Biophysical Journal 19: 205-218 (1977)
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Factors restricting diffusion of water-soluble spin labels.

ABSTRACT

Line broadening of spin label signals is treated in terms of concentration, viscosity, charge and temperature dependencies. Line broadening of spin label signals may be caused either by spin label interactions or by the interaction between a spin label and a second paramagnetic species. Line broadening has been related to collision frequency in the literature and is treated in that way here. Collision frequency is related to diffusion processes in a way that allows information to be obtained about the diffusion environment. Several potential spin label line-broadening agents are compared as to their effectiveness. Small polymer beads with graduated pore sizes are used to show that collisional broadening has a marked dependence on the long-range structure of the diffusion environment. Application of these results to biological diffusion processes is considered.

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