Molecular properties of aqueous solutions: a focus on the collective dynamics of hydration water

L Comez, M Paolantoni, P Sassi, S Corezzi, A Morresi… - Soft Matter, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
When a solute is dissolved in water, their mutual interactions determine the molecular
properties of the solute on one hand, and the structure and dynamics of the surrounding …

Terahertz underdamped vibrational motion governs protein-ligand binding in solution

DA Turton, HM Senn, T Harwood, AJ Lapthorn… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Low-frequency collective vibrational modes in proteins have been proposed as being
responsible for efficiently directing biochemical reactions and biological energy transport …

High-performance versatile setup for simultaneous Brillouin-Raman microspectroscopy

F Scarponi, S Mattana, S Corezzi, S Caponi, L Comez… - Physical Review X, 2017 - APS
Brillouin and Raman scattering spectroscopy are established techniques for the
nondestructive contactless and label-free readout of mechanical, chemical, and structural …

Magnitude and molecular origin of water slowdown next to a protein

F Sterpone, G Stirnemann, D Laage - Journal of the American …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Hydration shell dynamics plays a critical role in protein folding and biochemical activity and
has thus been actively studied through a broad range of techniques. While all observations …

Hydration-shell vibrational spectroscopy

D Ben-Amotz - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019 - ACS Publications
Hydration-shell vibrational spectroscopy provides an experimental window into solute-
induced water structure changes that mediate aqueous folding, binding, and self-assembly …

Dynamics of protein and its hydration water: neutron scattering studies on fully deuterated GFP

JD Nickels, H O'Neill, L Hong, M Tyagi, G Ehlers… - Biophysical journal, 2012 - cell.com
We present a detailed analysis of the picosecond-to-nanosecond motions of green
fluorescent protein (GFP) and its hydration water using neutron scattering spectroscopy and …

Structure and hydration of highly-branched, monodisperse phytoglycogen nanoparticles

JD Nickels, J Atkinson, E Papp-Szabo… - …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Phytoglycogen is a naturally occurring polysaccharide nanoparticle made up of extensively
branched glucose monomers. It has a number of unusual and advantageous properties …

Relaxation dynamics of a protein solution investigated by dielectric spectroscopy

M Wolf, R Gulich, P Lunkenheimer, A Loidl - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2012 - Elsevier
In the present work, we provide a dielectric study on two differently concentrated aqueous
lysozyme solutions in the frequency range from 1MHz to 40GHz and for temperatures from …

Description of hydration water in protein (green fluorescent protein) solution

S Perticaroli, G Ehlers, CB Stanley… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The structurally and dynamically perturbed hydration shells that surround proteins and
biomolecules have a substantial influence upon their function and stability. This makes the …

Observation of coherent delocalized phonon-like modes in DNA under physiological conditions

M González-Jiménez, G Ramakrishnan… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Underdamped terahertz-frequency delocalized phonon-like modes have long been
suggested to play a role in the biological function of DNA. Such phonon modes involve the …