EPR Spectroscopy

EPR spectroscopy is a versatile, nondestructive technique widely used in chemistry, biology, and physics. It detects molecules and materials with unpaired electrons making it a very selective technique that produces a wealth of information on such systems. Its high sensitivity makes it suitable in analyzing very small samples, single crystals, or reaction intermediates like radicals. This textbook takes a practical approach that introduces the basic concepts of EPR to suffi cient detail to allow the reader to gain a basic knowledge of EPR and understand how experiments are carried out and how spectra are analyzed and interpreted. Many illustrative examples are included drawn from solid-state physics and bioinorganic chemistry. It is suitable as a short introduction for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students taking their fi rst steps into EPR research.

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Doros T. Petasis B. S. Physics at Indiana University, M. S. Physics and Ph. D. Physics at Carnegie Mellon University, Post-Doctoral Fellow and Research Scientist at the Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University. Now Professor of Physics at Allegheny College.

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From the Content:

• Theory of EPR Spectroscopy

• Practical Approach to EPR Spectroscopy

• Computational Techniques for Analysis

• Spectra Interpretation

• Biological Application of EPR Spectroscopy