Hydrogen bonding plays a key role in the structural, physical, and chemical properties of
liquids such as water and in macromolecular structures such as proteins. Vibrational …

Biochemical processes occur mainly in aqueous environments, where interactions with
water molecules play a key role for both the structure and function of biomolecules …

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 …

The hydrogen bond dynamics of water in a series of amphiphilic solute solutions are
investigated through simulations and analytic modeling with an emphasis on the …

The aquatic plant, Lemna perpusilla Torr. strain, was dried, pulverized and used for Pb (II)
removal from aqueous solution. Batch experiments were conducted to investigate the effects …

The field of nonlinear optics continues to expand and surprise. The ability to study DNA with
nonlinear optics has opened the door to understand, on a molecular level and without the …

DNA oligomers are studied at 0% and 92% relative humidity, corresponding to N< 2 and N>
20 water molecules per base pair. Two-dimensional (2D) infrared spectroscopy of DNA …

Ultrafast two-dimensional infrared (2D-IR) spectroscopy of a 15-mer A–T DNA duplex in
solution has revealed structure-dependent vibrational coupling and energy transfer …

Strongly hydrogen-bonded motifs provide structural stability and can act as proton transfer
relays to drive chemical processes in biological and chemical systems. However, structures …

The ionic phosphate groups in the DNA backbone play a key role for DNA hydration. We
study ultrafast vibrational dynamics and local interactions of phosphate groups and water by …