Positron Annihilation Lifetime Analysis of Left- and Right-Handed Alanine Single Crystals

• Authors: B. Eren , F. Wu , E. Eren , Y. Jean , J. Van Horn
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Studies of the interaction of polarized light or particles (including electrons, e¯, or positrons, e⁺) with asymmetric forms of matter has been of interest to scientists since the discovery of chirality and the subsequent development of particle physics. Researchers have been interested in e⁺ interactions with chiral molecules for decades, but with mixed and indecisive results. After reviewing the field, we speculated that the e⁺ or positronium (Ps) might interact differently with chiral pairs of large single crystals, i.e., the left-handed or right-handed asymmetric forms of the crystals - and subsequently observed significant differences in "free positron" annihilation and intensities in the evaluation of left-handed or right-handed quartz single crystals. This result may be understood to be a "particle stereorecognition" phenomenon. To extend this line of inquiry we crystallized mm scale L- or D-alanine crystals and performed positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy measurements using a ²²Na positron source. Alanine crystals were obtained via slow evaporation of water in a Dewar, or from water/acetone solvent in a temperature-controlled environment. These methods resulted in small ( ≈0.5 cm/side) or large ( ≥1.0 cm/side) crystals, respectively. While some intensity (I₂) results from left-handed and right-handed crystals varied in positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy analysis, the errors associated with the measurements do not indicate a stereorecognition of alanine via positron interactions.

Keywords

EN

78.70.Bj; 82.30.Gg; 34.80.-i; 87.15.B-

Discipline

• 87.15.B-: Structure of biomolecules
• 82.30.Gg: Positronium chemistry(see also 36.10.Dr Positronium in atomic and molecular physics; 78.70.Bj Positron annihilation in interactions of particles and radiation with matter)
• 34.80.-i: Electron and positron scattering
• 78.70.Bj: Positron annihilation(for positron states, see 71.60.+z in electronic structure of bulk materials; for positronium chemistry, see 82.30.Gg in physical chemistry and chemical physics)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 132
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 1456-1460

Dates

published

2017-11

Contributors

author

B. Eren

• Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Arts, Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University, 11210 Bilecik, Turkey

author

F. Wu

• Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 5110 Rockhill Rd., Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA

author

E. Eren

• Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Arts, Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University, 11210 Bilecik, Turkey

author

Y. Jean

• Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 5110 Rockhill Rd., Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA

author

J. Van Horn

• Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 5110 Rockhill Rd., Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.132.1456