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Stapleton, H.J. Drews, Andrew Robert 2011-05-07T13:15:26Z 2011-05-07T13:15:26Z 10000-01-01 1990 Electron Spin-Lattice relaxation rates are reported for frozen solutions of the blue-copper proteins azurin and plastocyanin, the low-spin iron heme protein cytochrome-c, two (bis)imidazole ferric heme complexes in three different organic solvents and two ferricyanide solutions. Measurements were performed at X-band frequencies and temperatures between 1.4 and 22 K. Relaxation rates show a one-phonon direct process at low temperatures (T $$ 4 K) with a temperature dependence that is approximately characterized by a simple power-law (T$\sp{\rm n}$), with fitted values of n between 4.9 and 7.45. The expected temperature dependence of a two-phonon (Raman) process in simple crystalline systems has been demonstrated to follow a power-law (T$\sp{\rm n}$), with n = 9.0. The anomalously weak temperature dependence for protein systems has been tentatively explained in terms of a fractal model of protein dynamics, where the temperature exponent is n = 4q + 2d - 1 and q = dd$\sb{\varphi}$/D. The localized vibrations (fractons) are characterized by a localization exponent d$\sb{\varphi}$ on an underlying fractal lattice with Hausdorf dimension D and the fracton density of states with a spectral dimension d. A wide variation in the fitted n-values for different solvent conditions of the protein solutions suggests that it may not be possible to conclusively verify the fractal model as it is formulated. Studies of heme complexes and ferricyanide solutions show that the protein backbone is not essential for the observation of an anomalous temperature dependence. Two phenomenological models of a phonon density of states in amorphous systems are discussed and compared to relevant length scales. Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T13:15:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4922 bytes, checksum: 910b249b4beec47e7ab768910c8f966f (MD5) 9114226.pdf: 6489651 bytes, checksum: 746bc57c9764b115b677ee565e4050d4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1990 Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Howard Ding (hding2@illinois.edu) on 2011-05-07T14:52:22Z Item is restricted indefinitely. Restriction data tranferred 2014-07-01T11:24:06-05:00 Original Data Group with Access UIUC Users [automated] Release Date: none Reason: ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission U of I Only AAI9114226 (UMI)AAI9114226 http://hdl.handle.net/2142/21664 eng Copyright 1990 Drews, Andrew Robert Physics, Molecular Physics, Condensed Matter Biophysics, General Electron spin-lattice relaxation in proteins, model heme complexes and ferricyanide solutions at helium temperatures text Physics Physics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.