Biological macromolecules at interfaces probed by chiral vibrational sum frequency generation spectroscopy

ECY Yan, L Fu, Z Wang, W Liu - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
1. INTRODUCTION A fundamental understanding of chiral biomacromolecules at aqueous
interfaces is critical to studying a host of important phenomena in modern biology, chemistry …

Recent progress on sum-frequency spectroscopy

CS Tian, YR Shen - Surface Science Reports, 2014 - Elsevier
Second harmonic generation (SHG) and sum frequency spectroscopy (SFS) have provided
unique opportunities to probe surfaces and interfaces. They have found broad applications …

Relaxation behavior of polymer thin films: Effects of free surface, buried interface, and geometrical confinement

B Li, S Zhang, JS Andre, Z Chen - Progress in Polymer Science, 2021 - Elsevier
The glass transition temperature (T g) of polymer thin films, one of the most important
parameters to characterize the relaxation behavior of polymer chains in a thin film, has been …

Investigating buried polymer interfaces using sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy

Z Chen - Progress in polymer science, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper reviews recent progress in the studies of buried polymer interfaces using sum
frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy. Both buried solid/liquid and solid/solid …

Effect of surface hydration on antifouling properties of mixed charged polymers

C Leng, H Huang, K Zhang, HC Hung, Y Xu, Y Li… - Langmuir, 2018 - ACS Publications
Interfacial water structure on a polymer surface in water (or surface hydration) is related to
the antifouling activity of the polymer. Zwitterionic polymer materials exhibit excellent …

Elucidation of molecular structures at buried polymer interfaces and biological interfaces using sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy

C Zhang, JN Myers, Z Chen - Soft matter, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy has been developed into an
important technique to study surfaces and interfaces. It can probe buried interfaces in situ …

In situ molecular level studies on membrane related peptides and proteins in real time using sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy

S Ye, KT Nguyen, SV Le Clair, Z Chen - Journal of structural biology, 2009 - Elsevier
Sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy has been demonstrated to be a
powerful technique to study the molecular structures of surfaces and interfaces in different …

Unified treatment and measurement of the spectral resolution and temporal effects in frequency-resolved sum-frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (SFG-VS …

L Velarde, HF Wang - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The lack of understanding of the temporal effects and the restricted ability to control
experimental conditions in order to obtain intrinsic spectral lineshapes in surface sum …

Nondestructive in situ detection of chemical reactions at the buried interface between polyurethane and isocyanate-based primer

S Zhang, JS Andre, L Hsu, A Toolis, SL Esarey… - …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Polyurethane potting compounds and sealants, widely used as encapsulating and protective
barriers, are usually applied to substrates after precoating substrate surfaces with primers …

Observing phthalate leaching from plasticized polymer films at the molecular level

X Zhang, Z Chen - Langmuir, 2014 - ACS Publications
Phthalates, the most widely used plasticizers in poly (vinyl chloride)(PVC), have been
extensively studied. In this paper, a highly sensitive, easy, and effective method was …