ABSTRACT
Solid-state NMR, being widely applied in materials chemistry, is especially valuable at probing complex molecular systems, particularly composites and other heterogeneous aggregates. This method represents an ideal tool for characterizations of objects with dimensions on a nanoscale. The number of publications where solidstate NMR has been used increases constantly and very rapidly. For example, following Dybowski, just between 2005 and 2009 the solid-state NMR literature has enriched itself with more than 3300 articles [1]. In addition currently this literature includes a large number of excellent reviews that describe in detail solid-state NMR applications for supramolecular systems [2], molecular sieves catalysts [3], and zeolite structures [4]. Some of them demonstrate new solid-state NMR techniques and approaches. For example, the review by Babonneau et al. [5] describing the new techniques, aimed at precise characterizations of interfaces in sol-gel materials and hybrid interfaces, is of great interest for materials chemists because it shows how the researcher can use the NMR parameters from isotropic chemical shifts to quadrupolar and dipolar interactions.
