{"title":"Study of Saturation Properties of an Inhomogeneous CW-EPR Line in the Vicinity of Rabi Resonance: Possible Application for B1 Estimation","authors":"B. Rakvin, J. Jurec","doi":"10.1007/s00723-024-01693-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-024-01693-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The spectrum of continuous-wave electron paramagnetic resonance (CW-EPR) was analyzed with respect to the shape of the line under microwave (MW) power saturation (<span>({P}_{MW}sim {B}_{1}^{1/2};{B}_{1})</span> is intensity of MW magnetic field). The used <span>({B}_{1})</span> increases until the Rabi frequency <span>(({omega }_{1}=gamma {B}_{1})</span>, <span>(gamma)</span> is the electron gyromagnetic ratio) approaches the radiofrequency <span>(left({omega }_{rf}right))</span> used as the magnetic modulation frequency. The possible effect of Rabi resonance <span>(left({omega }_{1}={omega }_{rf}right))</span>, on spin packets system can be detected under the condition of “weak modulation near the Rabi resonance” (<span>({omega }_{2}ll {omega }_{1}approx {omega }_{rf}))</span> where <span>({omega }_{2})</span> is modulation amplitude of radiofrequency field expressed in frequency units. Inhomogeneously broadened, CW-EPR, lines of the P1 (<i>N</i><sub>s</sub><sup>0</sup>) nitrogen centers (30 ppm > [<i>N</i><sub>s</sub><sup>0</sup>] < 200 ppm) in diamond crystal and <i>E</i>’ defect in irradiated vitreous SiO<sub>2</sub> with long spin relaxation times (<span>({T}_{1})</span> and <span>({T}_{2})</span> ranged in the interval from around 2 ms to 1 µs at room temperatures) were selected for saturation study. Spectra were recorded using magnetic field modulation <span>(({omega }_{rf}/2pi =100)</span> kHz) with modulation amplitude <span>(({omega }_{2}/2pi =27text{ kHz}))</span> as the first harmonic for two phase-sensitive detections, detection in-phase with respect to the modulation frequency and detection 90° out-of-phase with respect of the modulation frequency. For the later detection, the resulting change near Rabi resonance can be related to the expected inversion of modulation sideband lines under resonance conditions. This effect detected in the saturation process on inhomogeneous spectral lines of P1 and <i>E</i>’ centers shows that both samples can be used as a standard for estimation <span>({B}_{1})</span> value.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"55 9","pages":"1183 - 1197"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141936228","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}
F. F. Murzakhanov, D. V. Shurtakova, E. I. Oleynikova, G. V. Mamin, M. A. Sadovnikova, O. P. Kazarova, E. N. Mokhov, M. R. Gafurov, V. A. Soltamov
{"title":"Spin Alignment of NV− Centers in 4H- and 6H-SiC Crystals Induced by IR and Visible Optical Excitation","authors":"F. F. Murzakhanov, D. V. Shurtakova, E. I. Oleynikova, G. V. Mamin, M. A. Sadovnikova, O. P. Kazarova, E. N. Mokhov, M. R. Gafurov, V. A. Soltamov","doi":"10.1007/s00723-024-01690-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-024-01690-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>It is acknowledged that a solid-state foundation for qubit implementation can be found in optically active high-spin vacancy-type defects (color centers) in semiconductors. Silicon carbide (SiC) crystals serve as a reliable host for defects, positioning them as strong competitors to the well-known nitrogen vacancy <span>({NV}^{-})</span> centers in diamond. This paper reports on photoinduced electron paramagnetic resonance (W-band, 94 GHz) spectroscopy measurements on 4H and 6H polytype SiC crystals which exhibit distinct optically polarizable color centers due to their unique structural and electronic properties. Spin defects such as negatively charged nitrogen vacancy centers and divacancies excited at 532 nm, are present in 4H-SiC. By contrast, only <span>({NV}^{-})</span> centers excited at 980 nm are found in 6H-SiC across a wide temperature range. These features make the 6H-SiC color centers promising for quantum technologies because of their excitation and luminescence in the near-infrared telecommunications range, as well as their ability to selectively target the resonant excitation of individual-based qubits.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"55 9","pages":"1175 - 1182"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141880775","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}
Andrei V. Egorov, Maria I. Egorova, Dmitry A. Mizyulin, Marina G. Shelyapina
{"title":"Water structure and Dynamics in Microporous Mordenite","authors":"Andrei V. Egorov, Maria I. Egorova, Dmitry A. Mizyulin, Marina G. Shelyapina","doi":"10.1007/s00723-024-01692-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-024-01692-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The local ordering and features of the molecular mobility of water confined in voids of a pure silica mordenite were studied using the molecular dynamics simulation over a temperature range from 298 to 163 K. The simulated system was a fragment of mordenite consisted of 2 × 2 × 4 unit cells filled with 384 water molecules. Three different water models: SPCE, SPCF, and TIP5P were considered. To study the effect of nanoconfinment, the results were compared with bulk water. The modeling suggests that at room temperature, a 2D (in c and b directions of the mordenite cell) water diffusion takes place, while upon cooling, the diffusion in b direction essentially slows down. The analysis of microstructure shows that the pores prevent the formation of a full tetrahedral structure of water environment that results in formation of several water substructures. A detailed analysis of water reorientational motion was carried out and the activation energies were determined from temperature dependences of the correlation times. Of the three water models considered, SPCE demonstrated the best performance. The results obtained can be helpful for interpretation of experimental temperature dependences of NMR relaxation rates for water molecules confined in porous media with complex topology.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"55 8","pages":"805 - 818"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141770228","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}
E. N. Frolova, O. A. Turanova, L. V. Bazan, I. V. Ovchinnikov, A. N. Turanov
{"title":"EPR in Research of the Magnetic Properties of Spin-Crossover Fe(III) Complexes with Polydentate Schiff Bases","authors":"E. N. Frolova, O. A. Turanova, L. V. Bazan, I. V. Ovchinnikov, A. N. Turanov","doi":"10.1007/s00723-024-01685-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-024-01685-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Schiff bases allow the creation of compounds with a wide variety of architectures and properties and have been of interest to researchers for many years. This mini-review describes some of the possibilities of the EPR method, which we use to study Fe(III) complexes with polydentate Schiff bases, many of which have been synthesized for the first time. Obtaining information at the local level using EPR spectroscopy allows us to grasp the molecular structure–property relationship and to adjust the synthesis strategy to create multifunctional substances with predetermined properties.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"55 9","pages":"987 - 1010"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141770227","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":"Insight into Details of Chemical Exchange Kinetics Studied by NMR CPMG Method","authors":"Janez Stepišnik, Aleš Mohorič","doi":"10.1007/s00723-024-01679-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-024-01679-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A more detailed insight into the chemical kinetics and dynamics of chemical exchanges within a molecule or between molecules in liquids is made possible by the NMR CPMG method, which, in addition to the exchange rate, gives its power spectrum, which contains information about the underlying processes of chemical exchange. The applicability of the method is demonstrated by measuring the chemical exchange in an aqueous solutions of sucrose, whose rate spectra have shapes that cannot be explained as transitions in a double potential well, but after interpretation using the chemical Langevin equations, it can be explained as a cascading chemical transition across several intermediate potential walls.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"55 8","pages":"847 - 854"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00723-024-01679-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141770229","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}
{"title":"Celebration of 80 Years of EPR","authors":"Kev M. Salikhov, Sandra S. Eaton, Gareth R. Eaton","doi":"10.1007/s00723-024-01688-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-024-01688-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We celebrate 80 years of EPR with a special issue of Applied Magnetic Resonance featuring both reviews and regular research articles. The focus is new opportunities for application of EPR and new directions for development of EPR. This introduction concisely surveys the scope of EPR and hints at future developments.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"55 9","pages":"869 - 888"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141770230","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}
Peter E. Doan, Alex Drena, Ajay Sharma, Brian M. Hoffman
{"title":"The Challenges and Opportunities of High-Spin Mn(II) EPR and ENDOR","authors":"Peter E. Doan, Alex Drena, Ajay Sharma, Brian M. Hoffman","doi":"10.1007/s00723-024-01680-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-024-01680-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We examine the electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and electron-nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) spectroscopy of three quite distinct high-spin Mn(II) systems and describe experimental techniques and methods of analysis that are useful in their study. We demonstrate that this S = 5/2 metal center provides useful orientation-selection through the Zero-Field Splitting (ZFS) tensor that enables determination of a <sup>13</sup>C hyperfine-coupling tensor with extremely small hyperfine interaction. We also demonstrate that Mims suppression effects can be used in concert with orientation-selection to edit complex <sup>[1,2]</sup>H ENDOR patterns that can be produced by even a ‘simple’ center with a single Mn(II). We develop a perturbation-based approach to understanding second-order shifts in Mn(II) ENDOR responses that occur in systems with intermediate ZFS values, and show that these shifts can be used to estimate the values of the ZFS tensors.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"55 9","pages":"969 - 986"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141740508","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}
Ilya A. Grishanovich, Yuliya A. Sypalova, Semyon L. Shestakov, Alexandr Yu. Kozhevnikov
{"title":"The Application of Hierarchical Cluster Analysis to Lignins Classification Based on Data of High-Resolution NMR and Solid-State NMR Spectra on 13C Nuclei","authors":"Ilya A. Grishanovich, Yuliya A. Sypalova, Semyon L. Shestakov, Alexandr Yu. Kozhevnikov","doi":"10.1007/s00723-024-01686-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-024-01686-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Lignin is the second most abundant biological polymer on Earth with a complex chemical structure. A large amount of different technical lignins are produced as a waste product of the pulp and paper industry and are not used rationally. The study of the structure of such lignins is relevant due to their potential applications. It is important to obtain comprehensive knowledge about the structure of lignin macromolecule and to classify lignins based on it. High-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments for dissolved samples are widely used to study this biopolymer. However, this approach does not allow researching insoluble technical lignins. Solid-state NMR spectroscopy may become a solution to this problem. In this paper, we propose an approach to classify the degree of lignin alteration by clustering of solid-state spectra with hierarchical cluster analysis method. This approach is important because of the lack of direct correlations between the NMR spectra of lignins in the dissolved and solid states, which is based on experimental data.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"55 8","pages":"827 - 838"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141770231","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}
Timofei V. Taran, Olga S. Pavlova, Mikhail V. Gulyaev, Dmitry S. Dmitriev, Aleksandr G. Pistrak, Kirill N. Ryabikov, Viktor P. Tarasov, Yury A. Pirogov
{"title":"Automated Image Registration and Perfusion Sorting Algorithms for PREFUL MRI","authors":"Timofei V. Taran, Olga S. Pavlova, Mikhail V. Gulyaev, Dmitry S. Dmitriev, Aleksandr G. Pistrak, Kirill N. Ryabikov, Viktor P. Tarasov, Yury A. Pirogov","doi":"10.1007/s00723-024-01684-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-024-01684-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Respiratory diseases are the leading cause of death and disabilities worldwide. Current clinical approaches are based on computed tomography and positron emission tomography which use harmful ionizing radiation and cannot be used often. Because of that, proton MRI is a promising tool for functional lung assessment. PREFUL MRI method was shown to yield promising results for future clinical use, however, no standard imaging protocols or computer programs which do not require human supervision exist. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to make a step toward automating and improving robustness of the PREFUL method. Several algorithms were designed including phase sorting for respiratory and heart cycles, image registration and lung segmentation. Ten healthy volunteers underwent PREFUL MRI study and maps of fractional ventilation (FV) and perfusion (<i>Q</i><sub>quant</sub>) were calculated. The maps showed no sign of any pathology and among all healthy volunteers the mean values of FV and <i>Q</i><sub>quant</sub> were 0.21 ± 0.08 and 460 ± 140 ml/min/100 ml, respectively. The obtained results are well agreed with known research data. Thus, our designed automated algorithms for PREFUL MRI can be implemented for assessing ventilation and perfusion of the lung.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"55 8","pages":"741 - 752"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141740510","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}
Denilson F. Oliveira, Alan R. T. Machado, Mariana G. Aguilar, Abraão J. S. Viana
{"title":"Differentiation of Cinchonine and Cinchonidine Derivatives Through 13C NMR Analysis of the Quinuclidine Ring","authors":"Denilson F. Oliveira, Alan R. T. Machado, Mariana G. Aguilar, Abraão J. S. Viana","doi":"10.1007/s00723-024-01687-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-024-01687-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>With a view to developing a procedure for the differentiation of cinchonine derivatives from cinchonidine derivatives by NMR analysis, experimental data on cinchonine and cinchonidine, after their dissolution in different solvents (CDCl<sub>3</sub>, CD<sub>3</sub>OD and DMSO-<i>d</i><sub><i>6</i></sub>), were compared with theoretical data, originating from different methodologies: DP4, DP4+ , <i>J</i>-DP4 and ANN. Taking into account the lower computational consumption, as well as the greater efficiency in differentiation, the method selected was the trained artificial neural networks (ANN), which considered only the <sup>13</sup>C data from the quinuclidine ring. The method successfully differentiated derivatives originating from OH group protection in ester and ether forms; replacement of the OH group by F and NH<sub>2</sub>; insertions of N<sub>3</sub>, 1<i>H</i>-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl and CH<sub>3</sub>O groups, linked to the quinoline ring; conversion of the vinyl group to the 1-benzyl-1<i>H</i>-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl; and of hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, and bromination of the vinyl group. In all cases the application of the ANN method succeeded in differentiation of cinchonine from cinchonidine derivatives.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"55 11","pages":"1377 - 1388"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141740509","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}