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Electron spin echo envelope modulation studies of natural abundance carbon-13 and aluminum-27 in two disordered systems

Journal Article · · J. Phys. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/j100324a002· OSTI ID:6478992

Electron spin echo envelope modulation (ESEEM) of stimulated echoes in two different systems--an Illinois No. 6 whole coal and a perylene radical ion adsorbed on alumina powder--reveals matrix interactions from natural abundance low-moment nuclei. Attributing a component of the ESEEM to C-13 in the coal sample and to Al-27 nuclei in the alumina, simulations of the modulations yield values for the hyperfine coupling (a/sub iso/ = 0.4 or 0.01 MHz), the interaction distance (r = 3.05 or 3.3 Angstrom), and the number of interacting nuclei (n approx. = 1). These values, being quite different than those obtained from the simulation of the proton matrix peaks, provide complementary information about the environments of the radicals.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Illinois, Urbana (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
6478992
Journal Information:
J. Phys. Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Phys. Chem.; (United States) Vol. 92:13; ISSN JPCHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English