Fourier-Transform EPR

2017 - Volume 6 eMagRes
Volume 6, Issue 3
Michael K. Bowman

Michael K. Bowman

The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

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Hanjiao Chen

Hanjiao Chen

The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

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Alexander G. Maryasov

Alexander G. Maryasov

V. V. Voevodsky Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, Novosibirsk, Russia

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First published: 15 September 2017
Citations: 6

Abstract

EPR spectra and spectrally resolved relaxation rates or hyperfine couplings can be measured in pulse EPR experiments. The EPR frequencies and selection rules seen in continuous wave-EPR (CW-EPR) spectra also govern pulse EPR-experiments, but pulsed excitation provides much greater control of spin dynamics and allows clean separation and measurement of many properties of the spin system. The response of a simple, isotropic paramagnetic center is examined, and the frequency content and amplitudes of pulse EPR signals and Fourier-transform EPR (FT-EPR) spectra are described. Common, but more complicated, spin systems are discussed: centers with anisotropically coupled nuclear spins resulting in ESEEM (electron-spin echo envelope modulation); centers with substantial g -anisotropy; and centers with S = 1 and biradicals. Several approaches for obtaining 1-D and 2-D FT-EPR spectra are demonstrated with paramagnetic centers in crystalline and noncrystalline solids.

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