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Lin Y, Wu X, Wang K, Shang S, Gong Y, Zhao H, Wu D, Zhang P, Lu X. Spectral Characteristics and Functional Responses of Phospholipid Bilayers in the Terahertz Band. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24087111. [PMID: 37108273 PMCID: PMC10138992 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24087111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Revised: 04/09/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Understanding the vibrational information encoded within the terahertz (THz) spectrum of biomolecules is critical for guiding the exploration of its functional responses to specific THz radiation wavelengths. This study investigated several important phospholipid components of biological membranes-distearoyl phosphatidylethanolamine (DSPE), dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPPC), sphingosine phosphorylcholine (SPH), and lecithin bilayer-using THz time-domain spectroscopy. We observed similar spectral patterns for DPPC, SPH, and the lecithin bilayer, all of which contain the choline group as the hydrophilic head. Notably, the spectrum of DSPE, which has an ethanolamine head group, was different. Interestingly, density functional theory calculations confirmed that the absorption peak common to DSPE and DPPC at approximately 3.0 THz originated from a collective vibration of their similar hydrophobic tails. Accordingly, the cell membrane fluidity of RAW264.7 macrophages with irradiation at 3.1 THz was significantly enhanced, leading to improved phagocytosis. Our results highlight the importance of the spectral characteristics of the phospholipid bilayers when studying their functional responses in the THz band and suggest that irradiation at 3.1 THz is a potential non-invasive strategy to increase the fluidity of phospholipid bilayers for biomedical applications such as immune activation or drug administration.
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- Yanyun Lin
- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Medico-Engineering Cooperation on Applied Medicine Research Center, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Medico-Engineering Cooperation on Applied Medicine Research Center, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
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- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China
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- Institute of Applied Electronics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Institute of Applied Electronics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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Hsu C, Wang H, Hayashi M. The effects of the lattice modulation on the intermolecular motions of the
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Choi WJ, Lee SH, Park BC, Kotov NA. Terahertz Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy of Molecular Assemblies and Nanostructures. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:22789-22804. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c04817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Won Jin Choi
- Biointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
- Physical and Life Sciences, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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- Biointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Biointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Biointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
- Program in Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Relationships between Molecular Structure of Carbohydrates and Their Dynamic Hydration Shells Revealed by Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222111969. [PMID: 34769399 PMCID: PMC8584907 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222111969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Revised: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Despite more than a century of research on the hydration of biomolecules, the hydration of carbohydrates is insufficiently studied. An approach to studying dynamic hydration shells of carbohydrates in aqueous solutions based on terahertz time-domain spectroscopy assay is developed in the current work. Monosaccharides (glucose, galactose, galacturonic acid) and polysaccharides (dextran, amylopectin, polygalacturonic acid) solutions were studied. The contribution of the dissolved carbohydrates was subtracted from the measured dielectric permittivities of aqueous solutions based on the corresponding effective medium models. The obtained dielectric permittivities of the water phase were used to calculate the parameters describing intermolecular relaxation and oscillatory processes in water. It is established that all of the analyzed carbohydrates lead to the increase of the binding degree of water. Hydration shells of monosaccharides are characterized by elevated numbers of hydrogen bonds and their mean energies compared to undisturbed water, as well as by elevated numbers and the lifetime of free water molecules. The axial orientation of the OH(4) group of sugar facilitates a wider distribution of hydrogen bond energies in hydration shells compared to equatorial orientation. The presence of the carboxylic group affects water structure significantly. The hydration of polysaccharides is less apparent than that of monosaccharides, and it depends on the type of glycosidic bonds.
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Zhang Z, Fang J, Bo Y, Xue J, Liu J, Hong Z, Du Y. Terahertz and Raman Spectroscopic Investigation of Anti-tuberculosis Drug-Drug Cocrystallization Involving 4-aminosalicylic Acid and Pyrazinamide. J Mol Struct 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2020.129547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Yang R, Dong X, Chen G, Lin F, Huang Z, Manzo M, Mao H. Novel Terahertz Spectroscopy Technology for Crystallinity and Crystal Structure Analysis of Cellulose. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 13:polym13010006. [PMID: 33375052 PMCID: PMC7792770 DOI: 10.3390/polym13010006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Crystallinity is an essential indicator for evaluating the quality of fiber materials. Terahertz spectroscopy technology has excellent penetrability, no harmful substances, and commendable detection capability of absorption characteristics. The terahertz spectroscopy technology has great application potential in the field of fiber material research, especially for the characterization of the crystallinity of cellulose. In this work, the absorption peak of wood cellulose, microcrystalline cellulose, wood nano cellulose, and cotton nano cellulose were probed in the terahertz band to calculate the crystallinity, and the result compared with XRD and FT-IR analysis. The vibration model of cellulose molecular motion was obtained by density functional theory. The results showed that the average length of wood cellulose (WC) single fiber was 300 μm. The microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) was bar-like, and the average length was 20 μm. The cotton cellulose nanofiber (C-CNF) was a single fibrous substance with a length of 50 μm, while the wood cellulose nanofiber (W-CNF) was with a length of 250 μm. The crystallinity of cellulose samples in THz was calculated as follows: 73% for WC, 78% for MCC, 85% for W-CNF, and 90% for C-CNF. The crystallinity values were obtained by the three methods which were different to some extent. The absorption peak of the terahertz spectra was most obvious when the samples thickness was 1 mm and mixed mass ratio of the polyethylene and cellulose was 1:1. The degree of crystallinity was proportional to the terahertz absorption coefficients of cellulose, the five-movement models of cellulose molecules corresponded to the five absorption peak positions of cellulose.
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- Rui Yang
- Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China; (R.Y.); (X.D.); (G.C.)
- Dehua Tubaobao New Decoration Material Co., Ltd., Huzhou 313200, China
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- Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China; (R.Y.); (X.D.); (G.C.)
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- Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China; (R.Y.); (X.D.); (G.C.)
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- Advanced Analysis and Testing Center, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China;
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76207, USA; (Z.H.); (M.M.)
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76207, USA; (Z.H.); (M.M.)
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- Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China; (R.Y.); (X.D.); (G.C.)
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Jiangsu Chenguang Coating Co., Ltd., Changzhou 213164, China
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Li B, Shen X. Preliminary study on discrimination of transgenic cotton seeds using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. Food Sci Nutr 2020; 8:5426-5433. [PMID: 33133545 PMCID: PMC7590308 DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.1846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2020] [Revised: 08/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Presence of genetically modified (GM) organisms is considered to be controversial by legislation and public. It is very important to develop detection methods for early discriminations. Conventional gene detection methods, including protein detection (PCR, ELISA, and so on) and DNA detection (Southern blot, GC/MS, and so on), have the disadvantages of high costs, time-consuming, complex operations, and destructive of the samples. Terahertz spectroscopy (THz) is a brand-new radiation with many unique advantages. Most biological macromolecules have fingerprint characteristics in THz band from the current recognition. In this study, feasibility of identifying the transgenic cotton seeds from nontransgenic counterparts using THz spectroscopy method was investigated. The transgenic cotton seeds-Lumianyan No.28 and nontransgenic cotton seeds-Xinluzao No.51 were selected and the sample-making methods were studied; then the refractive and absorption curves of samples were got and given a detailed discussion; finally, absorption index of transgenic and nontransgenic DNA was observed and discussed. The results showed there were small fluctuations in THz band, and refractive index of transgenic seeds was lower than nontransgenic ones and had obvious turning point at 1.4-2.0 THz region. There were significant peaks in 1.0-1.2 and 1.3-1.5 THz regions for the transgenic cotton seeds. Transgenic DNA had higher absorption index than nontransgenic DNA, and there were 3-4 peaks corresponding to the cotton seed samples in 1.0-1.6 THz region. These results showed cotton seeds samples can provide important bio-information in THz band, and this study provided a basis for developing potential THz-based gene detection technologies.
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- Bin Li
- Beijing Research Center for Information Technology in AgricultureBeijingChina
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- Beijing Research Center for Information Technology in AgricultureBeijingChina
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Zhang Z, Wang Q, Xue J, Du Y, Liu J, Hong Z. Vibrational Spectroscopic Investigation into Novel Ternary Eutectic Formed between Pyrazinamide, Fumaric Acid, and Isoniazid. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:17266-17274. [PMID: 32715212 PMCID: PMC7376892 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c01486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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To improve the efficacy of anti-tuberculosis (anti-TB) therapy, drug-drug co-crystallization stands for an alternative approach to settle the tuberculosis problem. Directly co-crystallizing two typical parent anti-TB drugs (pyrazinamide, PZA and isoniazid, INH) into a single binary co-crystal could not be obtained successfully. Multicomponent eutectic are highly effective and useful for enhancing the dissolution rate, bioavailability, and physical stability of the poorly water-soluble active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) drugs, when the attempts of forming a binary co-crystal have failed. Therefore, the ternary eutectic composition conception was proposed in this study, in which fumaric acid (FA) was chosen as the molecule to connect two first-line anti-tubercular drugs. First of all, three starting materials (including PZA, INH, and FA) were grinded at a 1:1:1 molar ratio, the eutectic composition was investigated through vibrational spectroscopic techniques, including terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) and Raman spectroscopy. Additionally, the density functional theory (DFT) was utilized to simulate the optimized structures and vibrational modes of two possible theoretical eutectic composition forms. The THz absorption spectrum of the theoretical form I shows much more consistency with the experimental results than that of form II. Raman spectra also help to characterize the differences in vibrational modes between the eutectic composition and the starting parent compounds. The results provide us with both structural information and intermolecular hydrogen bonding interactions within specific multicomponent eutectic composition formulations based on Raman and terahertz vibrational spectroscopic techniques in combination with theoretical calculations.
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- Ziming Zhang
- Centre
for THz Research, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, Zhejiang, China
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- Centre
for THz Research, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, Zhejiang, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, Zhejiang, China
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- Centre
for THz Research, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, Zhejiang, China
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- Centre
for THz Research, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, Zhejiang, China
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- Centre
for THz Research, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, Zhejiang, China
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Liang J, Zhang X, Wang N, Chang T, Cui HL. Vibrational spectra of pyrazinamide and isoniazid studied by terahertz spectroscopy and density functional theory. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 228:117591. [PMID: 31761544 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2019.117591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2019] [Revised: 09/27/2019] [Accepted: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Pyrazinamide and isoniazid, as two first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs, are investigated by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS). Both pyrazinamide and isoniazid have three absorption peaks, at 0.50, 0.71, 1.42 THz and 1.16, 1.46, 1.56 THz, respectively, which can be used as the basis for qualitative identification of these two drugs. In order to gain insight into the origin of the characteristic absorption peaks, density functional theory (DFT) based on single molecular, dimer, and crystalline structures of pyrazinamide and isoniazid are performed. The purpose of the calculation based on the single molecular structure is to understand the intramolecular interaction, while those based on the dimer and crystalline structures are to investigate the intermolecular interactions in PNZ and INZ. Comparing the theoretical results of the dimer and crystalline based structures reveals that the crystalline structure leads to vibrational spectra that are closer to the experimental values in terms of the number of absorption peaks and the positions of the absorption peaks. Vibrational mode assignments can be summarized as that the characteristic absorption peaks of pyrazinamide mainly come from intermolecular interaction, and the characteristic absorption peaks of isoniazid originate from both the intramolecular and intermolecular interactions. Our experimental and theoretical results indicate that the combination of THz-TDS with DFT is an effective approach for identification of molecules with pharmaceutical significance.
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- Jie Liang
- College of Instrumentation & Electrical Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130061, China
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- College of Instrumentation & Electrical Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130061, China
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- College of Instrumentation & Electrical Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130061, China
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- College of Instrumentation & Electrical Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130061, China; Institute of Automation, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, Shandong 250014, China.
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- College of Instrumentation & Electrical Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130061, China; Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Science, Chongqing 400714, China
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Wu Z, Zhu Z, Cheng C, Zhang J, Gong Y, Xu M, Li S, Zhao H. Terahertz spectroscopy of enantiomeric and racemic pyroglutamic acid. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 225:117509. [PMID: 31606660 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2019.117509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2019] [Revised: 08/23/2019] [Accepted: 09/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The low-frequency vibrational properties of D-, L- and DL-pyroglutamic acid (PGA) have been investigated with the terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) from 0.5 to 4.5 THz. The enantiomers (D- and L-PGA) present similar absorption spectra, while the spectrum of racemate (DL-PGA) is obviously different. The temperature-dependent THz spectra of different PGA were recorded in the range of 293-83 K. The spectral changes during the cooling process suggest that D- and L-PGA undergo a structural phase transition, and no phase change of DL-PGA was found. The results indicate that THz spectroscopy is highly sensitive to the crystal structure of molecules. The density functional theory (DFT) calculations based on the crystal structures were performed to simulate the sample's THz spectra. It was demonstrated that the characteristic resonant absorption peaks of the enantiomeric and racemic PGA in the low-frequency THz region originate from the different vibrations, which corresponding to the specific structures and intermolecular interactions. The conformational diversity and fluctuation may help to understand the properties of PGA in biochemistry and functional material.
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- Zhipeng Wu
- School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China; Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China; Zhangjiang Laboratory, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China; Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China; Zhangjiang Laboratory, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China
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- School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Modern Agricultural Engineering, Tarim University, Alar 843300, China
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- School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Modern Agricultural Engineering, Tarim University, Alar 843300, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China; Zhangjiang Laboratory, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China.
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Zhang F, Wang HW, Tominaga K, Hayashi M, Sasaki T. Terahertz Fingerprints of Short-Range Correlations of Disordered Atoms in Diflunisal. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:4555-4564. [PMID: 31038953 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b00580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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This work proposes a terahertz (THz) spectroscopy approach to the investigation of one of the outstanding problems in crystallography-the structure analysis of a crystal with disorder. Form I of diflunisal, in which the two ortho sites on one phenyl ring of diflunisal show occupational disorder, was used for an illustration. THz radiation interacts with the collective vibrations of correlated disorder, thus providing a promising tool to examine the symmetry of short-range correlations of disordered atoms. Through a thorough examination of the selection rule of THz vibrations in which the disordered atoms are involved to different extents, we deduced that only four short-range correlation possibilities of disorder exist and all of them display unambiguous fingerprint peaks in the 50-170 cm-1 frequency region. We finally proposed an alternating packing model in which the correlation lengths of disorder are on the nanometer scale.
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- Feng Zhang
- Molecular Photoscience Research Center , Kobe University , Nada, Kobe 657-0013 , Japan
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences , National Taiwan University , 1 Roosevelt Rd., Sec. 4 , Taipei 10617 , Taiwan
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- Molecular Photoscience Research Center , Kobe University , Nada, Kobe 657-0013 , Japan
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences , National Taiwan University , 1 Roosevelt Rd., Sec. 4 , Taipei 10617 , Taiwan
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- Research Institute of Electronics , Shizuoka University , Hamamatsu , Shizuoka 432-8011 , Japan
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Cheng C, Zhu Z, Li S, Ren G, Zhang J, Cong H, Peng Y, Han J, Chang C, Zhao H. Broadband terahertz recognizing conformational characteristics of a significant neurotransmitter γ-aminobutyric acid. RSC Adv 2019; 9:20240-20247. [PMID: 35514707 PMCID: PMC9065752 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra02971k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2019] [Accepted: 06/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the chief inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, its conformational behavior is critical for selective biological functions and the process of signal transmission. Although this neuroactive molecule has been extensively studied, its vibrational properties related to the conformation and intermolecular interactions in the terahertz (THz) band have not been identified experimentally yet. In this study, we applied a broadband THz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) system from 0.5 to 18 THz to characterize a unique THz fingerprint of GABA. The density functional theory calculation results agree well with the THz experimental spectrum. The study shows that the vibrational modes of GABA at 1.15 and 1.39 THz originate from distinct collective vibrations. The absorptions at the higher THz frequencies also carry part of collective vibrations, but more reflect the specific and local vibrational information, including the skeleton deformation and the rocking of the functional groups, which are closely associated with the conformation and flexibility of GABA. This study may help to understand the conformational transitions of neurotransmitter molecules and the resonant response to THz waves. γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the chief inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, its conformational behavior is critical for selective biological functions and the process of signal transmission.![]()
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Molecular Characterization and Theoretical Calculation of Plant Growth Regulators Based on Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/app8030420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Ruggiero MT, Axel Zeitler J, Korter TM. Concomitant polymorphism and the martensitic-like transformation of an organic crystal. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:28502-28506. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp04666a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Terahertz vibrational spectroscopy and solid-state density functional theory together reveal the true nature of a pseudo-continuous crystalline polymorphic phase transition.
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- Michael T. Ruggiero
- Department of Chemistry
- Syracuse University
- Syracuse
- USA
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge
- Cambridge
- UK
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