“…Recently, a method employing self-assembling polypeptides was reported that allowed for the measurement of the 13 C NMR spectrum in an isotropic state, and then after an equilibration time ranging from hours to weeks, a complementary 13 C spectrum could be acquired in an aligned condition . Work in the Gil lab demonstrated that RDCs can be measured in a single experiment when using compressed gels due to the fact that after a certain degree of compression, the gels buckle and generate pockets of isotropic solvent, which are never eliminated. , The amount of buckling depends on the degree of polymeric cross-linking and the length of the gel …”