This review presents an overview of the relaxation-assisted two-dimensional infrared (RA
2DIR) spectroscopy method for measuring structures and energy transport dynamics in …

While studies of surface plasmons on metals have been pursued for decades, the more
recent appearance of nanoscience has created a revolution in this field with “Plasmonics” …

Engineered nanomaterials are increasingly used in domestic and commercial products due
to the rapid growth and increasing public and industrial interests in nanotechnology …

Functional enzyme–nanoparticle bioconjugates are increasingly important in biomedical
and biotechnology applications such as drug delivery and biosensing. Optimization of the …

Energy transport in molecules is essential for many areas of science and technology. Strong
covalent bonds of a molecular backbone can facilitate the involvement of the molecule's …

Peptide-coated nanoparticles are valuable tools for diverse biological applications, such as
drug delivery, molecular recognition, and antimicrobial action. The functionalization of pre …

An approach is presented to calculate thermal boundary resistance in molecules, which
occurs, for example, at the interfaces between moieties held at fixed temperatures and a …

Energy transport during chemical reactions or following photoexcitation in systems of
biological molecules is mediated by numerous interfaces that separate chemical groups and …

Vibrational energy exchange between various degrees of freedom is critical to barrier-
crossing processes in proteins. Hemeproteins are well suited for studying vibrational energy …

Allosteric interactions in proteins generally involve propagation of local structural changes
through the protein to a remote site. Anisotropic energy transport is thought to couple the …