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A first peek into sub-picosecond dynamics of spin energy levels in magnetic biomolecules

Iñaki TuñónAlejandro Gaita-ariñoKirill ZinovjevLorena E. Rosaleny

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Materials scienceTime FactorsGeneral Physics and Astronomy02 engineering and technologyMolecular Dynamics Simulation010402 general chemistry01 natural sciencesMolecular physicsVibrationCrystalMolecular dynamicsMetalloproteinsPeekPhysical and Theoretical ChemistrySpin-½chemistry.chemical_classificationBiomoleculeMagnetic Phenomena021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology0104 chemical sciencesVibrationchemistryPicosecondThermodynamicsCondensed Matter::Strongly Correlated Electrons0210 nano-technologyEnergy (signal processing)

description

We estimate the time- and temperature-evolution of spin energy levels in a metallopeptide by combining molecular dynamics with crystal field analysis. Fluctuations of tens of cm-1 for spin energy levels at fs times gradually average out at longer times. We confirm that local vibrations are key in spin dynamics.

10.1039/c9cp01909jhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9cp01909j