Synthesis technique and electron beam damage study of nanometer-thin single-crystalline Thymine
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| author | Daoud, Hazem Vadhyar, Sreelaja Pulleri Nikbin, Ehsan Lu, Cheng Miller, R. J. Dwayne |
| author_facet | Daoud, Hazem Vadhyar, Sreelaja Pulleri Nikbin, Ehsan Lu, Cheng Miller, R. J. Dwayne |
| contents | Samples suitable for electron diffraction studies must satisfy certain characteristics such as having a thickness in the range of 10 - 100 nm. We report, to our knowledge, the first successful synthesis technique of nanometer-thin sheets of single-crystalline thymine suitable for electron diffraction and spectroscopy studies. This development provides a well defined system to explore issues related to UV photochemistry of DNA and high intrinsic stability essential to maintaining integrity of genetic information. The crystals are grown using the evaporation technique and the nanometer-thin sheets are obtained via microtoming. The sample is characterized via x-ray diffraction (XRD) and is subsequently studied using electron diffraction via a transmission electron microscope (TEM). Thymine is found to be more radiation resistant than similar molecular moieties (e.g., carbamazepine) by a factor of 5. This raises interesting questions about the role of the fast relaxation processes of electron scattering-induced excited states, extending the concept of radiation hardening beyond photoexcited states. The high stability of thymine in particular opens the door for further studies of these ultrafast relaxation processes giving rise to the high stability of DNA to UV radiation. |
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| spellingShingle | Synthesis technique and electron beam damage study of nanometer-thin single-crystalline Thymine Daoud, Hazem Vadhyar, Sreelaja Pulleri Nikbin, Ehsan Lu, Cheng Miller, R. J. Dwayne Chemical Physics Applied Physics Biological Physics Samples suitable for electron diffraction studies must satisfy certain characteristics such as having a thickness in the range of 10 - 100 nm. We report, to our knowledge, the first successful synthesis technique of nanometer-thin sheets of single-crystalline thymine suitable for electron diffraction and spectroscopy studies. This development provides a well defined system to explore issues related to UV photochemistry of DNA and high intrinsic stability essential to maintaining integrity of genetic information. The crystals are grown using the evaporation technique and the nanometer-thin sheets are obtained via microtoming. The sample is characterized via x-ray diffraction (XRD) and is subsequently studied using electron diffraction via a transmission electron microscope (TEM). Thymine is found to be more radiation resistant than similar molecular moieties (e.g., carbamazepine) by a factor of 5. This raises interesting questions about the role of the fast relaxation processes of electron scattering-induced excited states, extending the concept of radiation hardening beyond photoexcited states. The high stability of thymine in particular opens the door for further studies of these ultrafast relaxation processes giving rise to the high stability of DNA to UV radiation. |
| title | Synthesis technique and electron beam damage study of nanometer-thin single-crystalline Thymine |
| topic | Chemical Physics Applied Physics Biological Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.01599 |