Authors
David D Thomas, Larry R Dalton, James S Hyde
Publication date
1976/10/15
Journal
The Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume
65
Issue
8
Pages
3006-3024
Publisher
American Institute of Physics
Description
A comprehensive description is given of instrumental and theoretical methods employed to make accurate measurements of rotational correlation times using passage saturation transfer electron paramagnetic resonance (ST–EPR). Saturation transfer methods extend by several orders of magnitude the sensitivity of EPR to very slow motion; for example, for nitroxide spin labels, correlation times as long as 10−3 sec become accessible to measurement. Two ST–EPR detection schemes are discussed in detail: dispersion, detected 90° out of phase with respect to the 100 kHz field modulation, and absorption, detected 90° out of phase with respect to the second harmonic of the 50 kHz field modulation. The sensitivities of these configurations are illustrated with experimental spectra obtained from a system obeying isotropic Brownian rotational diffusion; namely, maleimide spin labeled human oxyhemoglobin in …
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DD Thomas, LR Dalton, JS Hyde - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 1976