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Khvorost TA, Beliaev LY, Masaoka Y, Hidaka T, Myasnikova OS, Ostras AS, Bogachev NA, Skripkin MY, Panov MS, Ryazantsev MN, Nagasawa Y, Mereshchenko AS. Ultrafast Excited-State Dynamics of CuBr 3- Complex Studied with Sub-20 fs Resolution. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:7213-7221. [PMID: 34170695 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c03797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ultrafast excited-state dynamics of CuBr3- complex was studied in acetonitrile and dichloromethane solutions using femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy with 18 fs temporal resolution and quantum-chemical DFT calculations. Upon 640 nm excitation, the CuBr3- complex is promoted to the ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT) state, which then shortly undergoes internal conversion into the vibrationally hot ligand field (LF) excited state with time constants of 30 and 40 fs in acetonitrile and dichloromethane, respectively. The LF state nonradiatively relaxes into the ground state in 2.6 and 7.3 ps in acetonitrile and dichloromethane, respectively. Internal conversion of the LF state is accompanied by vibrational relaxation that occurs on the same time scale. Based on the analysis of coherent oscillations and quantum-chemical calculations, the predominant forms of the CuBr3- complex in acetonitrile and dichloromethane solutions were revealed. In acetonitrile, the CuBr3- complex exists as [CuBr3(CH3CN)2]-, whereas three forms of this complex, [CuBr3CH2Cl2]-, [CuBr3(CH2Cl2)2]-, and [CuBr3(CH2Cl2)3]-, are present in equilibrium in dichloromethane.
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- Taras A Khvorost
- Saint-Petersburg State University, University Emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia.,ITMO University, Birzhevaya l. 4, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- Saint-Petersburg State University, University Emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia.,DTU Fotonik, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads 343, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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- College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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- Saint-Petersburg State University, University Emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- Saint-Petersburg State University, University Emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- Saint-Petersburg State University, University Emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- Saint-Petersburg State University, University Emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- Saint-Petersburg State University, University Emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- Saint-Petersburg State University, University Emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia.,Saint Petersburg Academic University, ul. Khlopina 8/3, St. Petersburg 194021, Russia
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- College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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- Saint-Petersburg State University, University Emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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Mereshchenko AS, Myasnikova OS, Olshin PK, Matveev SM, Panov MS, Kochemirovsky VA, Skripkin MY, Tarnovsky AN. Ultrafast Excited-State Dynamics of Ligand-Field and Ligand-to-Metal Charge-Transfer States of CuCl42– in Solution: A Detailed Transient Absorption Study. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:10558-10571. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b06901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Andrey S. Mereshchenko
- Saint-Petersburg State University, University Embankment 7/9, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
- Department of Chemistry and the Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403, United States
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- Saint-Petersburg State University, University Embankment 7/9, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- Saint-Petersburg State University, University Embankment 7/9, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry and the Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403, United States
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- Saint-Petersburg State University, University Embankment 7/9, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
- Department of Chemistry and the Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403, United States
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- Saint-Petersburg State University, University Embankment 7/9, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry and the Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403, United States
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Mao Z, Carroll EC, Kim PW, Cramer SP, Larsen DS. Ultrafast Charge-Transfer Dynamics in the Iron-Sulfur Complex of Rhodobacter capsulatus Ferredoxin VI. J Phys Chem Lett 2017; 8:4498-4503. [PMID: 28872878 PMCID: PMC7187928 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b02026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Iron-sulfur proteins play essential roles in various biological processes. Their electronic structure and vibrational dynamics are key to their rich chemistry but nontrivial to unravel. Here, the first ultrafast transient absorption and impulsive coherent vibrational spectroscopic (ICVS) studies on 2Fe-2S clusters in Rhodobacter capsulatus ferreodoxin VI are characterized. Photoexcitation initiated populations on multiple excited electronic states that evolve into each other in a long-lived charge-transfer state. This suggests a potential light-induced electron-transfer pathway as well as the possibility of using iron-sulfur proteins as photosensitizers for light-dependent enzymes. A tyrosine chain near the active site suggests potential hole-transfer pathways and affirms this electron-transfer pathway. The ICVS data revealed vibrational bands at 417 and 484 cm-1, with the latter attributed to an excited-state mode. The temperature dependence of the ICVS modes suggests that the temperature effect on protein structure or conformational heterogeneities needs to be considered during cryogenic temperature studies.
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- Ziliang Mao
- Department of Chemistry, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
- Corresponding Authors: &
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
- Corresponding Authors: &
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Mereshchenko AS, Myasnikova OS, Panov MS, Kochemirovsky VA, Skripkin MY, Budkina DS, Tarnovsky AN. Solvent Effects on Nonradiative Relaxation Dynamics of Low-Energy Ligand-Field Excited States: A CuCl 42- Complex. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:4562-4568. [PMID: 28384409 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b02015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Nonradiative relaxation dynamics of CuCl42- complexes photoexcited into the highest-energy ligand-field electronic state (2A1) is studied in acetonitrile, dichloromethane, and chloroform solvents, as well as in acetonitrile-water and in acetonitrile-deuterated water mixtures. Due to ultrafast internal conversion, this excited state directly converts to the electronic ground state in dichloromethane and chloroform. The nonradiative relaxation constant is similar in anhydrous acetonitrile. Addition of water to acetonitrile solutions efficiently quenches the excited ligand-field 2A1 state. The quenching is proposed to be due to the diffusion-controlled formation of an electronically excited pentacoordinated [CuCl4H2O]2- encounter complex or a short-lived exciplex of similar structure, in which the electronic excitation energy transfers into the O-H stretch of the coordinated H2O molecule. This is followed by the dissociation of the pentacoordinated species, resulting in the reformation of the ground-state CuCl42- and free H2O molecules.
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- Andrey S Mereshchenko
- Saint-Petersburg State University , 7/9 Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- Saint-Petersburg State University , 7/9 Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- Saint-Petersburg State University , 7/9 Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- Saint-Petersburg State University , 7/9 Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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Mereshchenko AS, Olshin PK, Myasnikova OS, Panov MS, Kochemirovsky VA, Skripkin MY, Moroz PN, Zamkov M, Tarnovsky AN. Ultrafast Photochemistry of Copper(II) Monochlorocomplexes in Methanol and Acetonitrile by Broadband Deep-UV-to-Near-IR Femtosecond Transient Absorption Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:1833-44. [PMID: 26901567 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b12509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Photochemistry of copper(II) monochlorocomplexes in methanol and acetonitrile solutions is studied by UV-pump/broadband deep-UV-to-near-IR probe femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. Upon 255 and 266 nm excitation, the complexes in acetonitrile and methanol, respectively, are promoted to the excited ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT) state, which has a short (sub-250 fs) lifetime. From the LMCT state, the complexes decay via internal conversion to lower-lying ligand field (LF) d-d excited states or the vibrationally hot ground electronic state. A minor fraction of the excited complexes relaxes to the LF electronic excited states, which are relatively long-lived with lifetimes >1 ns. Also, in methanol solutions, about 3% of the LMCT-excited copper(II) monochlorocomplexes dissociate forming copper(I) solvatocomplexes and chlorine atoms, which then further react forming long-lived photoproducts. In acetonitrile, about 50% of the LMCT-excited copper(II) monochlorocomplexes dissociate forming radical and ionic products in a ratio of 3:2. Another minor process observed following excitation only in methanol solutions is the re-equilibration between several forms of the copper(II) ground-state complexes present in solutions. This re-equilibration occurs on a time scale from sub-nanoseconds to nanoseconds.
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- Andrey S Mereshchenko
- Saint-Petersburg State University , 7/9 Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia
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- Saint-Petersburg State University , 7/9 Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia
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- Saint-Petersburg State University , 7/9 Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia
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- Saint-Petersburg State University , 7/9 Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia
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- Saint-Petersburg State University , 7/9 Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia
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Kochemirovsky VA, Skripkin MY, Tveryanovich YS, Mereshchenko AS, Gorbunov AO, Panov MS, Tumkin II, Safonov SV. Laser-induced copper deposition from aqueous and aqueous–organic solutions: state of the art and prospects of research. RUSSIAN CHEMICAL REVIEWS 2015. [DOI: 10.1070/rcr4535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Delfino I, Viola D, Cerullo G, Lepore M. Ultrafast excited-state charge-transfer dynamics in laccase type I copper site. Biophys Chem 2015; 200-201:41-7. [PMID: 25819432 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2015.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2015] [Revised: 03/09/2015] [Accepted: 03/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy was used to investigate the excited state dynamics of the T1 copper site of laccase from Pleurotus ostreatus, by exciting its 600 nm charge transfer band with a 15-fs pulse and probing over a broad range in the visible region. The decay of the pump-induced ground-state bleaching occurs in a single step and is modulated by clearly visible oscillations. Global analysis of the two-dimensional differential transmission map shows that the excited state exponentially decays with a time constant of 375 fs, thus featuring a decay rate slower than those occurring in quite all the investigated T1 copper site proteins. The ultrashort pump pulse induces a vibrational coherence in the protein, which is mainly assigned to ground state activity, as expected in a system with fast excited state decay. Vibrational features are discussed also in comparison with the traditional resonance Raman spectrum of the enzyme. The results indicate that both excited state dynamics and vibrational modes associated with the T1 Cu laccase charge transfer have main characteristics similar to those of all the T1 copper site-containing proteins. On the other hand, the differences observed for laccase from P. ostreatus further confirm the peculiar hypothesized trigonal T1 Cu site geometry.
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- Ines Delfino
- Dipartimento di Scienze Ecologiche e Biologiche, Università della Tuscia, Largo dell'Università snc, I-01100 Viterbo, Italy.
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- IFN-CNR, Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- IFN-CNR, Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Seconda Università di Napoli, Via Costantinopoli 16, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
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Matveev SM, Mereshchenko AS, Panov MS, Tarnovsky AN. Probing the Fate of Lowest-Energy Near-Infrared Metal-Centered Electronic Excited States: CuCl42– and IrBr62–. J Phys Chem B 2015; 119:4857-64. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b00744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Sergey M. Matveev
- Department of Chemistry and
the Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling
Green, Ohio 43403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
the Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling
Green, Ohio 43403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
the Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling
Green, Ohio 43403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
the Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling
Green, Ohio 43403, United States
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Photochemistry of copper(II) chlorocomplexes in acetonitrile: Trapping the ligand-to-metal charge transfer excited state relaxations pathways. Chem Phys Lett 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2014.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Bizzarri AR, Brida D, Santini S, Cerullo G, Cannistraro S. Ultrafast Pump–Probe Study of the Excited-State Charge-Transfer Dynamics in Blue Copper Rusticyanin. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:4192-8. [DOI: 10.1021/jp301484g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Anna Rita Bizzarri
- Biophysics and Nanoscience Centre,
CNISM, Dipartimento DEB, Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
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- IFN-CNR,
Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, P.za L. da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Biophysics and Nanoscience Centre,
CNISM, Dipartimento DEB, Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
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- IFN-CNR,
Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, P.za L. da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Biophysics and Nanoscience Centre,
CNISM, Dipartimento DEB, Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
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Bizzarri AR. Steered Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Electron Transfer Complex between Azurin and Cytochrome c551. J Phys Chem B 2011; 115:1211-9. [DOI: 10.1021/jp107933k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Anna Rita Bizzarri
- Biophysics and Nanoscience Centre, CNISM, Facolta’ di Scienze, Università della Tuscia, Largo dell’Università, I-01100 Viterbo, Italy
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Besley NA, Robinson D. Theoretical simulation of the spectroscopy and dynamics of a red copper protein. Faraday Discuss 2011; 148:55-70; discussion 97-108. [DOI: 10.1039/c004231e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Yabushita A, Lee YH, Kobayashi T. Development of a multiplex fast-scan system for ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2010; 81:063110. [PMID: 20590228 DOI: 10.1063/1.3455809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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A fast-scan method was developed to obtain time-resolved signals with femtosecond resolution over a picosecond range on the fly and in real time. Traditional fast-scan methods collect data at each probe wavelength one by one, which is time consuming and thus not possible for the study of photofragile materials. In this work, we have developed a system that performs fast scans with multiplex detection. Ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy was demonstrated using the newly developed system. Femtosecond laser pulses have been used for pump-probe studies of ultrafast processes in various materials, and both electronic relaxation and vibrational dynamics have been studied. However, experiments have been limited in sensitivity and reliability because they are affected by the long-term instability of the ultrashort laser pulses and by the fragility of the samples. The instability of the sources hinders precise determination of electronic decay dynamics and introduces systematic errors. The fragility of the samples reduces their amount or concentration, and can lead to contamination of the materials even if they were pure before the measurement. These effects make it difficult to obtain reproducible and reliable experimental data. In the present work, we have developed a fast-scan pump-probe spectroscopic system that can complete a set of measurements in less than 2 min. Quantitative estimates of the signal reproducibility demonstrate that these measurements provide higher reproducibility and reliability than conventional measurements.
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- Atsushi Yabushita
- Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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Delfino I, Cerullo G, Cannistraro S, Manzoni C, Polli D, Dapper C, Newton WE, Guo Y, Cramer SP. Observation of terahertz vibrations in the nitrogenase FeMo cofactor by femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2010; 49:3912-5. [PMID: 20411554 PMCID: PMC3129498 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200906787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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We have used Impulsive Coherent Vibrational Spectroscopy (ICVS) to study the FeMo-cofactor of nitrogenase from Azotobacter vinelandii as the extracted small molecule ‘FeMoco’. In the ICVS experiment, a 15 fs visible laser pulse pumps the sample to an excited electronic state, and a second <10 fs pulse probes the change in transmission as a function of the time delay. FeMoco was observed to relax to the ground state by a single exponential decay with a time constant of ~200 fs. Superimposed on this relaxation are oscillations caused by the coherent excitation of vibrational modes in both excited and ground electronic states. Fourier transformation reveals the FeMoco vibrational frequencies that are coherently excited by the short laser pulse. The frequencies obtained by the ICVS technique were compared with values from normal mode calculations. The strongest ICVS bands are at 215 and 420 cm−1. The 420 cm−1 band is attributed to Fe-S stretching motion, whereas the 215 cm−1 band, which is the strongest feature in the spectrum, is attributed to a breathing mode of FeMoco. Over the years, nitrogenase and FeMoco have resisted characterization by resonance Raman spectroscopy. The current results demonstrate the promise of ICVS as an alternative probe of FeMoco dynamics.
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- Ines Delfino
- Biophysics & Nanoscience Centre, CNISM, Facoltà di Scienze, Università della Tuscia, Largo dell’Università, I-01100 Viterbo, Italy
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- National Laboratory for Ultrafast and Ultraintense Optical Science-CNR-INFM, Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Biophysics & Nanoscience Centre, CNISM, Facoltà di Scienze, Università della Tuscia, Largo dell’Università, I-01100 Viterbo, Italy
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- National Laboratory for Ultrafast and Ultraintense Optical Science-CNR-INFM, Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- National Laboratory for Ultrafast and Ultraintense Optical Science-CNR-INFM, Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061
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- Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061
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- Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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- Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
- Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720
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Delfino I, Cerullo G, Cannistraro S, Manzoni C, Polli D, Dapper C, Newton W, Guo Y, Cramer S. Observation of Terahertz Vibrations in the Nitrogenase FeMo Cofactor by Femtosecond Pump-Probe Spectroscopy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200906787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Xiao Y, Tan ML, Ichiye T, Wang H, Guo Y, Smith MC, Meyer J, Sturhahn W, Alp EE, Zhao J, Yoda Y, Cramer SP. Dynamics of Rhodobacter capsulatus [2FE-2S] ferredoxin VI and Aquifex aeolicus ferredoxin 5 via nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy (NRVS) and resonance Raman spectroscopy. Biochemistry 2010; 47:6612-27. [PMID: 18512953 DOI: 10.1021/bi701433m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We have used (57)Fe nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy (NRVS) to study the Fe(2)S(2)(Cys)(4) sites in oxidized and reduced [2Fe-2S] ferredoxins from Rhodobacter capsulatus (Rc FdVI) and Aquifex aeolicus (Aa Fd5). In the oxidized forms, nearly identical NRVS patterns are observed, with strong bands from Fe-S stretching modes peaking around 335 cm(-1), and additional features observed as high as the B(2u) mode at approximately 421 cm(-1). Both forms of Rc FdVI have also been investigated by resonance Raman (RR) spectroscopy. There is good correspondence between NRVS and Raman frequencies, but because of different selection rules, intensities vary dramatically between the two kinds of spectra. For example, the B(3u) mode at approximately 288 cm(-1), attributed to an asymmetric combination of the two FeS(4) breathing modes, is often the strongest resonance Raman feature. In contrast, it is nearly invisible in the NRVS, as there is almost no Fe motion in such FeS(4) breathing. NRVS and RR analysis of isotope shifts with (36)S-substituted into bridging S(2-) ions in Rc FdVI allowed quantitation of S(2-) motion in different normal modes. We observed the symmetric Fe-Fe stretching mode at approximately 190 cm(-1) in both NRVS and RR spectra. At still lower energies, the NRVS presents a complex envelope of bending, torsion, and protein modes, with a maximum at 78 cm(-1). The (57)Fe partial vibrational densities of states (PVDOS) were interpreted by normal-mode analysis with optimization of Urey-Bradley force fields. Progressively more complex D(2h) Fe(2)S(2)S'(4), C(2h) Fe(2)S(2)(SCC)(4), and C(1) Fe(2)S(2)(Cys)(4) models were optimized by comparison with the experimental spectra. After modification of the CHARMM22 all-atom force field by the addition of refined Fe-S force constants, a simulation employing the complete protein structure was used to reproduce the PVDOS, with better results in the low frequency protein mode region. This process was then repeated for analysis of data on the reduced FdVI. Finally, the degree of collectivity was used to quantitate the delocalization of the dynamic properties of the redox-active Fe site. The NRVS technique demonstrates great promise for the observation and quantitative interpretation of the dynamical properties of Fe-S proteins.
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- Yuming Xiao
- Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Zhekova HR, Seth M, Ziegler T. A Magnetic and Electronic Circular Dichroism Study of Azurin, Plastocyanin, Cucumber Basic Protein, and Nitrite Reductase Based on Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Calculations. J Phys Chem A 2010; 114:6308-21. [PMID: 20450218 DOI: 10.1021/jp101372s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Hristina R. Zhekova
- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4
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Nagasawa Y, Fujita K, Katayama T, Ishibashi Y, Miyasaka H, Takabe T, Nagao S, Hirota S. Coherent dynamics and ultrafast excited state relaxation of blue copper protein; plastocyanin. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2010; 12:6067-75. [DOI: 10.1039/b926518j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Velizhanin KA, Wang H. Dynamics of electron transfer reactions in the presence of mode mixing: Comparison of a generalized master equation approach with the numerically exact simulation. J Chem Phys 2009; 131:094109. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3213435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Tan ML, Bizzarri AR, Xiao Y, Cannistraro S, Ichiye T, Manzoni C, Cerullo G, Adams MWW, Jenney FE, Cramer SP. Observation of terahertz vibrations in Pyrococcus furiosus rubredoxin via impulsive coherent vibrational spectroscopy and nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy – interpretation by molecular mechanics. J Inorg Biochem 2007; 101:375-84. [PMID: 17204331 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2006.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2006] [Revised: 09/28/2006] [Accepted: 09/29/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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We have used impulsive coherent vibrational spectroscopy (ICVS) to study the Fe(S-Cys)(4) site in oxidized rubredoxin (Rd) from Pyrococcus furiosus (Pf). In this experiment, a 15 fs visible laser pulse is used to coherently pump the sample to an excited electronic state, and a second <10 fs pulse is used to probe the change in transmission as a function of the time delay. PfRd was observed to relax to the ground state by a single exponential decay with time constants of approximately 255-275 fs. Superimposed on this relaxation are oscillations caused by coherent excitation of vibrational modes in both excited and ground electronic states. Fourier transformation reveals the frequencies of these modes. The strongest ICV mode with 570 nm excitation is the symmetric Fe-S stretching mode near 310 cm(-1), compared to 313 cm(-1) in the low temperature resonance Raman. If the rubredoxin is pumped at 520 nm, a set of strong bands occurs between 20 and 110 cm(-1). Finally, there is a mode at approximately 500 cm(-1) which is similar to features near 508 cm(-1) in blue Cu proteins that have been attributed to excited state vibrations. Normal mode analysis using 488 protein atoms and 558 waters gave calculated spectra that are in good agreement with previous nuclear resonance vibrational spectra (NRVS) results. The lowest frequency normal modes are identified as collective motions of the entire protein or large segments of polypeptide. Motion in these modes may affect the polar environment of the redox site and thus tune the electron transfer functions in rubredoxins.
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- Ming-Liang Tan
- Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Delfino I, Manzoni C, Sato K, Dennison C, Cerullo G, Cannistraro S. Ultrafast Pump−Probe Study of Excited-State Charge-Transfer Dynamics in Umecyanin from Horseradish Root. J Phys Chem B 2006; 110:17252-9. [PMID: 16928024 DOI: 10.1021/jp062904y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We have applied femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy to investigate the excited-state dynamics of umecyanin from horseradish roots, by exciting its 600-nm ligand-to-metal charge-transfer band with a 15-fs pulse and probing over a broad range in the visible region. The decay of the pump-induced ground-state bleaching is modulated by clearly visible oscillations and occurs exponentially with a time constant depending on the observed spectral component of the transmission difference signal, ranging from 270 fs up to 700 fs. The slower decaying process characterizes the spectral component corresponding to the metal-to-ligand charge-transfer transition. The excited-state decay rate is significantly lower than in other blue copper proteins, probably because of the larger energy gap between ligand- and metal-based orbitals in umecyanin. Wavelength dependence of the recovery times could be due to either the excitation of several transitions or the occurrence of intramolecular vibrational relaxation within the excited state. We also find evidence of a hot ground-state absorption, at 700 nm, persisting for several picoseconds. The vibrational coherence induced by the ultrashort pump pulse allows vibrational activity to be observed, mainly in the ground state, as expected in a system with fast excited-state decay. However, we find evidence of a rapidly damped oscillation, which we assign to the excited state. Finally, the Fourier transform of the oscillatory component of the signal presents additional bands in the low-frequency region which are assigned to collective motions of the protein.
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- Ines Delfino
- Biophysics and Nanoscience Centre, CNISM - Università della Tuscia, I-01100 Viterbo, Italy
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Xiao Y, Wang H, George SJ, Smith MC, Adams MWW, Jenney FE, Sturhahn W, Alp EE, Zhao J, Yoda Y, Dey A, Solomon EI, Cramer SP. Normal Mode Analysis of Pyrococcus furiosus Rubredoxin via Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopy (NRVS) and Resonance Raman Spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2005; 127:14596-606. [PMID: 16231912 DOI: 10.1021/ja042960h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We have used (57)Fe nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy (NRVS) to study the Fe(S(cys))(4) site in reduced and oxidized rubredoxin (Rd) from Pyrococcus furiosus (Pf). The oxidized form has also been investigated by resonance Raman spectroscopy. In the oxidized Rd NRVS, strong asymmetric Fe-S stretching modes are observed between 355 and 375 cm(-1); upon reduction these modes shift to 300-320 cm(-1). This is the first observation of Fe-S stretching modes in a reduced Rd. The peak in S-Fe-S bend mode intensity is at approximately 150 cm(-1) for the oxidized protein and only slightly lower in the reduced case. A third band occurs near 70 cm(-1) for both samples; this is assigned primarily as a collective motion of entire cysteine residues with respect to the central Fe. The (57)Fe partial vibrational density of states (PVDOS) were interpreted by normal mode analysis with optimization of Urey-Bradley force fields. The three main bands were qualitatively reproduced using a D(2)(d) Fe(SC)(4) model. A C(1) Fe(SCC)(4) model based on crystallographic coordinates was then used to simulate the splitting of the asymmetric stretching band into at least 3 components. Finally, a model employing complete cysteines and 2 additional neighboring atoms was used to reproduce the detailed structure of the PVDOS in the Fe-S stretch region. These results confirm the delocalization of the dynamic properties of the redox-active Fe site. Depending on the molecular model employed, the force constant K(Fe-S) for Fe-S stretching modes ranged from 1.24 to 1.32 mdyn/A. K(Fe-S) is clearly diminished in reduced Rd; values from approximately 0.89 to 1.00 mdyn/A were derived from different models. In contrast, in the final models the force constants for S-Fe-S bending motion, H(S-Fe-S), were 0.18 mdyn/A for oxidized Rd and 0.15 mdyn/A for reduced Rd. The NRVS technique demonstrates great promise for the observation and quantitative interpretation of the dynamical properties of Fe-S proteins.
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- Yuming Xiao
- Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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