Hydration-controlled X-band EPR spectroscopy: A tool for unravelling the complexities of the solid-state free radical in eumelanin

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 4965-4972

  Mostert, A Bernardus ^a   Hanson, Graeme R ^a   Sarna, Tadeusz ^b   Gentle, Ian R ^a   Powell, Benjamin J ^a   Meredith, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICALS; HYDRATION; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETISM;

CARBON-CENTERED RADICALS; CONTINUOUS WAVES; ELECTRONIC POTENTIALS; EPR SIGNALS; INTERMOLECULAR STRUCTURES; SEMIQUINONE RADICALS; SEMIQUINONES; SPIN DENSITIES;

MELANIN;

EID: 84877018304     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp401615e     Document Type: Article

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