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MUCH work on the structure of free radical species induced in γ-irradiated carbohydrates has been carried out with polycrystalline samples1–3, and there are serious difficulties in interpreting the electron spin resonance (ESR) spectra. The study of single crystals4–7 is of limited applicability because carbohydrates form single crystals only with great difficulty. Recently, ESR spectroscopy has been used to identify radicals produced in γ-irradiated organic solids by scavenging them with nitroso compounds in aqueous solution8, but we have been unable to apply this method successfully to γ-irradiated carbohydrates.
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BAUGH, P., KERSHAW, K. & PHILLIPS, G. Electron Spin Resonance Study of γ-Irradiated Carbohydrate Ices at Low Temperatures. Nature 221, 1138–1139 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2211138a0
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