Surface-selective characterization of materials with NMR has been quite useful in the few cases where sufficient sensitivity and selectivity have been achieved.1 In this communication we report the use of laser-polarized xenon as the source of magnetization for a high-field cross polarization experiment, obtaining surfaceselective magnetization transfer. Gas-phase xenon with nuclear spin polarization several orders of magnitude higher than thermal Boltzmann levels in a high magnetic field can be produced using optically pumped rubidium vapor according to the pioneering work of Happer and co-workers.1 2 The angular momentum of circularly polarized laser light is transferred, via the rubidium

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