Conclusions and Outlook.

Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter Three: Analytic Theory of Multiple-Quantum NMR of Quadrupolar Nuclei -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theory and Discussion -- 2.1. Excitation in MQ Experiments -- 2.2. Evolution of Coherences (Indirect Dimension) -- 2.3. Reconversion of MQ Coherences -- 2.3.1. Single-Pulse Method -- 3. Z-Filter Method -- 4. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A -- A.1. Representation of Quadrupolar Interactions -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- C.1. Phase-Cycling Schemes for Two-Pulse MQ Experiments -- C.2. Phase-Cycling Schemes for Three-Pulse MQ Experiments (Z-Filter) -- References -- Chapter Four: Recent Advances in NMR Studies of Carbohydrates -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Experimental NMR Methods -- 2.1. One-Dimensional NMR Experiments -- 2.2. Two- and Multidimensional NMR Experiments -- 2.3. Diffusion-Ordered Spectroscopy -- 2.4. Solid-State NMR -- 2.5. Multidimensional NMR Spectrum -- 2.6. Paramagnetism-Assisted NMR of Oligosaccharides -- 3. Noncovalent Interaction Studied by NMR -- 3.1. Sugar-Protein Interaction -- 3.2. Other Sugar Complexes -- 4. Structural and Conformational Analysis of Saccharides -- 4.1. Monosaccharides and Their Derivatives -- 4.2. Oligo- and Polysaccharides -- 5. Mechanistic Investigations -- 6. NMR Development in Carbohydrate Impurities Profiling -- 7. Computational NMR Methods -- 7.1. Force Fields -- 7.2. Computational NMR of Carbohydrates -- 7.3. CASPER Approach -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.