[HTML][HTML] Universal properties of relaxation and diffusion in complex materials: Originating from fundamental physics with rich applications

KL Ngai - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Complex materials are composed of basic units which invariably interact with anharmonic
potentials. It is well known that the dynamics of systems with anharmonic interaction are …

Many-body nature of relaxation processes in glass-forming systems

S Capaccioli, M Paluch, D Prevosto… - The journal of …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Most glass-forming systems are composed of basic units interacting with each other with a
nontrivial anharmonic potential. Naturally, relaxation and diffusion in glass formers is a many …

A reoptimized GROMOS force field for hexopyranose‐based carbohydrates accounting for the relative free energies of ring conformers, anomers, epimers …

HS Hansen, PH Hünenberger - Journal of computational …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This article presents a reoptimization of the GROMOS 53A6 force field for hexopyranose‐
based carbohydrates (nearly equivalent to 45A4 for pure carbohydrate systems) into a new …

Conformational properties of glucose-based disaccharides investigated using molecular dynamics simulations with local elevation umbrella sampling

L Perić-Hassler, HS Hansen, R Baron… - Carbohydrate …, 2010 - Elsevier
Explicit-solvent molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of the 11 glucose-based
disaccharides in water at 300K and 1bar are reported. The simulations were carried out with …

Trehalose or sucrose: which of the two should be used for stabilizing proteins in the solid state? A dilemma investigated by in situ micro-raman and dielectric …

T Starciuc, B Malfait, F Danede, L Paccou… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The bioprotective properties of 2 disaccharides (sucrose and trehalose) were analyzed
during the freeze-drying (FD) process and at the end of the process, to better understand the …

Dielectric properties of chitosan and two ionic derivatives: Effect of counter anions

A Salama, F Mohamed, P Hesemann - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
We report herein the dielectric properties response of two ionic chitosan derivatives. More
specifically, we report here chitosan derivatives bearing guanidinium groups, prepared …

Stabilization of proteins embedded in sugars and water as studied by dielectric spectroscopy

C Olsson, R Zangana, J Swenson - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In many products proteins have become an important component, and the long-term
properties of these products are directly dependent on the stability of their proteins. To …

Identifying the origins of two secondary relaxations in polysaccharides

K Kaminski, E Kaminska, KL Ngai… - The Journal of …, 2009 - ACS Publications
The main goal of this paper is to identify the molecular origins of two secondary relaxations
observed in mechanical as well as in dielectric spectra in polysaccharides, including …

Does Urea Alter the Collective Hydrogen‐Bond Dynamics in Water? A Dielectric Relaxation Study in the Terahertz‐Frequency Region

N Samanta, D Das Mahanta… - Chemistry–An Asian …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We report the ultrafast collective hydrogen‐bond dynamics of water in the extended
hydration layer of urea by using terahertz time‐domain spectroscopy in the frequency region …

Dielectric studies on mobility of the glycosidic linkage in seven disaccharides

K Kaminski, E Kaminska, P Wlodarczyk… - The Journal of …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Isobaric dielectric relaxation measurements were performed on seven chosen
disaccharides. For five of them, ie, sucrose, maltose, trehalose, lactulose, and leucrose, we …