nuclear polarization (DNP) experiments. We tested the effects of 13 C enrichment in DMSO
on DNP of [1-13 C] pyruvate doped with trityl radical OX063Me. We found that the
polarization build-up time τ of pyruvate in 13 C-labeled DMSO glassing solution is twice as
fast as the unenriched DMSO while the nuclear magnetic resonance enhancement was
unchanged. This indicates that 13 C–13 C spin diffusion is a limiting factor in the kinetics of …