Vibrational spectroscopy is an essential tool in chemical analyses, biological assays, and
studies of functional materials. Over the past decade, various coherent nonlinear vibrational …

Infrared (IR) spectroscopy is a highly sensitive technique that provides complete information
on chemical compositions. The IR spectra of proteins or peptides give rise to nine …

Due to advances in methods for site-specific incorporation of unnatural amino acids (UAAs)
into proteins, a large number of UAAs with tailored chemical and/or physical properties have …

Conspectus Infrared (IR) spectroscopy probes molecular structure at the level of the
chemical bond or functional group. In the case of proteins, the most informative band in the …

Mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy investigates the interaction of MIR photons with both
organic and inorganic molecules via the excitation of vibrational and rotational modes …

Mid-infrared absorption spectroscopy is a powerful tool for optically probing the molecular
structure of biological samples. However, using conventional approaches, IR measurements …

The Ca2+-sensing protein calmodulin (CaM) is a popular model of biological ion binding
since it is both experimentally tractable and essential to survival in all eukaryotic cells. CaM …

Theoretical descriptors differentiate the catalytic activity of materials for the oxygen evolution
reaction by the strength of oxygen binding in the reactive intermediate created upon electron …

The advent of laser-based sources of ultrafast infrared pulses has extended the study of very
fast molecular dynamics to the observation of processes manifested through their effects on …

Cells achieve high spatiotemporal control over biochemical processes through
compartmentalization to membrane-bound as well as membraneless organelles that …