| Abstract: | The roles of both anisotropic motion and the interdependence of multiple motions in leading to nonexponential correlation functions for NMR relaxation data are explored. A motional model is developed in which rotational motions of segments of various lengths are controlled by the formation and disappearance of a suitable conformation. Such a model gives correlation functions which can be made, through adjustment of parameters, to be almost identical to correlation functions from other, quite different, models. The ability of NMR relaxation data to identify unique motional models is thus questioned. |
