Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance.

SCOPE This review focuses on developments and applications in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance of solids appearing in the literature between October 1999 and October 2001. The review emphasizes uses of solid-state NMR spectroscopy to answer questions about problems in certain areas of chemistry and materials science. As time passes, the use of solid-state techniques to address problems in a wide variety of fields appears more frequently, so producing a review that spans solid-state NMR is difficult. Choosing topics to emphasize and what not to include necessarily reflects the authors’ bias. We do not try to review areas exhaustively. In particular, we may refer to one or a few articles on a system as representative of a particular problem addressed with NMR spectroscopy, and other similar work may be found in the literature. We hope to point the interested reader to areas of research, rather than enumerate all articles on a particular substance or area of endeavor. Further literature research will be necessary to delve into a particular area or into uses of NMR on a particular system.