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ESR imaging investigations of two‐phase systems
Author(s) -
Herrmann Werner,
Stößer Reinhard,
Borchert HansHubert
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
magnetic resonance in chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.483
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1097-458X
pISSN - 0749-1581
DOI - 10.1002/mrc.1999
Subject(s) - chemistry , spin probe , electron paramagnetic resonance , phase (matter) , isotropy , hyperfine structure , coupling constant , resonance (particle physics) , spin (aerodynamics) , nernst equation , phase boundary , diffusion , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemical physics , nuclear magnetic resonance , thermodynamics , organic chemistry , atomic physics , optics , physics , electrode , particle physics
The possibilities of electron spin resonance (ESR) and electron spin resonance imaging (ESRI) for investigating the properties of the spin probes TEMPO and TEMPOL in two‐phase systems have been examined in the systems water/ n ‐octanol, Miglyol/Miglyol, and Precirol/Miglyol. Phases and regions of the phase boundary could be mapped successfully by means of the isotropic hyperfine coupling constants, and, moreover, the quantification of rotational and lateral diffusion of the spin probes was possible. For the quantitative treatment of the micropolarity, a simplified empirical model was established on the basis of the Nernst distribution and the experimentally determined isotropic hyperfine coupling constants. The model does not only describe the summarized micropolarities of coexisting phases, but also the region of the phase boundary, where solvent molecules of different polarities and tendencies to form hydrogen bonds compete to interact with the NO group of the spin probe. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.