Boris Yavkin

Pb3+ radiation defects in Ca9Pb(PO4)6(OH)2 hydroxyapatite nanoparticles studied by high-field (W-band) EPR and ENDOR

W-band pulsed EPR and ENDOR investigations of X-ray irradiated nanoparticles of synthetic hydroxyapatite Ca(9)Pb(PO(4))(6)(OH)(2) are performed. It is shown that in the investigated species lead ions probably replace the Ca(1) position in the hydroxyapatite structure.

Nitrogen-containing species in the structure of the synthesized nano-hydroxyapatite

Synthesized by the wet chemical precipitation technique, hydroxyapatite (HAp) powders with the sizes of the crystallites of 20–50 nm and 1 μm were analyzed by different analytical methods. By means of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) it is shown that during the synthesis process nitrate anions from the reagents (byproducts) could incorporate into the HAp structure. The relaxation times and EPR parameters of the stable axially symmetric NO32− paramagnetic centers detected after X-ray irradiation are measured with high accuracy. Analyses of high-frequency (95 GHz) electron-nuclear double resonance spectra from 1H and 31P nuclei and ab initio density functional theory calculations allow suggesting that the paramagnetic centers and nitrate anions as the precursors of NO32− radicals preferably occupy PO43− site in the HAp structure.

High-frequency pulsed ENDOR spectroscopy of the NV− centre in the commercial HPHT diamond

This work reports direct 94GHz ENDOR spectroscopy of the (14)N nuclei in the NV(-) centre in single-crystal diamond. Roadmaps of ENDOR frequencies were measured and hyperfine/quadrupole interaction parameters were obtained, with AX,Y=-2.7MHz, AZ=-2.2MHz and P=-4.8MHz. The sign and value of each parameter was calculated using spin Hamiltonian matrix diagonalization, first and second order perturbation theory and confirmed experimentally. Magnetic field magnitude was measured by (13)C ENDOR signal with 0.02% precision or 0.5mT. The orientation of quadrupole, hyperfine and fine structure tensors are the same within error of experiment, g-factor is isotropic.

A study of hydroxyapatite nanocrystals by the multifrequency EPR and ENDOR spectroscopy methods

Specimens of powders of hydroxyapatite (Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2) with average crystallite sizes in the range of 20–50 nm synthesized by the wet precipitation method have been investigated by the multifrequency (9 and 94 GHz) electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and electron-nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) methods. In specimens subjected to X-ray irradiation at room temperature, EPR signals that are caused by nitrogen compounds have been observed. Numerical calculations performed in terms of the density functional theory show that the observed EPR signal is caused by the occurrence of paramagnetic centers, the structure of which is NO32− and which replace the positions of PO43− in the hydroxyapatite structure.

Perspective of zero-field ODMR to study nano-biological systems

This work presents an introduction, a short literature review as well as our recent optical and high field magnetic resonance experiments with regard to the applications of nitrogen paramagnetic defects in (nano)diamonds for biomedical related research. The perspectives of combination of optical and magnetic resonance (high field electron paramagnetic resonance) spectroscopic methods for the sensitive spatially resolved screening of electrical and magnetic gradients in biological tissues on the nanoscale level are discussed.

Reply to 'Comment on 'Angstrom-scale probing of paramagnetic centers location in nanodiamonds by 3He NMR at low temperatures'' by A. Shames, V. Osipov and A. Panich, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018, 20, DOI: 10.1039/c8cp03331e

Shames et al. made a comment on our article (DOI: 10.1039/C7CP05898E) stating that their experience in EPR studies of detonation nanodiamonds suggests the existence of two main types of paramagnetic center in detonation nanodiamonds which questions our results. In this reply we provide insights into why there is only one main type of paramagnetic centers detected in nanodiamonds used in this work, which validates the correctness of the proposed original method to determine the distances between paramagnetic centers and nanoparticle surfaces by 3He NMR.