2021/09/12 by David A. Faux, Faux, David A., Örs Istók +9
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph) #Electron Spin Resonance Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #Molecular spectroscopy and chirality #Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other) #Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2109.05610
openalex publication_date 2021/09/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
An angular time-dependent probability density function describing Brownian or anomalous rotational dynamics of fixed-length atom-to-atom vectors is presented. The probability density function, which fully incorporates angular boundary conditions, is applied to aqueous ion complexes. The rotational dynamics of ion-1H vectors are shown by molecular dynamics (MD) simulation to be Brownian. A Brownian shell model is presented which yields a closed form expression for the frequency-dependent nuclear-magnetic-resonance spin-lattice relaxation rate T1-1(ω) based on a distance parameter and time constant. Appropriate combinations of shell and/or continuum models are shown to provide excellent fully-quantitative fits to experimental T1-1(ω) dispersion curves from aqueous manganese(II), iron(III) and copper(II) chloride solutions. The distance parameters and time constants obtained from the fits are in good agreement with independent experimental and MD data in the literature. The Brownian shell model is a significant enhancement to existing particle-particle models that describe the rotational correlation function as a single exponential and are unable to provide the correct distance dependence for a shell of 1H spin density preventing a match to experiment without an arbitrary scaling factor.