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Title: Spin-selective recombination reactions of radical pairs: Experimental test of validity of reaction operators

Abstract

Spin-selective reactions of radical pairs are conventionally modelled using an approach that dates back to the 1970s [R. Haberkorn, Mol. Phys. 32, 1491 (1976)]. An alternative approach based on the theory of quantum measurements has recently been suggested [J. A. Jones and P. J. Hore, Chem. Phys. Lett. 488, 90 (2010)]. We present here the first experimental attempt to discriminate between the two models. Pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy has been used to investigate intramolecular electron transfer in the radical pair form of a carotenoid-porphyrin-fullerene molecular triad. The rate of spin-spin relaxation of the fullerene radical in the triad was found to be inconsistent with the quantum measurement description of the spin-selective kinetics, and in accord with the conventional model when combined with spin-dephasing caused by rotational modulation of the anisotropic g-tensor of the fullerene radical.

Authors:
 [1]; ;  [2];  [3]
  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Centre for Advanced Electron Spin Resonance, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford (United Kingdom)
  2. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 85287-1604 (United States)
  3. Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford (United Kingdom)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22220239
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Chemical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 139; Journal Issue: 23; Other Information: (c) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9606
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; ANISOTROPY; CAROTENOIDS; CHARGE EXCHANGE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSFER; FULLERENES; PARAMAGNETISM; RADICALS; REACTION KINETICS; SPECTROSCOPY; SPIN; SPIN-SPIN RELAXATION

Citation Formats

Maeda, Kiminori, Liddell, Paul, Gust, Devens, and Hore, P. J. Spin-selective recombination reactions of radical pairs: Experimental test of validity of reaction operators. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4844355.
Maeda, Kiminori, Liddell, Paul, Gust, Devens, & Hore, P. J. Spin-selective recombination reactions of radical pairs: Experimental test of validity of reaction operators. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4844355
Maeda, Kiminori, Liddell, Paul, Gust, Devens, and Hore, P. J. 2013. "Spin-selective recombination reactions of radical pairs: Experimental test of validity of reaction operators". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4844355.
@article{osti_22220239,
title = {Spin-selective recombination reactions of radical pairs: Experimental test of validity of reaction operators},
author = {Maeda, Kiminori and Liddell, Paul and Gust, Devens and Hore, P. J.},
abstractNote = {Spin-selective reactions of radical pairs are conventionally modelled using an approach that dates back to the 1970s [R. Haberkorn, Mol. Phys. 32, 1491 (1976)]. An alternative approach based on the theory of quantum measurements has recently been suggested [J. A. Jones and P. J. Hore, Chem. Phys. Lett. 488, 90 (2010)]. We present here the first experimental attempt to discriminate between the two models. Pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy has been used to investigate intramolecular electron transfer in the radical pair form of a carotenoid-porphyrin-fullerene molecular triad. The rate of spin-spin relaxation of the fullerene radical in the triad was found to be inconsistent with the quantum measurement description of the spin-selective kinetics, and in accord with the conventional model when combined with spin-dephasing caused by rotational modulation of the anisotropic g-tensor of the fullerene radical.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4844355},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22220239}, journal = {Journal of Chemical Physics},
issn = {0021-9606},
number = 23,
volume = 139,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Dec 21 00:00:00 EST 2013},
month = {Sat Dec 21 00:00:00 EST 2013}
}