Resolved magic-angle spinning of anisotropic samples in inhomogeneous fields

The chemical shift spectrum of a liquid embedded in a porous sample spinning at the magic angle has been recovered in the presence of static field and rf gradients. Field inhomogeneity and susceptibility broadening are averaged by a procedure that combines magic-angle turning with a train of z-rotation pulses. The experiment emulates the situation encountered in `ex situʹ NMR in which the sample is located away from the field sources. Given the equivalence of field and sample spinning, the results suggest that the use of a rotating magnetic field and refocusing pulses might enable the study of samples such as solids or fluids in porous materials external to the magnet.