Interaction of Photogenerated Spin Qubit Pairs with a Third Electron Spin in DNA Hairpins

The designing of tunable molecular systems that can host spin qubits is a promising strategy for advancing the development of quantum information science (QIS) applications. Photogenerated radical pairs are good spin qubit pair (SQP) candidates because they can be initialized in a pure quantum state that exhibits relatively long coherence times. DNA is a well-studied molecular system that allows for control of energetics and spatial specificity through careful design and thus serves as a tunable scaffold on which to control multispin interactions. Here, we examine a series of DNA hairpins that use naphthalenediimide (NDI) as the hairpin linker. Photoexcitation of the NDI leads to subnanosecond oxidation of guanine (G) within the duplex or a stilbenediether (Sd) end-cap to give NDI•--G•+ or NDI•--Sd•+ SQPs, respectively. A 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperdinyl-1-oxyl (TEMPO) stable radical is covalently attached to the hairpin at varying distances from the SQP spins. While TEMPO has a minimal effect on the SQP formation and decay dynamics, EPR spectroscopy indicates that there are significant spin-spin dipolar interactions between the SQP and TEMPO. We also demonstrate the ability to implement more complex spin manipulations of the NDI•--Sd•+-TEMPO system using pulse-EPR techniques, which is important for developing DNA hairpins for QIS applications.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:143

Enthalten in:

Journal of the American Chemical Society - 143(2021), 12 vom: 31. März, Seite 4625-4632

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lorenzo, Emmaline R [VerfasserIn]
Olshansky, Jacob H [VerfasserIn]
Abia, Daniel S D [VerfasserIn]
Krzyaniak, Matthew D [VerfasserIn]
Young, Ryan M [VerfasserIn]
Wasielewski, Michael R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

22291-04-9
9007-49-2
DNA
Imides
Journal Article
Naphthalenediimide
Naphthalenes
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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Date Completed 31.08.2021

Date Revised 31.08.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/jacs.0c12645

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM322920728