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Rapid Scan Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Opens New Avenues for Imaging Physiologically Important Parameters In Vivo
Published on: September 26, 2016
Franklin H Cho1, Viktor Stepanov2, Chathuranga Abeywardana2
1Department of Physics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Abstract:
Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and double electron-electron resonance (DEER) spectroscopies are powerful and versatile tools for studying local structures and dynamic properties of biological molecules. Similar to nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, EPR/DEER spectroscopies become more advantageous at higher frequencies and higher magnetic fields because of better spectral resolution as well as higher spin polarization. Here, we describe development of a high-frequency (HF) EPR/DEER spectrometer operating in the frequency range of 107-120 and 215-240 GHz and in the magnetic field range of 0-12.1 T, which has unique experimental capabilities such as enabling the complete spin polarization and wide-band DEER spectroscopy. Emphasis is given on the application of HF EPR/DEER techniques, and specific examples of HF EPR spectroscopy to drastically increase spin coherence in nanodiamonds as well as HF DEER spectroscopy to extract spin concentration in a diamond crystal are presented.
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