| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/S12883/01 |
| Title: |
EPR Spectroscopy at the University of Leeds |
| Principal Investigator: |
Bushby, Professor RJ |
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| Department: |
Sch of Chemistry |
| Organisation: |
University of Leeds |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 2003 |
Ends: |
30 September 2006 |
Value (£): |
170,546
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Biological & Medicinal Chem. |
Chemical Biology |
| Drug Formulation & Delivery |
Materials Characterisation |
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This EPR instrument will be used to support research in various departments in the University of Leeds, which does not currently possess a working EPR spectrometer. This will be an important facility for running routine EPR experiments in-house, that are not appropriate for the more specialised capabilities of the National Service; and, for characterising air- or time-sensitive samples that cannot easily be transported to the Service. The experiments to be carried out include:- The spin-quantitation of high-spin organic polymers and liquid crystals (Bushby);- The routine characterisation of transition metal complexes, particularly of Cu(II) (Halcrow) and lower oxidation states of V and Cr (McGowan and Raston);- The routine characterisation of spin-labelled organic compounds for use as biological probes (Kee and Henderson);- More detailed measurements of the mobility of these spin-labelled probes in biological membranes, and of their interactions with membranebound proteins (Henderson);- In situ photolysis of organic polymers (Guthrie) and fullerene-containing solids (Raston) at low temperatures, characterisation of the resultant radicals and, in many cases, kinetic measurements of their decay upon warming;- Detection and characterisation of transition ion dopants in optical glasses, and determination of their distribution within these materials (Jha).
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| Organisation Website: |
http://www.leeds.ac.uk |