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Bring real, hands-on EPR experiments and teaching into your classroom!
Dr. Kalina Ranguelova Application Scientist, Bruker BioSpin
Dr. Ralph T. Weber Application Scientist, Bruker BioSpin
Webinar - November 5, 2014
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The Next Generation – EPR LabExperiments in the Curriculum
2Innovation with Integrity
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What is EPR?
• EPR stands for Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
• It is also called Electron Spin Resonance (ESR)
• EPR is a spectroscopic technique that detects unpaired electrons in paramagnetic substances
• Unpaired electrons occur in free radicals and many transition metals
• EPR is the only technique that unambiguously detects free radicals
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Ascorbic Acid AscorbateRadical
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Why are Free Radicals and EPR so Important?
• Free radicals are very common in everyday life
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Why are Free Radicals and EPR so Important?
• Beer: an important EPR application
• EPR is used to study the shelf-life of beer at breweries throughout the world
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Why are Free Radicals and EPR so Important?
• Electrons’ spins are usually paired in orbitals (Pauli Exclusion Principle)
• An unpaired electron results from the electron transfer
• The radical is paramagnetic because the unpaired electron no longer has its magnetic moment canceled by the other electron
• Free radicals can be very reactive and short-lived
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Who uses EPR?Chemistry
• Polymers
• Catalysis
• Redox chemistry
• Electrochemistry
• Photochemistry
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Who uses EPR?Material Science
• Polymers
• Magnetic properties of materials
• Semiconductors
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Who uses EPR?Biology and Medicine
• Free radicals such as ROS and NO in living tissues and fluids
• Antioxidants, radicals scavengers
• Structural biology
• Preclinical EPR imaging such as oximetry
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Hemoglobin-NO
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Who uses EPR?Industrial Research
• Food and beverages
• Pet food analysis
• Diamond grading
• Optical fiber defects
• Semiconductors
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Who uses EPR?Ionizing Radiation
• Alanine dosimetry
• Food irradiation
• Archaeology
• Retrospective dosimetry
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Irradiated mango
Alanine dosimeter EPR spectrum of Alanine radical
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Why is it Important to Develop an Undergraduate EPR Curriculum?
• EPR offers a wealth of solutions for many scientific problems and questions
• Most undergraduates are not exposed to EPR during their education
• EPR is quite often seen as difficult to understand
and difficult to teach
• Bruker has developed an ideal EPR teaching package
• It offers the students an exciting
and interactive learning experience
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The Bruker EPR Educational Package
• E-scanE bench-top spectrometer
• Educational Powerpointlecture presentation
• EPR Primer and Practicum
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• Two standard samples
• Collection of sample tubes and capillaries
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Bruker e-scanEbench-top EPR system
• Sensitivity: ease-of-use
• Rapid automated tuning and measurement
• Software automates data acquisition, processing, and storage
• Dedicated application support
• Easy site-planning, compact footprint (71 50 cm)
• X-band
• Accommodates multiple sample dimensions and types
• Ease of use makes it ideal for undergraduate level analytical labs
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A Brief Powerpoint Lecture
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An EPR PrimerIntroduction to Spectroscopy
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An EPR PrimerBasic Principles of EPR
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An EPR PrimerLineshapes and Linewidths
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An EPR PrimerSpectrometer Parameters
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A Six Section EPR Lab Practicum
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Sample preparation
Spectrum acquisition
Questions for students
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A Six Section EPR Lab Practicum
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1. EPR Signals from Real Life Samples
• Detection of stable C-centered free radicals in coffee, cocoa, cinnamon, etc. and e’ center in sand
• How antioxidants work: detection of ascorbate (Vitamin C) free radical
AA AA●
Coffee Sand
Cocoa Cinnamon
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Correct CF and SW Incorrect CF
Incorrect SW
1 G 5 G
10 G
1 scan 36 scans
MW Power
2. Instrumental Parameters – How to Choose Them and What is Their Effect on the EPR Spectra?
• Center Field and Sweep Width
• Modulation Amplitude
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• Averaging
• Microwave Power
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g = 2.00254
CF = 3477 G
1,4-Benzosemiquinone anion radical
Structure information: • the unpaired electron is
distributed over the whole ring and the coupling with the four protons is the same.
What to expect from the EPRspectrum? Experiment
CF = 3515 G
g = 1.9848
3. Spin Hamiltonian Parameters
• g – factor
• Hyperfine interactions – examples of semiquinone radicals
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3. Spin Hamiltonian Parameters
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3. Spin Hamiltonian Parameters
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0% Glycerol
50% Glycerol
70% Glycerol
1 mM
8 mM
17 mM
4. Lineshape of EPR Spectra
• Effects from molecular motion
• (sample: TEMPOL with glycerol)
• Effects from spin-spin relaxation
• (sample: TEMPOL in H2O)
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Full 3-line spectrum
Calibration curve Triplicate experiments
5. Quantitative EPR – Creating a Calibration Curve with TEMPOL
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6. Kinetics and Quantitative Analysis of Oil Oxidation
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FAH + Initiating Oxidant FA●
(Fatty acid)
Fe,Cuor heat
Initiation
Propagation
Termination
Rancidity(Aldehydes, ketones and alcohols)
(Fatty acid free radical)
AH(Reducedantioxidant)
FAH + A●
O2
FA−OO●
(Fatty acid peroxyl radical)
FAH
FA● + FA−OOH
(Oxidized antioxidant)
(Fatty acid hydroperoxide)
FA−O●
The EPR method detects free radical intermediates during the oxidation process
(Heat, light, Fe, Cu)
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6. Kinetics and Quantitative Analysis of Oil Oxidation
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The middle lines of PBN-radical adducts in oils
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• Step 1: Building a calibration curve with Tempol dissolved in oil
• Step 2: Measuring two different types of edible oils (spin-trapping EPR at 70C, 1 hr)
• Step 3: Calculating the free radical concentration
• Step 4: Calculating the rate of free radical formation
2.35 x 106
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y = Aekt
6. Kinetics and Quantitative Analysis of Oil Oxidation
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Bruker e-scanEBench-top EPR System
• We are trying to keep the target price down to make it affordable for an undergraduate lab
• Only accredited educational institutions are eligible
• At the moment the curriculum is only available with the purchase of the instrument
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Materials and ConsumablesSupplied by Bruker
• BDPA sample
• Alanine marker sample
• 4 mm EPR quartz tubes
• 50 and 100 L capillaries
• A list of consumables that the instructor is responsible for providing (with catalog numbers from possible suppliers is provided with the package
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