scholarly journals Kilohertz electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy of single nitrogen centers at zero magnetic field

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (22) ◽  
pp. eaaz8244
Author(s):  
Fei Kong ◽  
Pengju Zhao ◽  
Pei Yu ◽  
Zhuoyang Qin ◽  
Zhehua Huang ◽  
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Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy is among the most important analytical tools in physics, chemistry, and biology. The emergence of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond, serving as an atomic-sized magnetometer, has promoted this technique to single-spin level, even under ambient conditions. Despite the enormous progress in spatial resolution, the current megahertz spectral resolution is still insufficient to resolve key heterogeneous molecular information. A major challenge is the short coherence times of the sample electron spins. Here, we address this challenge by using a magnetic noise–insensitive transition between states of different symmetry. We demonstrate a 27-fold narrower spectrum of single substitutional nitrogen (P1) centers in diamond with a linewidth of several kilohertz, and then some weak couplings can be resolved. Those results show both spatial and spectral advances of NV center–based EPR and provide a route toward analytical (EPR) spectroscopy at the single-molecule level.

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 6952-6960 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine Richert ◽  
Jonathan Cremers ◽  
Harry L. Anderson ◽  
Christiane R. Timmel

Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy reveals the molecular geometry and metal–ligand interactions in template-bound ten-membered bis-copper porphyrin nanorings.


2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (40) ◽  
pp. 27173-27177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Bolzonello ◽  
Marco Albertini ◽  
Elisabetta Collini ◽  
Marilena Di Valentin

In this work, the electronic structure of the triplet state of self-assembled J-aggregates of tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin (TPPS) has been characterized by means of time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.


2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1358-1367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Wandt ◽  
Cyril Marino ◽  
Hubert A. Gasteiger ◽  
Peter Jakes ◽  
Rüdiger-A. Eichel ◽  
...  

Time-resolved formation of micro-structured mossy/dendritic lithium is investigated during battery cycling byoperandoEPR spectroscopy, using a novel electrochemical cell design.


2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (31) ◽  
pp. 3827-3830 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Wang ◽  
Alistair J. Fielding ◽  
Robert A. W. Dryfe

In situ electrochemical electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy is presented as a means to distinguish between purely capacitive and pseudo-capacitive processes in supercapacitors.


2014 ◽  
Vol 50 (55) ◽  
pp. 7262-7264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan M. Hacker ◽  
Christian Hintze ◽  
Andreas Marx ◽  
Malte Drescher

Adenosine triphosphate is modified with two nitroxide radicals and employed to demonstrate that electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy can be used to study the enzymatic hydrolysis of doubly labelled substrate analogues.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinar Abdullin ◽  
Olav Schiemann

A method is introduced in which paramagnetic metal ions are localized by means of trilateration using a combination of site-directed spin labeling and pulsed dipolar electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.


2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrike Hochkirch ◽  
Werner Herrmann ◽  
Reinhard Stößer ◽  
Hans-Hubert Borchert ◽  
Michael W. Linscheid

Ultraviolet radiation is considered responsible for sunburning, premature skin aging, and cancerogenesis through the production of free radical species. Therefore, the favoured possibility for direct detection of unpaired electrons – electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy – is predestinated for detection and structural and dynamic analysis of this kind of molecules. However, many of UV induced radicals in skin have a short lifetime at ambient conditions and possibilities for stabilisation or transformation into definite para- or diamagnetic products have to be found. On the other hand, diamagnetic products, potentially also originated by reporter molecules, which are not detectable by EPR, are target molecules for mass spectrometric analysis. In this review, potentials and limitations of both spectroscopic methods are reviewed, and the effect of ultraviolet radiation on human skin is discussed in particular. Suitable combinations of both techniques result in detailed information about photoproducts and processes taking place within skin during and after irradiation. The literature is viewed from a recent perspective; historical aspects were not in the scope of this paper.


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