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We extend earlier studies of the effects of relaxation on the intensities of pulsed ENDOR signals by introducing a Davies/Hahn (D/H) pulsed ENDOR multi-sequence that corresponds to a series of Davies sequences with the preparation pulse 'turned off. In this pulse train, the Hahn [pi/2, pi] detection pulse pair of sequence n-1 both generates the echo detected for that sequence and acts as the preparation portion of sequence n, in effect replacing the pi preparation pulse of the Davies sequence. We show both theoretically, through a master-equation approach, and with both H-1 (I= 1/2) and N-14 (I= 1) ENDOR experiments on the non-heme Fe enzymes, superoxide reductase (SOR) (S = 1/2) and AntDO (S = 3/2), that under conditions of high electron-spin polarization (high microwave frequency/low temperature) the D/H multi-sequence allows simplification of ENDOR spectra by suppression of nuclear transitions associated with the ins = +1/2 (alpha) manifold. As such suppression depends on the sign of A, it allows determination of this sign. The suppression as a function of the time between individual sequences is found to exhibit behaviors that can be classified into three regimes of the ratio of cross-relaxation to spin-lattice relaxation rates: strong cross-relaxation (X-case); comparable rates (XL); negligible cross relaxation (L). Interestingly, the ENDOR behavior of the S = 1/2 SOR center indicates it is an L case, while the S = 3/2 AntDO is an XL case. Overall, the D/H protocol appears to be a robust and general tool for using relaxation effects to manipulate ENDOR spectra.
- 出版日期2006-8
- 单位西北大学
