Stable L-alanine radicals, SAR1 and SAR2, induced by γ-irradiation of the L-alanine crystal have been investigated by electron
paramagnetic resonance (EPR) technique at W-band (94 GHz) frequency. The study provides assignment of radical centers detected
by continuous-wave EPR, saturation transfer mode and echo-detected field-swept EPR at W-band frequencies. The phase memory
time,
T
m, which was measured simultaneously at X-band (9.5 GHz) and W-band frequencies for different spectral components has been
employed to estimate rotation correlation times of CH
3 protons and an effective correlation time related to the local dynamics of the entire SAR1 center at room temperature.