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Published on: August 18, 2012
Time-resolved EPR observation of synthetic eumelanin-superoxide radical pairs
Antonio Toffoletti1, Fosca Conti, Tommaso Sandron
1Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, via Marzolo, 1-35131 Padova, Italy. antonio.toffoletti@.unipd.it
Abstract:
TR-EPR spectra of UV irradiated synthetic eumelanin in equilibrium with air oxygen, reveal the formation of melanin-superoxide radical pairs and allow to determine both the electron dipolar interaction D and the exchange interaction J between the two radicals.

