Zagdoun, AlexandreRossini, Aaron J.Gajan, DavidBourdolle, AdrienOuari, OlivierRosay, MelanieMaas, Werner E.Tordo, PaulLelli, MorenoEmsley, LyndonLesage, AnneCoperet, Christophe2015-01-082015-01-082015-01-08201210.1039/c1cc15242dhttps://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/109997WOS:000298001300002A series of non-aqueous solvents combined with the exogenous biradical bTbK are developed for DNP NMR that yield enhancements comparable to the best available water based systems. 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane appears to be one of the most promising organic solvents for DNP solid-state NMR. Here this results in a reduction in experimental times by a factor of 1000. These new solvents are demonstrated with the first DNP surface enhanced NMR characterization of an organometallic complex supported on a hydrophobic surface.text::journal::journal article::research article