Cover; Copyright Page; List of Contributors; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1. Sensitivity-Enhanced NMR Techniques for the Study of Biomolecules; 1. Introduction; 2. General methodology; 3. Sensitivity improvement in isotropic mixing (TOCSY) experiments; 4. Sensitivity improvement in one-bond heteronuclear correlation experiments; 5. Sensitivity improvement in proton-detected two-dimensional heteronuclear relay spectroscopy; 6. Sensitivity improvement in three-dimensional heteronuclear correlation spectroscopy

7. Sensitivity improvement in proton-detected heteronuclear spin relaxation measurements8. Sensitivity enhancement in gradient-enhanced heteronuclear correlation spectroscopy; 9. Additional applications; 10. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 2. NMR Studies of the Structure and Properties of Cyclodextrins and Their Inclusion Complexes; 1. Introduction; 2. NMR experimental study of cyclodextrin inclusion phenomena; 3. Theoretical study of cyclodextrin inclusion complexes on the basis of NMR chemical shifts; 4. Concluding remarks; References

Chapter 3. Dynamic NMR Spectroscopy in Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry1. Introduction; 2. Developments in DNMR theory. methods and applications; 3. Future trends; References; Chapter 4. The Use of Proton MR in Cancer Pathology; 1. Introduction; 2. Experimental considerations; 3. Assignment of diagnostic resonances; 4. Colorectal cancer; 5. Cervical cancer; 6. Lymph node metastases; 7. Thyroid cancer; 8. Other cancers; 9. Chemical shift imaging; 10. Will histopathology remain the gold standard for the assessment of malignant disease?; 11. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References

Chapter 5. Pulsed-Field-Gradient NMR Studies of the Diffusion of Chain Molecules in Polymer Matrices1. Introduction; 2. Application of the PFG-NMR method to chain diffusion in polymeric systems; 3. Chain diffusion in matrices of unentangled polymer melts with different chain lengths: crossover from Zimm- to Rouse-type diffusion; 4. Tracer diffusion of short chains in the block copolymer mesophase; 5. Tracer diffusion and concentration fluctuations near the critical point of a polymer/polymer/good-solvent system; References

Chapter 6. Advances in Theoretical and Physical Aspects of Spin-Spin Coupling ConstantsNotation; 1. Introduction; 2. Calculation of spin-spin coupling constants; 3. Analysis of physical aspects of coupling constants; Acknowledgements; References; Index