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Continuous-wave electron paramagnetic resonance (CW EPR), echo-detected (ED) EPR, and field-step electron-electron double resonance (FS ELDOR) were simultaneously applied to study molecular motions of nitroxide spin probes of two different types in glassyo-terphenyl. A strong linear temperature dependence of the overall splitting of the CW EPR lineshape was found for nitroxide Tempone and only a weak one for a phenyl-ring-containing imidasoline nitroxide. The linear temperature dependence of the splitting is explained within the model of harmonic librations. The assessed libration frequency for Tempone is of the order of 3·1012 rad/s. The observed remarkable difference between the two nitroxides is explained by the different strength of interactions between guest and host molecules and by dynamical heterogeneity of the glass. The nonlinear temperature dependence above 250 K is attributed to the onset of anharmonic motion that is postulated in a number of neutron scattering and Mössbauer spectroscopy studies for molecular glasses and proteins (the so-called dynamical transition). Above 245 K also ED EPR spectra change drastically, which may be explained on the same ground. Magnetization transfer was observed in FS ELDOR for nitroxide Tempone, with a time constant around 10−5 s. It was found to be almost temperature-independent between 160 K and 265 K and was attributed to the Johari-Goldstein β-relaxation process. For the phenyl-ring-containing imidasoline nitroxide this transfer was not observed, which may be explained again by the dynamical heterogeneity of the glass and by small effectivity of the β-relaxation process in this case.
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Dzuba, S.A., Salnikov, E.S. & Kulik, L.V. CW EPR, echo-detected EPR, and field-step ELDOR study of molecular motions of nitroxides ino-terphenyl glass: Dynamical transition, dynamical heterogeneity and β-relaxation. Appl. Magn. Reson. 30, 637–650 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03166223
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