Abstract
The adsorption and dynamical behavior of the Mu−ethyl radical (MuC2H4) in NaY, HY, and USY faujasites was investigated by the muon spin resonance (μSR) technique, at loadings of one to five ethene molecules per supercage and over a temperature range of ca. 5−500 K (for NaY). The temperature dependences of both the muon and proton hyperfine coupling constants (Hfc's) are reported and compared with similar studies of MuC2H4 in different environments. Both transverse field (TF) μSR and avoided level crossing resonance (ALC) μSR spectra were recorded, with information on molecular motion mainly provided by the ALC line shapes. The muon Hfc's show only a small sensitivity to different frameworks and loadings but exhibit significant (∼10%) shifts at low temperatures, in comparison with bulk values, due to binding of the ethyl radical to cations at SII sites in NaY and to framework hydroxyls in the case of HY(USY). The Δ1 resonances are symmetric and quite broad at the lower temperatures studied, but dramaticall...
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