The Story Goes On – Application of Established and Advanced NMR and MRI Techniques in Soil Science
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil and Plant Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 6123
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Interests: solid-state NMR; spectroscopy biogeochemistry; carbon sequestration; soil forest fires; biochar; organic matter; humic acid; soil chemistry; biodegradation; humic substances
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Dear colleagues,
During the last decades, both liquid and solid-state NMR spectroscopy in one and multiple dimension have been accepted as a powerful tool for the analysis of soil organic matter (SOM) and its alteration with changing environmental conditions. As further developments, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and fast field cycling (FFC) NMR relaxometry, high resolution magic angle spinning (HR-MAS) NMR or dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) NMR expanded considerably the selection of available NMR-based tools. Formerly discussed as highly innovative, some of those techniques turned into tools that nowadays are almost routinely applied, although their full potential for studying processes in soil is still only scarcely recognized. This can be explained by problems related to spectral resolution and sensitivity caused by the heterogeneous nature of soil-related material but also by the fact that many soil scientists are not aware that the technical improvements and the continuous developments of specialized and pulse techniques opened the door for new analytical approaches, which previously were not even feasible. In order to fill this gap, experienced NMR spectroscopists, working in the area of soil and environmental sciences as well as soil scientists applying these techniques, are invited to contribute to this special issue. The intention of this issue is to provide not only an introduction of the respective techniques to interested readers, but also to give examples of their successful application.
Dr. Heike Knicker
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- new NMR tools in soil and environmental sciences
- chemical characterization of soil components by NMR
- examination of dynamic processes in soils by NMR
- imaging of soil processes
- monitoring of soil management and pedogenic processes by NMR techniques
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