. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Sep 11.

Published in final edited form as: J Phys Chem B. 2007 Mar 7;111(12):3298–3303. doi: 10.1021/jp0682356

Table 1.

Effect of the sonochemical^† induced encapsulation of PTM-TE/HMDS solution (5 mM) into proteinaceous microspheres on the sensitivity of the EPR linewidth (LW) to air.

Sonolysis TC/t (s)/P (%)	LW (G) Air	LW (G) 100% N₂	ΔLW (G)	Intensity (a.u.)
PTM-TE^*	4.11	0.39	3.72	100
0/30/30	4.40	0.41	3.99	11.0
0/60/30	4.07	0.43	3.64	10.4
0/120/30	4.08	0.43	3.65	12.8
0/180/30	4.10	0.43	3.67	16.4
0/30/20	4.51	0.41	4.10	6.0
0/60/20	4.70	0.43	4.27	16.8
0/120/20	4.29	0.42	3.87	17.1
20/30/20	4.39	0.41	3.98	15.1
20/60/20	4.12	0.40	3.72	9.4
20/120/20	4.45	0.41	4.04	6.7

^†

Conditions of sonolysis were; f = 20 kHz; pH = 7.1. The sonochemical power input from the generator is denoted as P (%). 0°C indicates that sonolysis was conducted with the sample in an ice bath.

A solution of PTM-TE in HMDS; i.e., not encapsulated.