Trityl radicals: spin labels for nanometer-distance measurements.
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Spin labelling with trityls: to gather information about the structure and dynamics of trityl radicals, spin-labelled polymers were measured with pulsed electron-electron double resonance (PELDOR) and double-quantum coherence (DQC). This study demonstrates that trityl radicals have great potential as spin labels that eliminate some limitations of nitroxide spin labels.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Chemistry
دوره 18 43 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012