1. Spin Dynamics of Flavoproteins.
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Matysik, Jörg, Gerhards, Luca, Theiss, Tobias, Timmermann, Lisa, Kurle-Tucholski, Patrick, Musabirova, Guzel, Qin, Ruonan, Ortmann, Frank, Solov'yov, Ilia A., and Gulder, Tanja
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GEOMAGNETISM , *POLARIZATION (Nuclear physics) , *CHEMICAL reactions , *CHEMICAL properties , *FLAVINS - Abstract
This short review reports the surprising phenomenon of nuclear hyperpolarization occurring in chemical reactions, which is called CIDNP (chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization) or photo-CIDNP if the chemical reaction is light-driven. The phenomenon occurs in both liquid and solid-state, and electron transfer systems, often carrying flavins as electron acceptors, are involved. Here, we explain the physical and chemical properties of flavins, their occurrence in spin-correlated radical pairs (SCRP) and the possible involvement of flavin-carrying SCRPs in animal magneto-reception at earth's magnetic field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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