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Published on: September 26, 2016
First determination of the spin relaxation properties of a nitronyl nitroxide in solution by electron spin echoes at
A Collauto1, A Barbon, M Brustolon
1Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, I-35131 Padova, Italy.
Abstract:
We studied by electron spin echo pulse methods the spin relaxation properties of a phenyl nitronyl nitroxide radical (2-phenyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl 3-oxide, PTIO) at X-band in fluid toluene solution in a wide temperature range, and in a water/glycerol 1:1 mixture near room temperature. The relaxation properties of PTIO have been compared with that of Tempone, as a widely used nitroxide. By a new procedure, based on experimental results on the temperature dependences of the relaxation times T(1) and T(2), and on the approximation of an isotropic brownian rotational diffusion, we separated non-secular, spin rotational and residual terms from the transverse relaxation rate to isolate secular and pseudosecular contributions. By comparing the results for the two radicals we found the differences in the magnetic properties that give rise to slower transverse (T(2)) and longitudinal (T(1)) electron spin relaxation for PTIO in the whole temperature range explored in this work.
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