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Li W, Warncke K. Native and nonnative reactions in ethanolamine ammonia-lyase are actuated by different dynamics. Biophys J 2023; 122:3976-3985. [PMID: 37641402 PMCID: PMC10560697 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2023] [Revised: 08/13/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023] Open
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We address the contribution of select classes of solvent-coupled configurational fluctuations to the complex choreography involved in configurational and chemical steps in an enzyme by comparing native and nonnative reactions conducted at different protein internal sites. The low temperature, first-order kinetics of covalent bond rearrangement of the cryotrapped substrate radical in coenzyme B12-dependent ethanolamine ammonia-lyase (EAL) from Salmonella enterica display a kink, or increase in slope, of the Arrhenius plot with decreasing temperature. The event is associated with quenching of a select class of reaction-actuating collective fluctuations in the protein hydration layer. For comparison, a nonnative, radical reaction of the protein interior cysteine sulfhydryl group with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is introduced by cryotrapping EAL in an aqueous H2O2 eutectic system. The low-temperature aqueous H2O2 protein hydration and mesodomain solvent phases surrounding cryotrapped EAL are characterized by using TEMPOL spin probe electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, including a freezing transition of the eutectic phase that orders the protein hydration layer. Kinetics of the cysteine-H2O2 reaction in the EAL protein interior are monitored by DEPMPO spin trapping of hydroxyl radical product. In contrast to the native reaction, the linear Arrhenius relation for the nonnative cysteine-H2O2 reaction is maintained through the solvent-protein ordering transition. The nonnative reaction is coupled to the generic local, incremental fluctuations that are intrinsic to globular proteins. The comparative approach supports the proposal that select coupled solvent-protein configurational fluctuations actuate the native reaction, and suggests that select dynamical coupling contributes to the degree of catalysis in enzymes.
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- Wei Li
- Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
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Steinrücken E, Weigler M, Schiller V, Vogel M. Dynamical Susceptibilities of Confined Water from Room Temperature to the Glass Transition. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:4104-4112. [PMID: 37126094 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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We confine water to narrow silica pores, where crystallization is suppressed, and determine the dynamical susceptibilities of the liquid from room temperature down to the glass transition by combining broadband dielectric spectroscopy (BDS) with 1H and 2H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), in particular, by establishing NMR field-cycling relaxometry. For the correlation times, derivative analysis reveals Vogel-Fulcher-Tammann and Arrhenius regimes at T ≥ 215 K and T ≤ 160 K, respectively, which are separated by a broad crossover region. The continuous transition in the temperature dependence is accompanied by a gradual change from asymmetric high-temperature shapes of the dynamical susceptibilities to symmetric low-temperature ones and by a steady decrease of the dielectric relaxation strength. In the Arrhenius regime (Ea = 0.48 eV) at T ≤ 160 K, 2D 2H NMR spectra reveal quasi-isotropic water reorientation. We rationalize these results in terms of a crossover to an interface-affected, noncooperative relaxation involving both rotational and translational motions.
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- Elisa Steinrücken
- Institute for Condensed Matter Physics, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Hochschulstraße 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute for Condensed Matter Physics, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Hochschulstraße 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute for Condensed Matter Physics, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Hochschulstraße 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute for Condensed Matter Physics, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Hochschulstraße 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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Becher M, Lichtinger A, Minikejew R, Vogel M, Rössler EA. NMR Relaxometry Accessing the Relaxation Spectrum in Molecular Glass Formers. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23095118. [PMID: 35563506 PMCID: PMC9105706 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23095118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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It is a longstanding question whether universality or specificity characterize the molecular dynamics underlying the glass transition of liquids. In particular, there is an ongoing debate to what degree the shape of dynamical susceptibilities is common to various molecular glass formers. Traditionally, results from dielectric spectroscopy and light scattering have dominated the discussion. Here, we show that nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), primarily field-cycling relaxometry, has evolved into a valuable method, which provides access to both translational and rotational motions, depending on the probe nucleus. A comparison of 1H NMR results indicates that translation is more retarded with respect to rotation for liquids with fully established hydrogen-bond networks; however, the effect is not related to the slow Debye process of, for example, monohydroxy alcohols. As for the reorientation dynamics, the NMR susceptibilities of the structural (α) relaxation usually resemble those of light scattering, while the dielectric spectra of especially polar liquids have a different broadening, likely due to contributions from cross correlations between different molecules. Moreover, NMR relaxometry confirms that the excess wing on the high-frequency flank of the α-process is a generic relaxation feature of liquids approaching the glass transition. However, the relevance of this feature generally differs between various methods, possibly because of their different sensitivities to small-amplitude motions. As a major advantage, NMR is isotope specific; hence, it enables selective studies on a particular molecular entity or a particular component of a liquid mixture. Exploiting these possibilities, we show that the characteristic Cole-Davidson shape of the α-relaxation is retained in various ionic liquids and salt solutions, but the width parameter may differ for the components. In contrast, the low-frequency flank of the α-relaxation can be notably broadened for liquids in nanoscopic confinements. This effect also occurs in liquid mixtures with a prominent dynamical disparity in their components.
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- Manuel Becher
- Nordbayerisches NMR Zentrum, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany; (M.B.); (A.L.); (R.M.)
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- Nordbayerisches NMR Zentrum, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany; (M.B.); (A.L.); (R.M.)
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- Nordbayerisches NMR Zentrum, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany; (M.B.); (A.L.); (R.M.)
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- Institut für Physik Kondensierter Materie, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany;
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- Nordbayerisches NMR Zentrum, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany; (M.B.); (A.L.); (R.M.)
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Kohne M, Li W, Ionescu A, Zhu C, Warncke K. Resolution and characterization of contributions of select protein and coupled solvent configurational fluctuations to radical rearrangement catalysis in coenzyme B 12-dependent ethanolamine ammonia-lyase. Methods Enzymol 2022; 669:229-259. [PMID: 35644173 PMCID: PMC9270175 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2021.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Coenzyme B12 (adenosylcobalamin) -dependent ethanolamine ammonia-lyase (EAL) is the signature enzyme in ethanolamine utilization metabolism associated with microbiome homeostasis and disease conditions in the human gut. The enzyme conducts a complex choreography of bond-making/bond-breaking steps that rearrange substrate to products through a radical mechanism, with themes common to other coenzyme B12-dependent and radical enzymes. The methods presented are targeted to test the hypothesis that particular, select protein and coupled solvent configurational fluctuations contribute to enzyme function. The general approach is to correlate enzyme function with an introduced perturbation that alters the properties (for example, degree of concertedness, or collectiveness) of protein and coupled solvent dynamics. Methods for sample preparation and low-temperature kinetic measurements by using temperature-step reaction initiation and time-resolved, full-spectrum electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy are detailed. A framework for interpretation of results obtained in ensemble systems under conditions of statistical equilibrium within the reacting, globally unstable state is presented. The temperature-dependence of the first-order rate constants for decay of the cryotrapped paramagnetic substrate radical state in EAL, through the chemical step of radical rearrangement, displays a piecewise-continuous Arrhenius dependence from 203 to 295K, punctuated by a kinetic bifurcation over 219-220K. The results reveal the obligatory contribution of a class of select collective protein and coupled solvent fluctuations to the interconversion of two resolved, sequential configurational substates, on the decay time scale. The select class of collective fluctuations also contributes to the chemical step. The methods and analysis are generally applicable to other coenzyme B12-dependent and related radical enzymes.
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- Meghan Kohne
- Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.
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Reuhl M, Monnard P, Vogel M. Effects of partial crystallization on the glassy slowdown of aqueous ethylene glycol solutions. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:224501. [PMID: 34911309 DOI: 10.1063/5.0075457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Combining differential scanning calorimetry, nuclear magnetic resonance, and broadband dielectric spectroscopy studies, we ascertain the glass transition of aqueous ethylene glycol (EG) solutions, in particular the effects of partial crystallization on their glassy slowdown. For the completely liquid solutions in the weakly supercooled regime, it is found that the dynamics of the components occur on very similar time scales, rotational and translational motions are coupled, and the structural (α) relaxation monotonously slows down with increasing EG concentration. Upon cooling, partial crystallization strongly alters the glassy dynamics of EG-poor solutions; in particular, it strongly retards the α relaxation of the remaining liquid fraction, causing a non-monotonous concentration dependence, and it results in a crossover from non-Arrhenius to Arrhenius temperature dependence. In the deeply supercooled regime, a recrossing of the respective α-relaxation times results from the Arrhenius behaviors of the partially frozen EG-poor solutions together with the non-Arrhenius behavior of the fully liquid EG-rich solutions. Exploiting the isotope selectivity of nuclear magnetic resonance, we observe different rotational dynamics of the components in this low-temperature range and determine the respective contributions to the ν relaxation decoupling from the α relaxation when the glass transition is approached. The results suggest that the ν process, which is usually regarded as a water process, actually also involves the EG molecules. In addition, we show that various kinds of partially crystalline aqueous systems share a common relaxation process, which is associated with the frozen fraction and differs from that of bulk hexagonal ice.
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- Melanie Reuhl
- Institute for Condensed Matter Physics, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Hochschulstr. 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute for Condensed Matter Physics, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Hochschulstr. 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute for Condensed Matter Physics, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Hochschulstr. 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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Sasaki K, Takatsuka M, Shinyashiki N, Ngai KL. Relating the dynamics of hydrated poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) to the dynamics of highly asymmetric mixtures and polymer blends. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.115907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ionescu A, Li W, Nforneh B, Warncke K. Coupling of ethanolamine ammonia-lyase protein and solvent dynamics characterized by the temperature-dependence of EPR spin probe mobility and dielectric permittivity. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:175101. [PMID: 34241057 DOI: 10.1063/5.0040341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy is used to address the remarkable persistence of the native Arrhenius dependence of the 2-aminopropanol substrate radical rearrangement reaction in B12-dependent ethanolamine ammonia-lyase (EAL) from Salmonella typhimurium from physiological to cryogenic (220 K) temperatures. Two-component TEMPOL spin probe mobility in the presence of 10 mM (0.08% v/v) 2-aminopropanol over 200-265 K demonstrates characteristic concentric aqueous-cosolvent mesodomain and protein-associated domain (PAD, hydration layer) solvent phases around EAL in the frozen solution. The mesodomain formed by the relatively small amount of 2-aminopropanol is highly confined, as shown by an elevated temperature for the order-disorder transition (ODT) in the PAD (230-235 K) and large activation energy for TEMPOL rotation. Addition of 2% v/v dimethylsulfoxide expands the mesodomain, partially relieves PAD confinement, and leads to an ODT at 205-210 K. The ODT is also manifested as a deviation of the temperature-dependence of the EPR amplitude of cob(II)alamin and the substrate radical, bound in the enzyme active site, from Curie law behavior. This is attributed to an increase in sample dielectric permittivity above the ODT at the microwave frequency of 9.5 GHz. The relatively high frequency dielectric response indicates an origin in coupled protein surface group-water fluctuations of the Johari-Goldstein β type that span spatial scales of ∼0.1-10 Å on temporal scales of 10-10-10-7 s. The orthogonal EPR spin probe rotational mobility and solvent dielectric measurements characterize features of EAL protein-solvent dynamical coupling and reveal that excess substrate acts as a fluidizing cryosolvent to enable native enzyme reactivity at cryogenic temperatures.
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- Alina Ionescu
- Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322-2430, USA
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- Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322-2430, USA
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- Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322-2430, USA
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- Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322-2430, USA
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Cai L, Lai Y, Yin P. Unique Dynamics of Water Confined on the Surface of Metal Oxide Clusters. Chemphyschem 2021; 22:9-12. [PMID: 33185960 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202000832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2020] [Revised: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Water confined on metal oxide surface plays significant roles in heterogeneous catalysis. Heteropolyacid, a 1.2 nm-metal oxide cluster with well-defined structure, is applied as a model to understand the dynamics of water on its surface. The surface water strongly associates with heteropolyacid cluster and form the so-called 'pseudoliquid phase' where catalytic reactions are conducted. Broadband dielectric spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry have been applied to probe the dynamics of water in this pseudoliquid phase. A supercooling phase transition of water below its normal melting temperature and a dipolar glassy relaxation behaviour due to the hindered dynamics of water have been observed. The rich dynamic behavior on the surface of such well-defined metal clusters provide new perspectives to understand the properties of surface water and their relation to catalytic performance of heteropolyacid.
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- Linkun Cai
- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, P. R. China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, P. R. China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, P. R. China
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Shi G, Liu Y, Wu G. βfast Relaxation Governs the Damping Stability of Acrylic Polymer/Hindered Phenol Hybrids. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Gaopeng Shi
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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Yildirim A, Krause C, Zorn R, Lohstroh W, Schneider GJ, Zamponi M, Holderer O, Frick B, Schönhals A. Complex molecular dynamics of a symmetric model discotic liquid crystal revealed by broadband dielectric, thermal and neutron spectroscopy. SOFT MATTER 2020; 16:2005-2016. [PMID: 32003764 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm02487e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The molecular dynamics of the triphenylene-based discotic liquid crystal HAT6 is investigated by broadband dielectric spectroscopy, advanced dynamical calorimetry and neutron scattering. Differential scanning calorimetry in combination with X-ray scattering reveals that HAT6 has a plastic crystalline phase at low temperatures, a hexagonally ordered liquid crystalline phase at higher temperatures and undergoes a clearing transition at even higher temperatures. The dielectric spectra show several relaxation processes: a localized γ-relaxation at lower temperatures and a so called α2-relaxation at higher temperatures. The relaxation rates of the α2-relaxation have a complex temperature dependence and bear similarities to a dynamic glass transition. The relaxation rates estimated by Hyper DSC, Fast Scanning calorimetry and AC Chip calorimetry have a different temperature dependence than the dielectric α2-relaxation and follow the VFT-behavior characteristic for glassy dynamics. Therefore, this process is called α1-relaxation. Its relaxation rates show a similarity with that of polyethylene. For this reason, the α1-relaxation is assigned to the dynamic glass transition of the alkyl chains in the intercolumnar space. Moreover, this process is not observed by dielectric spectroscopy, which supports its assignment. The α2-relaxation is assigned to small scale translatorial and/or small angle fluctuations of the cores. The neutron scattering data reveal two relaxation processes. The process observed at shorter relaxation times is assigned to the methyl group rotation. The second relaxation process at longer time scales agree in the temperature dependence of its relaxation rates with that of the dielectric γ-relaxation.
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- Arda Yildirim
- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Unter den Eichen 87, 12205 Berlin, Germany.
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- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Unter den Eichen 87, 12205 Berlin, Germany.
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS-1) and Institute for Complex Systems (ICS-1), 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ), Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstraße 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich Centre for Neutron Science at MLZ, Lichtenbergstr. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich Centre for Neutron Science at MLZ, Lichtenbergstr. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich Centre for Neutron Science at MLZ, Lichtenbergstr. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Unter den Eichen 87, 12205 Berlin, Germany.
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Fujii M, Sasaki K, Matsui Y, Inoue S, Kita R, Shinyashiki N, Yagihara S. Dynamics of Uncrystallized Water, Ice, and Hydrated Polymer in Partially Crystallized Poly(vinylpyrrolidone)-Water Mixtures. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:1521-1530. [PMID: 32009404 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b11552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In this study, we investigated the cooperative molecular dynamics of poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP), ice, and uncrystallized water (UCW) in partially crystallized PVP-water mixtures by means of broadband dielectric spectroscopy. Three relaxation processes, denoted I, II, and III, were observed at temperatures ranging from immediately below the crystallization temperature (Tc) to approximately 200 K. At temperatures of 173-193 K, processes I and II cannot be distinguished. Below 168 K, process II separates into two processes: process IV at higher frequencies and process V at lower frequencies. Process I contributes to process V. In partially crystallized mixtures, process I originates from UCW in an uncrystallized phase with PVP. Process II is attributed to ice in the mixture, with a relaxation time that is 2 orders of magnitude smaller than that of pure ice. The concentration dependence of the strength of process II and the relaxation time relative to that of ice in bovine serum albumin (BSA)-water and gelatin-water mixtures strongly support this conclusion. Observation of processes IV and V indicates the presence of multiple ice relaxation processes. Process III is attributed to the α process of PVP in the uncrystallized phase in 40 and 50 wt % PVP mixtures. For mixtures with 30 wt % PVP or less, process III is attributed not only to the α process of PVP but also to interfacial polarization.
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- Mitsuki Fujii
- Department of Physics, School of Science , Tokai University , 4-1-1 Kitakaname , Hiratuka-shi , Kanagawa 259-1292 , Japan
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- Micro/Nano Technology Center , Tokai University , 4-1-1 Kitakaname , Hiratuka-shi , Kanagawa 259-1292 , Japan
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- Department of Physics, School of Science , Tokai University , 4-1-1 Kitakaname , Hiratuka-shi , Kanagawa 259-1292 , Japan
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- Department of Physics, School of Science , Tokai University , 4-1-1 Kitakaname , Hiratuka-shi , Kanagawa 259-1292 , Japan
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- Department of Physics, School of Science , Tokai University , 4-1-1 Kitakaname , Hiratuka-shi , Kanagawa 259-1292 , Japan.,Micro/Nano Technology Center , Tokai University , 4-1-1 Kitakaname , Hiratuka-shi , Kanagawa 259-1292 , Japan
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- Department of Physics, School of Science , Tokai University , 4-1-1 Kitakaname , Hiratuka-shi , Kanagawa 259-1292 , Japan.,Micro/Nano Technology Center , Tokai University , 4-1-1 Kitakaname , Hiratuka-shi , Kanagawa 259-1292 , Japan
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- Department of Physics, School of Science , Tokai University , 4-1-1 Kitakaname , Hiratuka-shi , Kanagawa 259-1292 , Japan
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Safna Hussan KP, Thayyil MS, Poulose A, Ngai KL. Glassy Dynamics and Translational-Rotational Coupling of an Ionically Conducting Pharmaceutical Salt-Sodium Ibuprofen. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:7764-7770. [PMID: 31424212 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b06478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In this work, we study the structural dipolar relaxation and ionic conductivity relaxation in an ionized derived from a nonionized glass former. The latter is the salt form of a well-studied active pharmaceutical ingredient, sodium ibuprofen, and the former is ibuprofen. Quantum mechanical calculations were employed to study the variation in its molecular electrostatic potentials, and its spatial extent on its salt formation with Na+ ions. Measurements have been made using differential scanning calorimetry and broadband dielectric spectroscopy, and the characterization is assisted by density functional theory. The dielectric data contain information on both ionic and dipolar molecular mobility of NaIb and were extracted by representation in terms of the electric modulus and permittivity. A secondary β-conductivity relaxation coexists with the primary α-conductivity relaxation. By use of the coupling model, we show that the β-conductivity relaxation is connected to the α-conductivity relaxation and is the analogue of the relation of the Johari-Goldstein β-relaxation to the structural α-relaxation, shown valid also in ibuprofen. This remarkable result has an impact on the fundamental understanding of the dynamics of ionic conductivity. By representing the data as permittivity, a dipolar β-relaxation was found to have practically the same relaxation times as the β-conductivity relaxation in the glassy state and translational-rotational coupling is valid at a more local secondary relaxation level. However, the α-conductivity relaxation decouples from structural α-relaxation because the structural glass transition temperature is lower than the conductivity counterpart by 29 K. These are novel findings. The study elucidates the effects on the dynamics by the change in the nature of bonding and in size on introducing sodium ions to ibuprofen in the glassy and supercooled liquid states.
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- K P Safna Hussan
- Department of Physics , University of Calicut , Malappuram 673635 , Kerala , India
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- Department of Physics , University of Calicut , Malappuram 673635 , Kerala , India
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- CNR-IPCF , Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3 , Pisa I-56127 , Italy
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Kripotou S, Zafeiris K, Culebras-Martínez M, Gallego Ferrer G, Kyritsis A. Dynamics of hydration water in gelatin and hyaluronic acid hydrogels. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. E, SOFT MATTER 2019; 42:109. [PMID: 31444585 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2019-11871-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2019] [Accepted: 07/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We employed broadband dielectric spectroscopy (BDS), for the investigation of the water dynamics in partially hydrated hyaluronic acid (HA), and gelatin (Gel), enzymatically crosslinked hydrogels, in the water fraction ranges [Formula: see text]. Our results indicate that at low hydrations ([Formula: see text]), where the dielectric response of the hydrogels is identical during cooling and heating, water plasticizes strongly the polymeric matrix and is organized in clusters giving rise to [Formula: see text]-process, secondary water relaxation and to an additional slower relaxation process. This later process has been found to be related with the dc charge conductivity and can be described in terms of the conduction current relaxation mechanism. At slightly higher hydrations, however, always below the hydration level where ice is formed during cooling, we have recorded in HA hydrogel a strong water dielectric relaxation process, [Formula: see text], which has Arrhenius-like temperature dependence and large time scale resembling relaxation processes recorded in bulk low density amorphous solid water structures. This relaxation process shows a strong-to-fragile transition at [Formula: see text]C and our data suggest that the VTF-like process recorded at [Formula: see text]C is controlled by the same molecular process like long range charge transport. In addition, our data imply that the crossover temperature is related with the onset of structural rearrangements (increase in configurational entropy) of the macromolecules. In partially crystallized hydrogels ([Formula: see text]) HA exhibits at low temperatures the ice dielectric process consistent with the bulk hexagonal ice, whereas Gel hydrogel exhibits as main low temperature process a slow relaxation process that refers to open tetrahedral structures of water similar to low density amorphous ice structures and to bulk cubic ice. Regarding the water secondary relaxation processes, we have shown that the [Formula: see text]-process and the [Formula: see text] process are activated in water hydrogen bond networks with different structures.
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- Sotiria Kripotou
- National Technical University of Athens, Physics Department, Iroon Polytechneiou 9, Zografou Campus, 15780, Athens, Greece
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- National Technical University of Athens, Physics Department, Iroon Polytechneiou 9, Zografou Campus, 15780, Athens, Greece
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- Centre for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (CBIT), Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de vera s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Centre for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (CBIT), Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de vera s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
- Biomedical Research Networking Centre in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Valencia, Spain
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- National Technical University of Athens, Physics Department, Iroon Polytechneiou 9, Zografou Campus, 15780, Athens, Greece.
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Capaccioli S, Ngai KL, Ancherbak S, Bertoldo M, Ciampalini G, Thayyil MS, Wang LM. The JG β-relaxation in water and impact on the dynamics of aqueous mixtures and hydrated biomolecules. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:034504. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5100835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- S. Capaccioli
- CNR-IPCF, Dipartimento di Fisica, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, I-56127, Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, I-56127, Pisa, Italy
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- CNR-IPCF, Dipartimento di Fisica, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, I-56127, Pisa, Italy
- State Key Lab of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei, 066004, China
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, I-56127, Pisa, Italy
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- ISOF - CNR Area della Ricerca di Bologna, Via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, I-56127, Pisa, Italy
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- State Key Lab of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei, 066004, China
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Motovilov KA, Grinenko V, Savinov M, Gagkaeva ZV, Kadyrov LS, Pronin AA, Bedran ZV, Zhukova ES, Mostert AB, Gorshunov BP. Redox chemistry in the pigment eumelanin as a function of temperature using broadband dielectric spectroscopy. RSC Adv 2019; 9:3857-3867. [PMID: 35518099 PMCID: PMC9060503 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra09093a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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We demonstrate on synthetic eumelanin that biomolecular conductivity models should account for temperature and hydration effects coherently.
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- Institute for Solid State and Materials Physics
- TU Dresden
- Dresden
- Germany
- Institute for Metallic Materials
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- Institute of Physics AS CR
- Praha 8
- Czech Republic
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- Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Moscow
- Russia
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- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
- Russia
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- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
- Russia
- Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Moscow
- Russia
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- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
- Russia
- Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Moscow
- Russia
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Bulk dynamics of the thermoresponsive random copolymer of di(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate (MEO2MA) and oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate (OEGMA). POLYMER 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2018.06.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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K P SH, Thayyil MS, Deshpande SK, T V J, K M, Ngai KL. Molecular dynamics and the translational-rotational coupling of an ionically conducting glass-former: amlodipine besylate. RSC Adv 2018; 8:20630-20636. [PMID: 35542326 PMCID: PMC9080837 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra01544a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2018] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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We studied the conductivity relaxation originating from a glass-former composed of cations and anions, and the relation to the structural α-relaxation at temperatures above and below the glass transition temperature. The material chosen was amorphous amlodipine besylate (AMB), which is also a pharmaceutical with a complex chemical structure. Measurements were made using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), broadband dielectric spectroscopy (BDS) and X-ray diffraction, and the characterization was assisted using density functional theory (DFT). The X-ray diffraction pattern confirms the amorphous nature of vitrified AMB. Both the ionic and dipolar aspects of the dynamics of AMB were examined using these measurements and were used to probe the nature of the secondary conductivity and dipolar relaxations and their relation to the conductivity α-relaxation and the structural α-relaxation. The coupling model predictions and quantum mechanical simulations were used side by side to reveal the properties and nature of the secondary conductivity relaxation and the secondary dipolar relaxation. Remarkably, the two secondary relaxations have the same relaxation times, and are one and the same process performing dual roles in conductivity and dipolar relaxations. This is caused by the translation-rotation coupling of the AMB molecule. Thus, AMB has both conductivity α- and β-relaxations, and application of the coupling model shows that these two relaxations are related in the same way as the structural α-relaxation and the Johari-Goldstein β-relaxation are. This important result has an impact on the fundamental understanding of the dynamics of ionic conductivity.
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- Safna Hussan K P
- Department of Physics, University of Calicut Malappuram-673635 Kerala India
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- UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Mumbai Centre, BARC Mumbai 40085 India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calicut Malappuram-673635 Kerala India
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Govt. Medical College Kozhikode-673008 Kerala India
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- CNR-IPCF Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3 I-56127 Pisa Italy
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Weigl P, Talluto V, Walther T, Blochowicz T. Triplet Solvation Dynamics of Hydrogen Bonding Liquids in Confinement. Z PHYS CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1515/zpch-2017-1024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We have developed a flexible experimental setup to conduct triplet solvation dynamics (TSD) experiments. The setup is capable of exciting dyes at 355, 320 and 266 nm. Phosphorescence spectra can be recorded up to a 10 ns-resolution usually covering three decades using a grating spectrograph and a CCD camera. In this contribution, we describe the experimental setup as well as first investigations on water-alcohol mixtures, microemulsions and new dyes for TSD, i.e. naphthalene derivates, which take full advantage of this experimental method sensitive to the local environment of the dyes.
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- Peter Weigl
- Institute of Solid State Physics, TU Darmstadt , Darmstadt , Germany
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- Institute of Applied Physics, TU Darmstadt , Darmstadt , Germany
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- Institute of Applied Physics, TU Darmstadt , Darmstadt , Germany
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- Institute of Solid State Physics, TU Darmstadt , Darmstadt , Germany
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Motovilov KA, Savinov M, Zhukova ES, Pronin AA, Gagkaeva ZV, Grinenko V, Sidoruk KV, Voeikova TA, Barzilovich PY, Grebenko AK, Lisovskii SV, Torgashev VI, Bednyakov P, Pokorný J, Dressel M, Gorshunov BP. Observation of dielectric universalities in albumin, cytochrome C and Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 extracellular matrix. Sci Rep 2017; 7:15731. [PMID: 29147016 PMCID: PMC5691187 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-15693-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2017] [Accepted: 10/31/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The electrodynamics of metals is well understood within the Drude conductivity model; properties of insulators and semiconductors are governed by a gap in the electronic states. But there is a great variety of disordered materials that do not fall in these categories and still respond to external field in an amazingly uniform manner. At radiofrequencies delocalized charges yield a frequency-independent conductivity σ 1(ν) whose magnitude exponentially decreases while cooling. With increasing frequency, dispersionless conductivity starts to reveal a power-law dependence σ 1(ν)∝ν s with s < 1 caused by hopping charge carriers. At low temperatures, such Universal Dielectric Response can cross over to another universal regime with nearly constant loss ε″∝σ1/ν = const. The powerful research potential based on such universalities is widely used in condensed matter physics. Here we study the broad-band (1-1012 Hz) dielectric response of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 extracellular matrix, cytochrome C and serum albumin. Applying concepts of condensed matter physics, we identify transport mechanisms and a number of energy, time, frequency, spatial and temperature scales in these biological objects, which can provide us with deeper insight into the protein dynamics.
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- K A Motovilov
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, Russia.
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- Institute of Physics AS CR, Praha 8, Czech Republic
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- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, Russia
- A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, RAS, Moscow, Russia
- 1. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, RAS, Moscow, Russia
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- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Institute for Metallic Materials, IFW Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Scientific Center of Russian Federation Research Institute for Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms, Moscow, Russia
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- Scientific Center of Russian Federation Research Institute for Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms, Moscow, Russia
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- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Institute of Physics AS CR, Praha 8, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physics AS CR, Praha 8, Czech Republic
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- 1. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institutsky lane 9, Dolgoprudny, Moscow, 141701, Russia
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- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, Russia.
- A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, RAS, Moscow, Russia.
- 1. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
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Caballero NB, Zuriaga M, Tamarit JL, Serra P. Dynamic heterogeneity in an orientational glass. J Chem Phys 2017; 147:184501. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5004671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Nirvana B. Caballero
- CNEA, CONICET, Centro Atomico Bariloche, 8400 San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina
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- Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía, Física y Computación, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina and IFEG-CONICET, Ciudad Universitaria, X5016LAE Córdoba, Argentina
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- Grup de Caracterització de Materials, Departament de Física, EEBE and Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, Eduard Maristany, 10-14, 08019 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía, Física y Computación, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina and IFEG-CONICET, Ciudad Universitaria, X5016LAE Córdoba, Argentina
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Draganski AR, Friedman JM, Ludescher RD. Solvent-Slaved Dynamic Processes Observed by Tryptophan Phosphorescence of Human Serum Albumin. Biophys J 2017; 112:881-891. [PMID: 28297647 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.12.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2016] [Revised: 12/16/2016] [Accepted: 12/23/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Despite extensive experimental and computational efforts to understand the nature of the hierarchy of protein fluctuations and the modulating role of the protein hydration shell, a detailed microscopic description of the dynamics of the protein-solvent system has yet to be achieved. By using single tryptophan protein phosphorescence, we follow site-specific internal protein dynamics over a broad temperature range and demonstrate three independent dynamic processes. Process I is seen at temperatures below the bulk solvent Tg, has low activation energy, and is likely due to fast vibrations that may be enabled by water mobility on the protein surface. Process II is observed above 170 K, with activation energy typical of β relaxations in a glass; it has the same temperature dependence as fluctuations of hydration shell waters. Process III is observed at T > 200 K; it has super-Arrhenius temperature dependence and closely follows the primary relaxation of the bulk. The fluorescence of pyranine bound to the protein reports on the mobility of water in the hydration shell; it reveals a shift in emission spectra with increasing temperature, indicative of a changing H-bond network at the surface of the protein. These results support a model of solvent-slaved protein dynamics.
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- Andrew R Draganski
- Department of Food Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
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Sasaki K, Panagopoulou A, Kita R, Shinyashiki N, Yagihara S, Kyritsis A, Pissis P. Dynamics of Uncrystallized Water, Ice, and Hydrated Protein in Partially Crystallized Gelatin–Water Mixtures Studied by Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2016; 121:265-272. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b04756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Kaito Sasaki
- Department of Physics,
Graduate School of Science, Tokai University, 4-1-1 Kitakaname, Hiratuka-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
- Micro/Nano Technology Center, Tokai University, 4-1-1
Kitakaname, Hiratuka-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Physics, National Technical University of Athens, Zografou Campus, 15780 Athens, Greece
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- Department of Physics,
Graduate School of Science, Tokai University, 4-1-1 Kitakaname, Hiratuka-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
- Micro/Nano Technology Center, Tokai University, 4-1-1
Kitakaname, Hiratuka-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Physics,
Graduate School of Science, Tokai University, 4-1-1 Kitakaname, Hiratuka-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Physics,
Graduate School of Science, Tokai University, 4-1-1 Kitakaname, Hiratuka-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Physics, National Technical University of Athens, Zografou Campus, 15780 Athens, Greece
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- Department of Physics, National Technical University of Athens, Zografou Campus, 15780 Athens, Greece
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Cerveny S, Combarro-Palacios I, Swenson J. Evidence of Coupling between the Motions of Water and Peptides. J Phys Chem Lett 2016; 7:4093-4098. [PMID: 27683955 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Studies of protein dynamics at low temperatures are generally performed on hydrated powders and not in biologically realistic solutions of water because of water crystallization. However, here we avoid the problem of crystallization by reducing the size of the biomolecules. We have studied oligomers of the amino acid l-lysine, fully dissolved in water, and our dielectric relaxation data show that the glass transition-related dynamics of the oligomers is determined by the water dynamics, in a way similar to that previously observed for solvated proteins. This implies that the crucial role of water for protein dynamics can be extended to other types of macromolecular systems, where water is also able to determine their conformational fluctuations. Using the energy landscape picture of macromolecules, the thermodynamic criterion for such solvent-slaved macromolecular motions may be that the macromolecules need the entropy contribution from the solvent to overcome the enthalpy barriers between different conformational substates.
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- Silvina Cerveny
- Centro de Fisica de Materiales (CSIC, UPV/EHU)-Materials Physics Center (MPC) , Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 5, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
- Donostia International Physics Center, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
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- Centro de Fisica de Materiales (CSIC, UPV/EHU)-Materials Physics Center (MPC) , Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 5, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
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- Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology , SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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Gun’ko V, Turov V, Zarko V, Goncharuk O, Pakhlov E, Skubiszewska-Zięba J, Blitz J. Interfacial phenomena at a surface of individual and complex fumed nanooxides. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2016; 235:108-189. [PMID: 27344189 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2016.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2016] [Revised: 06/01/2016] [Accepted: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Investigations of interfacial and temperature behaviors of nonpolar and polar adsorbates interacting with individual and complex fumed metal or metalloid oxides (FMO), initial and subjected to various treatments or chemical functionalization and compared to such porous adsorbents as silica gels, precipitated silica, mesoporous ordered silicas, filled polymeric composites, were analyzed. Complex nanooxides include core-shell nanoparticles, CSNP (50-200nm in size) with titania or alumina cores and silica or alumina shells in contrast to simple and smaller nanoparticles of individual FMO. CSNP could be destroyed under high-pressure cryogelation (HPCG) or mechanochemical activation (MCA). These treatments affect the structure of aggregates of nanoparticles and agglomerates of aggregates, resulting in their becoming more compacted. The analysis shows that complex FMO could be more sensitive to external actions than simple nanooxides such as fumed silica. Any treatment of 'soft' FMO affects the interfacial and temperature behaviors of polar and nonpolar adsorbates. Rearrangement of secondary particles and surface functionalization affects the freezing-melting point depression of adsorbates. For some adsorbates, open hysteresis loops became readily apparent in adsorption-desorption isotherms. Clustering of adsorbates bound in textural pores in aggregates of nanoparticles (i.e., voids between nanoparticles in secondary structures) causes reduced changes in enthalpy during phase transitions (freezing, fusion, evaporation). Freezing point depression and melting point elevation cause significant hysteresis freezing-melting effects for adsorbates bound to FMO in the textural pores. Relaxation phenomena for both low- and high-molecular weight adsorbates or filled polymeric composites are affected by the morphology of primary particles, structural organization of secondary particles of differently treated or functionalized FMO, content of adsorbates, co-adsorption order, and temperature.
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Sasaki K, Matsui Y, Miyara M, Kita R, Shinyashiki N, Yagihara S. Glass Transition and Dynamics of the Polymer and Water in the Poly(vinylpyrrolidone)–Water Mixtures Studied by Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:6882-9. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b05347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Kaito Sasaki
- Department of Physics, School
of Science, Tokai University, 4-1-1 Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan
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- Department of Physics, School
of Science, Tokai University, 4-1-1 Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan
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- Department of Physics, School
of Science, Tokai University, 4-1-1 Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan
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- Department of Physics, School
of Science, Tokai University, 4-1-1 Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan
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- Department of Physics, School
of Science, Tokai University, 4-1-1 Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan
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- Department of Physics, School
of Science, Tokai University, 4-1-1 Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan
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Ngai KL, Capaccioli S, Paciaroni A. Dynamics of hydrated proteins and bio-protectants: Caged dynamics, β-relaxation, and α-relaxation. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2016; 1861:3553-3563. [PMID: 27155356 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2016.04.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2016] [Revised: 04/26/2016] [Accepted: 04/27/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND The properties of the three dynamic processes, α-relaxation, ν-relaxation, and caged dynamics in aqueous mixtures and hydrated proteins are analogous to corresponding processes found in van der Waals and polymeric glass-formers apart from minor differences. METHODS Collection of various experimental data enables us to characterize the structural α-relaxation of the protein coupled to hydration water (HW), the secondary or ν-relaxation of HW, and the caged HW process. RESULTS From the T-dependence of the ν-relaxation time of hydrated myoglobin, lysozyme, and bovine serum albumin, we obtain Ton at which it enters the experimental time windows of Mössbauer and neutron scattering spectroscopies, coinciding with protein dynamical transition (PDT) temperature Td. However, for all systems considered, the α-relaxation time at Ton or Td is many orders of magnitude longer. The other step change of the mean-square-displacement (MSD) at Tg_alpha originates from the coupling of the nearly constant loss (NCL) of caged HW to density. The coupling of the NCL to density is further demonstrated by another step change at the secondary glass temperature Tg_beta in two bio-protectants, trehalose and sucrose. CONCLUSIONS The structural α-relaxation plays no role in PDT. Since PDT is simply due to the ν-relaxation of HW, the term PDT is a misnomer. NCL of caged dynamics is coupled to density and show transitions at lower temperature, Tg_beta and Tg_alpha. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE The so-called protein dynamical transition (PDT) of hydrated proteins is not caused by the structural α-relaxation of the protein but by the secondary ν-relaxation of hydration water. "This article is part of a Special Issue entitled "Science for Life" Guest Editor: Dr. Austen Angell, Dr. Salvatore Magazù and Dr. Federica Migliardo".
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- K L Ngai
- CNR-IPCF, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
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- CNR-IPCF, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italy; Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Via A Pascoli 1, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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Caballero NB, Zuriaga M, Carignano M, Serra P. Dynamic Heterogeneity in the Monoclinic Phase of CCl4. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:860-5. [PMID: 26756802 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b11658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) is one of the simplest compounds having a translationally stable monoclinic phase while exhibiting a rich rotational dynamics below 226 K. Recent nuclear quadrupolar resonance experiments revealed that the dynamics of CCl4 is similar to that of the other members of the isostructural series CBrnCl4-n, suggesting that the universal relaxation features of canonical glasses such as α and β relaxation are also present in nonglass formers. Using molecular dynamics simulations we studied the rotational dynamics in the monoclinic phase of CCl4. The molecules undergo C3-type jump-like rotations around each one of the four C-Cl bonds. The rotational dynamics is very well described with a master equation using as the only input the rotational rates measured from the simulated trajectories. It is found that the heterogeneous dynamics emerges from faster and slower modes associated with different rotational axes, which have fixed orientations relative to the crystal and are distributed among the four nonequivalent molecules of the unit cell.
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- Nirvana B Caballero
- Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba , X5016LAE Córdoba, Argentina.,IFEG-CONICET, Ciudad Universitaria , X5016LAE Córdoba, Argentina
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- Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba , X5016LAE Córdoba, Argentina.,IFEG-CONICET, Ciudad Universitaria , X5016LAE Córdoba, Argentina
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- Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University , P.O. Box 5825, Doha, Qatar
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- Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba , X5016LAE Córdoba, Argentina.,IFEG-CONICET, Ciudad Universitaria , X5016LAE Córdoba, Argentina
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Tripathi P, Romanini M, Tamarit JL, Macovez R. Collective relaxation dynamics and crystallization kinetics of the amorphous Biclotymol antiseptic. Int J Pharm 2015; 495:420-427. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2015.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2015] [Revised: 09/02/2015] [Accepted: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Glass transition of aqueous solutions involving annealing-induced ice recrystallization resolves liquid-liquid transition puzzle of water. Sci Rep 2015; 5:15714. [PMID: 26503911 PMCID: PMC4621610 DOI: 10.1038/srep15714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2015] [Accepted: 09/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Liquid-liquid transition of water is an important concept in condensed-matter physics. Recently, it was claimed to have been confirmed in aqueous solutions based on annealing-induced upshift of glass-liquid transition temperature, . Here we report a universal water-content, , dependence of for aqueous solutions. Solutions with vitrify/devitrify at a constant temperature, , referring to freeze-concentrated phase with left behind ice crystallization. Those solutions with totally vitrify at under conventional cooling/heating process though, of the samples annealed at temperatures to effectively evoke ice recrystallization is stabilized at . Experiments on aqueous glycerol and 1,2,4-butanetriol solutions in literature were repeated, and the same samples subject to other annealing treatments equally reproduce the result. The upshift of by annealing is attributable to freeze-concentrated phase of solutions instead of ‘liquid II phase of water’. Our work also provides a reliable method to determine hydration formula and to scrutinize solute-solvent interaction in solution.
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Popov I, Greenbaum Gutina A, Sokolov AP, Feldman Y. The puzzling first-order phase transition in water-glycerol mixtures. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:18063-71. [PMID: 26100246 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp02851e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Over the last decade, discussions on a possible liquid-liquid transition (LLT) have strongly intensified. The LLT proposed by several authors focused mostly on explaining the anomalous properties of water in a deeply supercooled state. However, there have been no direct experimental observations yet of LLT in bulk water in the so-called 'no man's land', where water exists only in the crystalline states. Recently, a novel experimental strategy to detect LLT in water has been employed using water-glycerol (W-G) mixtures, because glycerol can generate a strong hindrance for water crystallization. As a result, the observed first-order phase transition at a concentration of glycerol around cg≈ 20 mol% was ascribed to the LLT. Here we show unambiguously that the first order phase transition in W-G mixtures is caused by the ice formation. We provide additional dielectric measurements, applying specific annealing temperature protocols in order to reinforce this conclusion. We also provide an explanation, why such a phase transition occurs only in the narrow glycerol concentration range. These results clearly demonstrate the danger of analysis of phase-separating liquids to gain better insights into water dynamics. These liquids have complex phase behavior that is affected by temperature, phase stability and segregation, viscosity and nucleation, and finally by crystallization, that might lead to significant misinterpretations.
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- Ivan Popov
- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Applied Physics, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
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Ngai KL, Pawlus S, Grzybowska K, Kaminski K, Capaccioli S, Paluch M. Does the Johari–Goldstein β-Relaxation Exist in Polypropylene Glycols? Macromolecules 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- K. L. Ngai
- CNR-IPCF, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, I-56127, Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di
Fisica, Università di Pisa, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, I-56127, Pisa, Italy
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- Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, ul. Uniwersytecka
4, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, ul. Uniwersytecka
4, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, ul. Uniwersytecka
4, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
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- CNR-IPCF, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, I-56127, Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di
Fisica, Università di Pisa, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, I-56127, Pisa, Italy
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- Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, ul. Uniwersytecka
4, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
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Yamamoto W, Sasaki K, Kita R, Yagihara S, Shinyashiki N. Dielectric study on temperature–concentration superposition of liquid to glass in fructose–water mixtures. J Mol Liq 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2015.01.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ortiz-Serna P, Carsí M, Redondo-Foj B, Sanchis MJ, Culebras M, Gómez CM, Cantarero A. Thermal and dielectric properties of polycarbonatediol polyurethane. J Appl Polym Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/app.42007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Pilar Ortiz-Serna
- Departamento de Termodinámica Aplicada; E.T.S.I.I.; Instituto de Tecnología Eléctrica Universitat Politècnica de Valencia; 46022 Valencia Spain
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- Departamento de Termodinámica Aplicada; E.T.S.I.I.; Instituto de Tecnología Eléctrica Universitat Politècnica de Valencia; 46022 Valencia Spain
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- Departamento de Termodinámica Aplicada; E.T.S.I.I.; Instituto de Tecnología Eléctrica Universitat Politècnica de Valencia; 46022 Valencia Spain
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- Departamento de Termodinámica Aplicada; E.T.S.I.I.; Instituto de Tecnología Eléctrica Universitat Politècnica de Valencia; 46022 Valencia Spain
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- Condensed Matter and Polymers Group; Materials Science Institute; University of Valencia; 46071 Valencia Spain
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- Condensed Matter and Polymers Group; Materials Science Institute; University of Valencia; 46071 Valencia Spain
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- Condensed Matter and Polymers Group; Materials Science Institute; University of Valencia; 46071 Valencia Spain
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Li X, Chen Z, Li Z, Gao Y, Tu W, Li X, Zhang Y, Liu YD, Wang LM. Comparative study of dynamics in glass forming mixtures of Debye-type N-ethylacetamide with water, alcohol, and amine. J Chem Phys 2014; 141:104506. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4895066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Xin Li
- State Key Lab of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei 066004, China
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- State Key Lab of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei 066004, China
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- State Key Lab of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei 066004, China
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- State Key Lab of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei 066004, China
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- State Key Lab of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei 066004, China
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- State Key Lab of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei 066004, China
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- State Key Lab of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei 066004, China
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- State Key Lab of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei 066004, China
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- State Key Lab of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei 066004, China
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Yu W, Du M, Ye W, Lv W, Zheng Q. Relaxation behavior of layered double hydroxides filled dangling chain-based polyurethane/polymethyl methacrylate nanocomposites. POLYMER 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2014.03.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Sasaki K, Kita R, Shinyashiki N, Yagihara S. Glass transition of partially crystallized gelatin-water mixtures studied by broadband dielectric spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2014; 140:124506. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4869346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Sauer D, Schuster B, Rosenstihl M, Schneider S, Talluto V, Walther T, Blochowicz T, Stühn B, Vogel M. Dynamics of water-alcohol mixtures: Insights from nuclear magnetic resonance, broadband dielectric spectroscopy, and triplet solvation dynamics. J Chem Phys 2014; 140:114503. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4868003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Füllbrandt M, Ermilova E, Asadujjaman A, Hölzel R, Bier FF, von Klitzing R, Schönhals A. Dynamics of Linear Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) in Water around the Phase Transition Investigated by Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2014; 118:3750-9. [DOI: 10.1021/jp501325x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Marieke Füllbrandt
- BAM
Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Unter den Eichen 87, 12205 Berlin, Germany
- Stranski-Laboratorium
für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie/Institut für
Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 124, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Fraunhofer-Institut
für Biomedizinische Technik IBMT, Institutsteil Potsdam-Golm, Am Mühlenberg 13, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- BAM
Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Unter den Eichen 87, 12205 Berlin, Germany
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- Fraunhofer-Institut
für Biomedizinische Technik IBMT, Institutsteil Potsdam-Golm, Am Mühlenberg 13, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Fraunhofer-Institut
für Biomedizinische Technik IBMT, Institutsteil Potsdam-Golm, Am Mühlenberg 13, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Stranski-Laboratorium
für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie/Institut für
Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 124, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- BAM
Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Unter den Eichen 87, 12205 Berlin, Germany
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Ngai KL. Revisiting the influence of chain length on the α- and β-relaxations in oligomeric glass formers. J Chem Phys 2013; 139:244912. [PMID: 24387401 DOI: 10.1063/1.4854115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Dielectric relaxation measurements of a series of oligo(propylene glycol) dimethyl ethers, CH3-O-[CH2-CH(CH3)-O]N-CH3, including samples with the number of PG units N = 1, 2, 3, 7, 17, 34, and 69, were made by Mattsson et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 165701 (2005)] at ambient pressure. The objective of the study was to relate the change of properties of the glass transition dynamics to the number of monomer units N in the chain. Not examined in the previous publication is how the change of the width of the frequency dispersion of the α-relaxation with N is related to the observed change in the α-β bifurcation characterized by the ratio, τ(α)(T(g))/τ(β)(T(g)). In this paper, the frequency dispersion of the dimer, trimer, and heptamer are fitted by the Fourier transform of the Kohlrausch stretched exponential function, φ(t) = exp[-(t/τ(α))(1-n)]. Determined from experimental data, both τ(α)(T(g))/τ(β)(T(g)) and n increase with N. More interestingly, we find τ(α)(T(g))/τ(β)(T(g)) has approximately the same value as [τ(α)(T(g))/t(c)](n) with t(c) = 2 ps, in accordance with the prediction of the Coupling Model of approximate relation between τ(α) and τ(β) given by τ(β) ≈ (t(c))(n)(τ(α))(1-n). Considered also are previously unpublished dielectric loss spectra of the heptamer taken at different combinations of T and P with τ(α)(T,P) fixed by Roland et al. [Phys. Rev. B 77, 012201 (2008)]. The dielectric loss data show not only the α-loss peaks superpose but also the high frequency flank including the barely resolved JG β-relaxation superposes approximately. This is again consistent with the approximate relation between τ(α) and τ(β) from the Coupling Model because n is unchanged on varying P and T with τ(α)(T,P) kept constant, and t(c) is a constant. The additional advance made herein has the benefit of enhancing the impact of the earlier experimental studies of the oligo(propylene glycol) dimethyl ethers on current understanding of the dynamics of glass transition.
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- K L Ngai
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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Nagoe A, Oguni M. Hydroxylamine-doping effect on the Tg of 160 K for water confined in silica-gel nanopores. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2013; 25:465110. [PMID: 24162332 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/46/465110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The glass transition behavior of hydroxylamine (HA) aqueous solutions in bulk and confined in silica-gel nanopores with average width of 1.1 nm was studied by means of differential scanning calorimetry measurements and adiabatic calorimetry. The glass transition temperature (Tg) of the confined solution with high HA mole-fraction (xHA) was essentially the same as the value of the bulk. This suggests that the nano-size confinement affects the Tg of HA aqueous solution little. Meanwhile, the bulk solution with xHA < 0.3 revealed partial crystallization on cooling and, on the other hand, the confined solution with the same xHA did not crystallize. The Tg of the xHA = 0.076 confined solution was 174 K which is higher than the value of 160 K for pure water confined in the same silica-gel pores. This demonstrates that HA doping leads to no abrupt Tg-decrease, unlike doping of all the other second components reported so far, suggesting that HA is set neatly in a hydrogen-bond network formed by water molecules. We discuss the xHA dependence of Tg for the HA aqueous solutions from a viewpoint related to peculiar phase-behavior of pure water. Considering that the xHA = 0.076 aqueous solution revealed no anomaly compared with pure water, it was recognized as corresponding to the high-temperature phase of pure water.
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Ngai K, Capaccioli S, Paciaroni A. Nature of the water specific relaxation in hydrated proteins and aqueous mixtures. Chem Phys 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2013.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Yu W, Du M, Zhang D, Lin Y, Zheng Q. Influence of Dangling Chains on Molecular Dynamics of Polyurethanes. Macromolecules 2013. [DOI: 10.1021/ma401260d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Wenwen Yu
- Department
of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Department
of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Hangzhou Applied Acoustic Institute, Hangzhou 310012, China
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- Department
of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Department
of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Ngai KL, Capaccioli S, Paciaroni A. Change of caged dynamics at Tg in hydrated proteins: Trend of mean squared displacements after correcting for the methyl-group rotation contribution. J Chem Phys 2013; 138:235102. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4810752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Panagopoulou A, Kyritsis A, Vodina M, Pissis P. Dynamics of uncrystallized water and protein in hydrated elastin studied by thermal and dielectric techniques. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2013; 1834:977-88. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2013.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2013] [Revised: 03/15/2013] [Accepted: 03/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Fragiadakis D, Runt J. Molecular Dynamics of Segmented Polyurethane Copolymers: Influence of Soft Segment Composition. Macromolecules 2013. [DOI: 10.1021/ma4006395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Daniel Fragiadakis
- Naval Research Laboratory, Chemistry Division, Code 6120, Washington,
D.C. 20375, United States
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- Department of Materials Science
and Engineering, Penn State University,
University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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Ohtake S, Shalaev E. Effect of Water on the Chemical Stability of Amorphous Pharmaceuticals: I. Small Molecules. J Pharm Sci 2013; 102:1139-54. [DOI: 10.1002/jps.23440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2012] [Revised: 10/10/2012] [Accepted: 12/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Sudo S, Yagihara S. Johari-Goldstein process of solute in high-water-content aqueous solutions. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2013; 87:042309. [PMID: 23679416 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.87.042309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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For low-water-content aqueous solutions, the primary α process due to the cooperative motion of solute and water molecules and the secondary Johari-Goldstein (JG) process of solute are observed. For high-water-content aqueous solutions, the α process due to the cooperative motion of solute and water molecules and the secondary β process due to the motion of excess water are observed. However, the JG process of solute has not been observed. To clarify this difference, we measured the dielectric spectra of supercooled triethyleneglycol-water mixtures in a wide temperature range. We discuss the effect of excess water on the molecular dynamics relating to the JG process of solute in high-water-content aqueous solutions.
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- Seiichi Sudo
- Department of Physics, Tokyo City University, Setagaya, Tokyo 158-8557, Japan.
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Zuriaga MJ, Perez SC, Pardo LC, Tamarit JL. Dynamic heterogeneity in the glass-like monoclinic phases of CBrnCl4−n, n = 0,1,2. J Chem Phys 2012; 137:054506. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4739531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Rodríguez-Arteche I, Cerveny S, Alegría Á, Colmenero J. Dielectric spectroscopy in the GHz region on fully hydrated zwitterionic amino acids. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2012; 14:11352-62. [PMID: 22796741 DOI: 10.1039/c2cp41496a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The complex dielectric permittivity of eight different amino acids in water solutions was determined in the frequency range from 0.2 to 20 GHz at room temperature, trying to span the whole range of solubility in each case. Two relaxations were observed at room temperature in this frequency range, which can be mainly assigned to the rotation of amino acids in the aqueous environment, and the reorientational motion of water molecules, respectively. Although the amino acids have a charged (zwitterionic) nature with huge dipole moments, the tendency towards dipolar alignment seems to be very weak, over the investigated concentration ranges. For these small bio-molecules, water screens solute-solute interactions and amino acids remain typically as isolated hydrated monomers. The dielectric results were used to estimate the number of water molecules restrained by each solute molecule. Finally, the comparison between the amino acid relaxation times made it possible to discuss the relationship between rotational dynamics and the structure and hydrodynamic coupling of the amino acid studied.
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- Iñigo Rodríguez-Arteche
- Centro de Física de Materiales - Material Physics Centre (MPC), CSIC - Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 5, 20018, San Sebastian, Spain
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Porter D, Vollrath F. Water mobility, denaturation and the glass transition in proteins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2012; 1824:785-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2012.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2012] [Revised: 03/12/2012] [Accepted: 03/15/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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