A. K. Ginkel, O. A. Morozov, S. L. Korableva, M. S. Pudovkin, R. M. Rakhmatullin, A. A. Rodionov, V. V. Semashko
{"title":"EPR and luminescence studies of Nd3⁺-Doped CeO2 Nano- and Microcrystals","authors":"A. K. Ginkel, O. A. Morozov, S. L. Korableva, M. S. Pudovkin, R. M. Rakhmatullin, A. A. Rodionov, V. V. Semashko","doi":"10.1007/s00723-026-01892-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-026-01892-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Here, we present the results of EPR and luminescence studies of Nd<sup>3+</sup> ions (0.1%, 0.5%, 1 mol%) doped into CeO<sub>2</sub> nano- and microparticles. CeO<sub>2</sub>:Nd<sup>3+</sup> nanoparticles were synthesized via two routes: direct coprecipitation from an aqueous solution, and a conversion method involving the synthesis of CeF<sub>3</sub>:Nd<sup>3+</sup> nanoparticles, followed by annealing in air at 600 °C to form CeO<sub>2</sub>:Nd<sup>3+</sup> nanostructures. Microparticles were prepared by grinding bulk CeF<sub>3</sub>:Nd<sup>3+</sup> crystals with subsequent annealing in air at 600 °C. XRD analysis of all annealed samples confirmed the formation a pure fluorite-type CeO<sub>2</sub> structure without secondary phases. The study reveals that the Nd<sup>3+</sup> ions doped into CeO<sub>2</sub> nanoparticles are located mainly in low-symmetry crystal fields and are EPR-silent. This finding unequivocally demonstrates that the doped Nd<sup>3+</sup> ions lack of an eight-fold oxygen environment in the nearest-neighbor positions within the synthesized nanoparticles. In contrast to the nanoparticles, EPR measurements of the microparticles showed that a small fraction of the Nd<sup>3</sup>⁺ ions occupies distorted cubic symmetry sites retaining an eight-fold oxygen coordination in the nearest-neighbor positions. It is suggested that in all studied samples, the Nd<sup>3+</sup> ions primarily occupy trigonal crystal field sites, with charge compensators aligned along the local [111] axis. This aligns with theoretical models indicating that the lowest energy level of Nd<sup>3+</sup> in a trigonal field is a \"non-resonant\" doublet (Γ<sub>4,5</sub>), resulting in a zero-transition probability for any magnetic field orientation. Luminescence measurements support the supposition that the Nd<sup>3</sup>⁺ ions occupy predominantly low symmetry sites.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"57 11-12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149338467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yannik Limbach, Philipp Schult, Katrin Paeschke, Bela E. Bode, Olav Schiemann
{"title":"Influence of Cell Type, Label Type, and Recovery Times on In-Cell Pulsed Dipolar Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Data","authors":"Yannik Limbach, Philipp Schult, Katrin Paeschke, Bela E. Bode, Olav Schiemann","doi":"10.1007/s00723-026-01889-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-026-01889-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In nature, most biomolecules perform their function in a cellular environment. It is therefore important to study their structure–dynamics–function relationships in cells and establish methods that can achieve this. Here, the suitability of pulsed dipolar electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy (PDS) for such studies is tested in combination with different label and cell types. The model protein GB1 was labeled with either a trityl- or gadolinium-based spin label and transfected via electroporation into two types of mammalian cells, i.e., HeLa and HEK293, and one type of bacterial cells, i.e., <i>E</i>. <i>coli</i>. The in-cell Q-band PDS measurements revealed that both labels remain intact in all three cell types, whereas unspecific binding to the tested cell types was observed for the trityl-labeled protein when used in high concentrations, no such behavior was detectable for the gadolinium label due to its significantly lower sensitivity at Q-band. Interestingly, the modulation depth decreased for both labels with increasing cell recovery time, potentially indicating intracellular protein degradation or aggregation processes. In contrast, <i>E</i>. <i>coli</i> enabled substantially shorter recovery times and yielded PDS data with preserved modulation depth and distance information. Thus, in-cell PDS studies on spin-labeled proteins are particularly useful when combined with <i>E</i>. <i>coli</i> cells.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"57 11-12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00723-026-01889-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149338090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Roman A. Babunts, Pavel G. Baranov, Nikolai G. Romanov
{"title":"Double Resonance Spectroscopy: Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance and Electron-Nuclear Double Resonance","authors":"Roman A. Babunts, Pavel G. Baranov, Nikolai G. Romanov","doi":"10.1007/s00723-026-01888-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-026-01888-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"57 11-12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149339491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the Case of Exchange Narrowing Absence in EPR Spectrum","authors":"K. M. Salikhov","doi":"10.1007/s00723-026-01882-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-026-01882-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>It has been shown that a high rate of spin exchange in bimolecular collisions of radicals in dilute solutions and alkali metal atoms in gases is a necessary, but still insufficient, condition for the observation of the effect of exchange narrowing of the initially inhomogeneously broadened EPR spectrum. For the manifestation of exchange narrowing, when fast spin exchange practically ceases to contribute to the exchange broadening of the observed homogeneously broadened EPR line, spin exchange must be equivalent. This means that when calculating the effective collision radii for spin dephasing (spin decoherence) and for the effect of quantum coherence transfer from the interaction partner (coherence transfer), conditions must be met that allow only the large Heisenberg exchange interaction to be considered at the moment of collision, while all other interactions such as spin–orbit, dipole–dipole spin–spin and hyperfine interactions can be neglected.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"57 11-12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149339402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction: Bernhard Blümich: On the Occasion of His 70th Birthday","authors":"Matthew Augustine, Peter Blümler, Jeffrey Reimer","doi":"10.1007/s00723-026-01866-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-026-01866-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"57 11-12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149222699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ruiyi Zhang, Yifan Song, Wenjing Cao, Nan Liu, Han Xiao, Xinming Wei, Anshan Xiao
{"title":"Applications of Low-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Technology in Petroleum Refining Processes","authors":"Ruiyi Zhang, Yifan Song, Wenjing Cao, Nan Liu, Han Xiao, Xinming Wei, Anshan Xiao","doi":"10.1007/s00723-026-01887-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-026-01887-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The extreme complexity of petroleum products makes the detection and monitoring of their physicochemical properties a persistent challenge in petroleum refining. Low-field nuclear magnetic resonance (LF-NMR) technology, particularly time-domain nuclear magnetic resonance (TD-NMR), is a rapid and non-destructive technique for characterizing fluid states and properties and has become a valuable tool for detecting and monitoring state changes during petroleum refining processes. Because it is simple, cost-effective, and requires minimal sample preparation, LF-NMR is well suited to the determination of composition, content and other key physicochemical parameters when ultra-high resolution analysis is not required. This review summarizes the applications of LF-NMR in petroleum refining processes, including physical property determination, chemical composition analysis, mixture analysis and porous material characterization. Current methodological limitations are also discussed, and future directions are proposed to support safer and high-quality refinery operations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"57 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149190013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aleksandr D. Prokhorov, Roman Minikayev, Andrey Prokhorov
{"title":"EPR Study of Crystal Lattice Distortions in Mn-Doped YGa3(BO3)4 and EuGa3(BO3)4","authors":"Aleksandr D. Prokhorov, Roman Minikayev, Andrey Prokhorov","doi":"10.1007/s00723-026-01886-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-026-01886-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The properties YGa<sub>3</sub>(BO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>4</sub> and EuGa<sub>3</sub>(BO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>4</sub> crystals doped with Mn<sup>2+</sup> were investigated by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and X‑ray diffraction methods in the temperature range 4–295 K. It was established that Mn<sup>2+</sup> impurity ions substitute trivalent rare‑earth ions while preserving the symmetry of the substitution site. Heating of the crystals is accompanied by a smooth decrease in the splitting of the ground S state (spin<i> S</i> = 5/2) of the manganese ion.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"57 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149132444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction: Features of Water Proton Relaxation in Saccharide Solutions: The Role of Chemical Exchange and Relaxation Dispersion","authors":"Tsukhlova Daria, Melnikova Daria, Shchitova Ekaterina, Tolstoy Peter, Sevryugin Vyacheslav, Skirda Vladimir","doi":"10.1007/s00723-026-01884-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-026-01884-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"57 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149132469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Roman A. Babunts, Marina V. Muzafarova, Nikolai G. Romanov, Pavel G. Baranov
{"title":"Optically Detected Cross-Relaxation Resonances in Insulating and Semiconductor Crystals","authors":"Roman A. Babunts, Marina V. Muzafarova, Nikolai G. Romanov, Pavel G. Baranov","doi":"10.1007/s00723-026-01883-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-026-01883-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The article summarizes the results of observation of cross-relaxation resonances discovered during studies of optically detected magnetic resonance in dielectric and semiconductor crystals conducted at the Ioffe Institute. The following phenomena are considered: cross-relaxation between optically pumped F-centers and impurity defects in irradiated crystals of alkali halides doped with thallium and indium, detected by monitoring magnetic circular dichroism in the absorption of F-centers; the Ce<sup>3+</sup>—Gd<sup>3+</sup> cross-relaxation registered via the luminescence of Ce<sup>3+</sup> in garnet crystals co-doped with cerium and gadolinium; cross-relaxation in the photoluminescence of localized heavy-hole excitons in GaAs/AlAs superlattices; cross-relaxation between NV centers and loosely coupled pairs of substitutional nitrogen atoms in diamond, and cross-relaxation between optically active S = 3/2 vacancy centers and other defects in silicon carbide.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"57 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149035009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of the Turbo Spin-Echo Factor on T2 Measurement Using the Multi-echo Turbo Spin-Echo Method: A Fast T2 Mapping Protocol","authors":"Norikazu Koori, Hiroki Kobayashi, Shohei Yamamoto, Nobukiyo Yoshida, Shin Miyakawa, Kota Sasaki, Hiroki Nosaka, Kenji Yasue, Masato Takahashi, Koichi Hanada, Hajime Ichikawa, Hiraku Fuse","doi":"10.1007/s00723-026-01885-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-026-01885-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The multi-echo turbo spin-echo (ME-TSE) method shortens acquisition time as the turbo spin-echo (TSE) factor increases; however, its influence on <i>T</i><sub>2</sub> value measurement remains unclear. Using the ME-TSE method, this study evaluated the error rates in <i>T</i><sub>2</sub> measurements caused by TSE factor variation. Sixty-three bottle phantoms were created by combining contrast agent and agar at different concentrations. Imaging was performed on a 1.5-T magnetic resonance imaging system using the multi-echo spin-echo (ME-SE) or ME-TSE method, with the TSE factor ranging from 2 to 10. The relative difference rates for <i>T</i><sub>2</sub> values were calculated based on the difference between each TSE factor and the reference (ME-SE). Higher TSE factors increased relative difference rates in phantoms with shorter <i>T</i><sub>2</sub> values, whereas relative difference rates decreased in phantoms with longer <i>T</i><sub>2</sub> values. Considering the balance between acquisition time and relative error, a TSE factor of 3 was deemed optimal, although it depends on the target <i>T</i><sub>2</sub> value of the measurement.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"57 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149027645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}