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OLEDs as models for bird magnetoception: detecting electron spin resonance in geomagnetic fields
Grünbaum, Tobias
, Milster, Sebastian, Kraus, Hermann, Ratzke, Wolfram, Kurrmann, Simon, Zeller, Viola, Bange, Sebastian
, Boehme, Christoph and Lupton, John M.
(2019)
OLEDs as models for bird magnetoception: detecting electron spin resonance in geomagnetic fields.
Faraday Discussions 221, pp. 92-109.
Date of publication of this fulltext: 10 Jan 2020 12:00
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.41348
Abstract
Certain species of living creatures are known to orientate themselves in the geomagnetic field. Given the small magnitude of approximately 48 mu T, the underlying quantum mechanical phenomena are expected to exhibit coherence times in the microsecond regime. In this contribution, we show the sensitivity of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) to magnetic fields far below Earth's magnetic field, ...
Certain species of living creatures are known to orientate themselves in the geomagnetic field. Given the small magnitude of approximately 48 mu T, the underlying quantum mechanical phenomena are expected to exhibit coherence times in the microsecond regime. In this contribution, we show the sensitivity of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) to magnetic fields far below Earth's magnetic field, suggesting that coherence times of the spins of charge-carrier pairs in these devices can be similarly long. By electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) experiments, a lower bound for the coherence time can be assessed directly. Moreover, this technique offers the possibility to determine the distribution of hyperfine fields within the organic semiconductor layer. We extend this technique to a material system exhibiting both fluorescence and phosphorescence, demonstrating stable anticorrelation between optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) spectra in the singlet (fluorescence) and triplet (phosphorescence) channels. The experiments demonstrate the extreme sensitivity of OLEDs to both static as well as dynamic magnetic fields and suggest that coherent spin precession processes of coulombically bound electron-spin pairs may play a crucial role in the magnetoreceptive ability of living creatures.
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| Item type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Faraday Discussions | ||||
| Publisher: | ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY | ||||
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| Place of Publication: | CAMBRIDGE | ||||
| Volume: | 221 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 92-109 | ||||
| Date | 25 September 2019 | ||||
| Institutions | Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Chair Professor Lupton > Group John Lupton | ||||
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| Keywords | RADICAL-PAIR MECHANISM; MAGNETIC-FIELD; ROOM-TEMPERATURE; TRIPLET EMITTERS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; KINETICS; DEVICES; MOTION; FILMS; | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 500 Science > 530 Physics | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Yes | ||||
| Item ID | 41348 |
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