Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy (EPR) was used to examination of spin-lattice relaxation in vascular plants carbonized at 650°C. Application of EPR method of continuous microwave signal saturation in medicine was proposed. The first derivative EPR spectra of pyrolysed bamboo and yucca were measured for samples in air and in vacuum. Influence of microwave power in the range 0.7-100 mW on amplitudes of EPR lines were evaluated. It was stated that amplitudes of the studied carbon materials increase with increasing of microwave power in the studied range. Saturation of EPR lines was not observed, so fast spin-lattice relaxation processes exist in the analyzed materials. Changes of EPR amplitudes for samples in air were slower than for evacuated samples. This effect may be used for determination of oxygen contents in the biological cells cultures and for analysis of optimal parameters of photodynamic therapy of cancer.
Carbon materials, bamboo (Bambusa vulagris) and yucca (Yucca flaccida) pyrolysed at 550°C, 750°C and 950°C, were tested as oximetric probes by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy at X-band (9.3 GHz). The following parameters of the spectra: amplitude, linewidth and g-factor, were determined. Influence of oxygen molecules 02 on EPR spectra of the individual carbon materials was compared. Strong EPR spectra were recorded for samples carbonized at 550°C and weak signals were obtained for plants carbonized at higher temperatures: 750°C and 950°C. It was stated that amplitudes of EPR lines of all the carbonized plants decrease in the air environment compared to amplitudes of spectra measured in vacuum. This effect increases with degree of vacuum. Changes in the EPR spectra of samples studied in the air environment may be applied in medicine to determination of oxygen content in different cells. Because of strong resonance signals as oximetric probes we proposed bamboo and yucca carbonized at 550°C, and we rejected plants carbonized at 750°C and 950°C with Iow EPR signals.
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