Publications by authors named "V A Bagryansky"

This study looked for a way to evaluate the validity of previously suggested models for describing the spin-selective recombination of radical pairs. As an example, for analysis, we used the conventional model, the model by Jones and Hore [Chem. Phys.

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  • The ground triplet state of the oxygen molecule (O) acts as a strong electron acceptor, and the transfer of electrons to form superoxide anions is critical in various chemical and biological reactions.
  • When the total spin of the reacting particles equals 3/2, this electron transfer becomes spin-forbidden, but in liquids, interactions allow mixing of spin states to facilitate the reaction over about 10 picoseconds.
  • Research on the role of spin effects in electron transfer to O shows that spin influences decrease at lower diffusion coefficients (less than 10 m s), while at higher values, the process becomes spin-selective, highlighting the effects of spin statistics and interactions on the reaction dynamics.
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The kinetics of spin-selective reactions involving triplet molecules, such as triplet-triplet annihilation or electron transfer to dioxygen molecules in the ground triplet spin state, are strongly dependent on the dipole-dipole interaction (DDI) of electron spins in spin-1 particles. The effect of this interaction on the intersystem crossing in the reaction encounter complex of the paramagnetic particles was previously considered for some particular cases using oversimplified approaches. In this study, we consider a rigorous kinetic model of the irreversible reaction between the spin-1/2 and spin-1 particles in an encounter complex with the reactive doublet state.

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In this work we derive conditions under which a level-crossing line in a magnetic field effect curve for a recombining radical pair will be equivalent to the electron spin resonance (ESR) spectrum and discuss three simple rules for qualitative prediction of the level-crossing spectra.

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The reaction of electron transfer between two paramagnetic particles may be strongly dependent on the total spin state of the pair. Such dependence can be used to control electron transfer in a molecular medium via the control of the spin degrees of freedom. In this work, the spin-selective electron transfer has been studied in a three-spin system composed of a spin-correlated radical ion pair (RIP) and the nitroxide radical, TEMPONE.

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