Hyperfine coupling constants of the cyclohexadienyl radical in benzene and dilute aqueous solution.

The muon hyperfine coupling constant (Aμ) of the muoniated cyclohexadienyl radical (C6H6Mu) has been directly measured in a 5 mM solution of benzene in water by the radio-frequency muon spin resonance (RF-μSR) technique. The relative shift of Aμ in aqueous solution compared with the value in neat benzene (ΔAμ/Aμ = +0.98(5)% at 293 K) can now be compared directly with theoretical predictions.

Reactive surface area of the Li(x)(Co(1/3)Ni(1/3)Mn(1/3))O2 electrode determined by μ(+)SR and electrochemical measurements.

The self-diffusion coefficient of Li(+) ions (D(Li)) in the positive electrode material Li(x)(Co(1/3)Ni(1/3)Mn(1/3))O2 has been estimated by muon-spin relaxation (μ(+)SR) using powder samples with x = 1-0.49, which were prepared by an electrochemical reaction in a Li-ion battery. Here, since the implanted muons sense a slight change in the internal magnetic field due to Li-diffusion, μ(+)SR provides an intrinsic D(Li) through the temperature dependence of the nuclear field fluctuation rate (ν) [Sugiyama et al.

Insight into lithium transport in lithium nitridometallate battery materials from muon spin relaxation.

Muon spin relaxation and powder neutron diffraction have been combined to study three lithium cobalt nitride battery materials. Neutron diffraction shows that these retain the P6/mmm space group of Li(3)N with Co located only on Li(1) sites. The lattice parameters vary smoothly with the degree of metal substitution, such that the [Li(2)N] layers expand while the layer separation contracts, as observed previously for similar series of Cu- and Ni-substituted materials.

Biofumigation for control of pale potato cyst nematodes: activity of brassica leaf extracts and green manures on Globodera pallida in vitro and in soil.

The effects of brassica green manures on Globodera pallida were assessed in vitro and in soil microcosms. Twelve of 22 brassica accessions significantly inhibited the motility of G. pallida infective juveniles in vitro.

Dynamics and supramolecular organization of the 1D spin transition polymeric chain compound [Fe(NH2trz)3](NO3)2. Muon spin relaxation.

The thermal spin transition that occurs in the polymeric chain compound [Fe(NH(2)trz)3](NO3)2 above room temperature has been investigated by zero-field muon spin relaxation (microSR) over the temperature range approximately 8-402 K. The depolarization curves are best described by a Lorentzian and a Gaussian line that represent fast and slow components, respectively. The spin transition is associated with a hysteresis loop of width DeltaT = 34 K (T1/2 upward arrow = 346 K and T1/2 downward arrow = 312 K) that has been delineated by the temperature variation of the initial asymmetry parameter, in good agreement with previously published magnetic measurements.

Laser-muon spin spectroscopy in liquids - a technique to study the excited state chemistry of transients.

This study introduces laser-muon spin spectroscopy in the liquid phase, which extends muonium chemistry in liquids to the realm of excited states and enables the detection of muoniated molecules by their spin evolution after laser excitation. This leads to new opportunities to study the Kinetic Isotope Effects (KIEs) of muonium/atomic hydrogen reactions and to probe transient chemistry in radiolysis processes involved in muonium formation, as well as muoniated intermediates in excited states.

Common energy scale for magnetism and superconductivity in underdoped cuprates: a muon spin resonance investigation of (Ca(x)La(1-x)) (Ba(1.75-x)La(0.25+x))Cu3O(y).

We characterize the spontaneous magnetic field, and determine the associated temperature T(g), in the superconducting state of (Ca(x)La(1-x)) (Ba(1.75-x)La(0.25+x)) Cu(3)O(y) using zero and longitudinal field muon spin resonance measurements for various values of x and y.