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Overview

Ago Samoson is affiliated with Tallinn University of Technology in Estonia, with a research focus primarily in Chemistry, concentrating on spectroscopy and its applications. Their work involves several subfields including Spectroscopy, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Molecular Biology, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The main topics of Ago Samoson's research encompass:

  • Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications
  • NMR spectroscopy and applications
  • Electron Spin Resonance Studies
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
  • Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
  • Advancements in Battery Materials

Their publication record includes contributions to several journals with multiple works appearing in:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • ChemBioChem
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • Chemical Science

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Ago Samoson include:

  • Protein NMR Spectroscopy at 150 kHz Magic-Angle Spinning Continues To Improve Resolution and Mass Sensitivity (2020, ChemBioChem)
  • Selectively Enhanced ¹H-¹H Correlations in Proton-Detected Solid-State NMR under Ultrafast MAS Conditions (2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters)
  • Multiscale Investigation of Sodium-Ion Battery Anodes: Analytical Techniques and Applications (2024, Advanced Energy Materials)
  • Faster magic angle spinning reveals cellulose conformations in woods (2021, Chemical Communications)
  • High and fast: NMR protein-proton side-chain assignments at 160 kHz and 1.2 GHz (2023, Chemical Science)

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Mai-Liis Org
  • Andres Oss
  • Raiker Witter
  • Eric Chung-Yueh Yuan
  • Shing-Jong Huang

Best Publications

  • Structural studies of silicates by solid-state high-resolution silicon-29 NMR

    E. Lippmaa;M. Maegi;A. Samoson;G. Engelhardt

  • High resolution solid-state N.M.R.

    A. Samoson;E. Lippmaa;A. Pines

  • High-resolution aluminum-27 NMR of aluminosilicates

    E. Lippmaa;A. Samoson;M. Magi

  • Investigation of the structure of zeolites by solid-state high-resolution silicon-29 NMR spectroscopy

    E. Lippmaa;M. Maegi;A. Samoson;M. Tarmak

  • Solid-state high-resolution silicon-29 chemical shifts in silicates

    M. Magi;E. Lippmaa;A. Samoson;G. Engelhardt

  • Excitation phenomena and line intensities in high-resolution NMR powder spectra of half-integer quadrupolar nuclei

    A. Samoson;E. Lippmaa

  • Satellite transition high-resolution NMR of quadrupolar nuclei in powders

    A. Samoson

  • De Novo 3D Structure Determination from Sub-milligram Protein Samples by Solid-State 100 kHz MAS NMR Spectroscopy

    Vipin Agarwal;Susanne Penzel;Kathrin Szekely;Riccardo Cadalbert

  • High resolution MAS-NMR of quadrupolar nuclei in powders

    A Samoson;E Kundla;E Lippmaa

  • Quantitative high-resolution 27Al NMR: tetrahedral non-framework aluminium in hydrothermally treated zeolites

    A. Samoson;E. Lippmaa;G. Engelhardt;U. Lohse

  • High-resolution NMR of quadrupolar nuclei in rotating solids

    E. Kundla;A. Samoson;E. Lippmaa

  • Structural studies of calcium aluminosilicate glasses by high resolution solid state 29Si and 27Al magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance

    G. Engelhardt;M. Nofz;K. Forkel;F. G. Wihsmann

  • High resolution 29Si n.m.r. of dealuminated and ultrastable Y-zeolites

    G. Engelhardt;U. Lohse;A. Samoson;M. Mägi

  • Central transition NMR excitation spectra of half-integer quadrupole nuclei

    A. Samoson;E. Lippmaa

  • Nanomole-scale protein solid-state NMR by breaking intrinsic 1H T1 boundaries

    Nalinda P. Wickramasinghe;Sudhakar Parthasarathy;Christopher R. Jones;Chhavi Bhardwaj

  • NMR experiments with a new double rotor

    Y Wu;B.Q Sun;A Pines;A Samoson

  • High-field high-speed MAS resolution enhancement in 1H NMR spectroscopy of solids.

    A Samoson;T Tuherm;Z Gan

  • High-resolution solid-state 29Si nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic studies of binary alkali silicate glasses

    A.-R. Grimmer;M. Mägi;M. Hähnert;H. Stade

  • A High-Resolution 17O and 29Si NMR Study of Zeolite Siliceous Ferrierite and ab Initio Calculations of NMR Parameters

    L. M. Bull;B. Bussemer;T. Anupõld;A. Reinhold

  • 2D NMR nutation spectroscopy in solids

    A Samoson;E Lippmaa

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark E. Smith
Mark E. Smith University of Southampton
Beat H. Meier
Beat H. Meier ETH Zurich
Matthias Ernst
Matthias Ernst ETH Zurich
Steven P. Brown
Steven P. Brown University of Warwick
Alexander Pines
Alexander Pines University of California, Berkeley
Anja Böckmann
Anja Böckmann University of Lyon System
Ivan Hung
Ivan Hung University of Hong Kong
Clare P. Grey
Clare P. Grey University of Cambridge
Malcolm H. Levitt
Malcolm H. Levitt University of Southampton
Gillian R. Goward
Gillian R. Goward McMaster University

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