Pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy powered by a free-electron laser

Nature

Volumn 489, Issue 7416, 2012, Pages 409-413

  Takahashi, S ^a,b   Brunel, L C ^b   Edwards, D T ^b   Van Tol, J ^c   Ramian, G ^b   Han, S ^b   Sherwin, M S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; NITROGEN;

BIOLOGY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FREE RADICAL; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; LASER; MAGNETIC FIELD; NITROGEN OXIDES; PROTEIN; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPECTROMETER;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FREE ELECTRON LASER; LASER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ROTATION;

ALLYL COMPOUNDS; BENZENE; CYCLIC N-OXIDES; DIAMOND; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FREE RADICALS; LASERS; NITROGEN OXIDES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866522613     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11437     Document Type: Article

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