The Editorial Preface
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Applied Magnetic Resonance
The Editorial Preface Alexander I. Kokorin1 · Klaus Möbius2 · Oleg G. Poluektov3
© Springer-Verlag GmbH Austria, part of Springer Nature 2020
With this Special Issue of Applied Magnetic Resonance in memory of late Prof. Yakov Lebedev on the occasion of his 85th birthday, the journal is continuing its long-standing academic tradition of honoring scientists who had a major impact in the field of magnetic resonance. The Special Issue contains 25 papers written by Prof. Lebedev’s former collaborators, colleagues, students, and friends, as well as by scientists all over the world, who appreciate his human personality and scientific accomplishments. The papers from well-known research groups provide typical examples of applications and methodological developments in physical chemistry where Yakov Lebedev has left so many distinctive footsteps. Over the years, Prof. Lebedev has mentored numerous graduate students and postdocs, many of whom are now actively working as professional scientists, be it at universities, research laboratories, industries or research institutions. * Alexander I. Kokorin alex‑[email protected] 1
Moscow, Russia
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Berlin, Germany
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Chicago, USA
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Yakov Lebedev was born on April 22, 1935. He got his master’s degree from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT). He was one of the first students who graduated from the freshly established MIPT. His scientific career began as a research associate at the Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Moscow, in 1959 under the supervision of Academician Vladislav V. Voevodskij. In 1962, Yakov Lebedev received his PhD in Physical Chemistry, and in 1966, he was appointed Head of the Laboratory of Chemical Radio-Spectroscopy, which was later named after V.V. Voevodskij. At the same time, Yakov Lebedev got a joint appointment at his alma mater, the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, where he became a Professor of Chemical Physics in 1974. For many years, Prof. Lebedev has directed the work on chemical radio-spectroscopy in the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1989, Prof. Lebedev was elected the Head of the Department of Kinetics and Catalysis of the Semenov Institute. He was leading this Department up until his far too early death on September 25, 1996, after several years of a valiant fight against cancer. Yakov Lebedev focused most of his work in two directions: elementary chemical processes in the condensed phase and new methods in EPR spectroscopy. In both of these branches, his contributions have been recognized as exceptional. His discoveries in stepwise multiple kinetics of solid-phase reactions have now become part of the basic knowledge in physical chemistry. His work on radical pairs and “cage effects” in solid-state materials, including the first experimental proof of the tunneling mechanism of hydrogen-atom transfer at low temperature, has met with great interest and expanded the boundaries of our knowledge. The advanced methods of the interpretation of c
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