Magnetic Flux Tailoring through Lenz Lenses in Toroidal Diamond Indenter Cells: A New Pathway to High Pressure Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Abstract

A new pathway to nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in high pressure diamond anvil cells is introduced, using inductively coupled broadband passive electro-magnetic lenses to locally amplify the magnetic flux at the isolated sample, leading to an increase in sensitivity. The lenses are adopted for the geometrical restrictions imposed by a toroidal diamond indenter cell, and yield high signal-to-noise ratios at pressures as high as 72 GPa, at initial sample volumes of only 230 pl. The corresponding levels of detection, LODt, are found to be up to four orders of magnitude lower compared to formerly used solenoidal micro-coils in diamond anvil cells, as shown by Proton-NMR measurements on paraffin oil. This approach opens up the field of ultra-high pressure sciences for one of the most versatile spectroscopic methods available in a pressure range unprecedended up to now.