Fundamentals of Spin Exchange

Internationally recognized specialist in chemical physics, Kev M. Salikhov is an active participant of international spin chemistry and magnetic radio spectroscopy communities. For the past 50 years Prof. K.M. Salikhov has made an outstanding contribution to the theoretical foundations of spin chemistry, the theory of bi-molecular spin exchange and the theory of the pulse EPR spectroscopy. K.M. Salikhov's theoretical predictions were practically all confirmed in experiments and opened the opportunities for development of many experimental techniques and led to innovation of research methodologies throughout the world. Books on these fields of modern science which he wrote in collaboration with other scientists became textbooks for many specialists all over the world.

Introduction.- Theory of spin exchange in dilute solutions.- Paramagnetic relaxation caused by spin-spin dipole-dipole interaction of paramagnetic particles in a liquid.- Modified Bloch equations for dilute solutions of free radicals taking into account exchange and dipole-dipole interactions.- Manifestation of exchange and dipole-dipole interaction in the form of EPR spectra of paramagnetic particles in solutions in linear response case.- Experimental determination of the spin exchange rate from the analysis of the EPR spectrum shape.- Other methods of measuring the spin exchange rate constants.- In Conclusion.