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Chatterjee S, Deshmukh SH, Bagchi S. Does Viscosity Drive the Dynamics in an Alcohol-Based Deep Eutectic Solvent? J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:8331-8337. [PMID: 36200737 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c06521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Deep eutectic solvents, consisting of heterogeneous nanodomains of hydrogen-bonded networks, have evolved into a range of viscous fluids that find applications in several fields. As viscosity is known to influence the dynamics of other neoteric solvents like ionic liquids, understanding the effect of viscosity on deep eutectic solvents is crucial to realize their full potential. Herein, we combine polarization-selective pump-probe spectroscopy, two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy, and molecular dynamics simulations to elucidate the impact of viscosity on the dynamics of an alcohol-based deep eutectic solvent, ethaline. We compare the solvent fluctuation and solute reorientation time scales in ethaline with those in ethylene glycol, an ethaline constituent. Interestingly, we find that the solute's reorientation apparently scales the bulk viscosity of the solvent, but the same is not valid for the overall solvation dynamics. Using the variations in the estimated intercomponent hydrogen bond lifetimes, we show that a dissolved solute does not sense the bulk viscosity of the deep eutectic solvent; instead, it senses domain-specific local viscosity determined by the making and breaking of the hydrogen bond network. Our results indicate that understanding the domain-specific local environment experienced by the dissolved solute is of utmost importance in deep eutectic solvents.
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- Srijan Chatterjee
- Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune411008, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad201002, India
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- Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune411008, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad201002, India
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- Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune411008, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad201002, India
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Crum VF, Kiefer LM, Kubarych KJ. Ultrafast vibrational dynamics of a solute correlates with dynamics of the solvent. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:134502. [PMID: 34624983 DOI: 10.1063/5.0061770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [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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Two-dimensional infrared (2D-IR) spectroscopy is used to measure the spectral dynamics of the metal carbonyl complex cyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (CMT) in a series of linear alkyl nitriles. 2D-IR spectroscopy provides direct readout of solvation dynamics through spectral diffusion, probing the decay of frequency correlation induced by fluctuations of the solvent environment. 2D-IR simultaneously monitors intramolecular vibrational energy redistribution (IVR) among excited vibrations, which can also be influenced by the solvent through the spectral density rather than the dynamical friction underlying solvation. Here, we report that the CMT vibrational probe reveals solvent dependences in both the spectral diffusion and the IVR time scales, where each slows with increased alkyl chain length. In order to assess the degree to which solute-solvent interactions can be correlated with bulk solvent properties, we compared our results with low-frequency dynamics obtained from optical Kerr effect (OKE) spectroscopy-performed by others-on the same nitrile solvent series. We find excellent correlation between our spectral diffusion results and the orientational dynamics time scales from OKE. We also find a correlation between our IVR time scales and the amplitudes of the low-frequency spectral densities evaluated at the 90-cm-1 energy difference, corresponding to the gap between the two strong vibrational modes of the carbonyl probe. 2D-IR and OKE provide complementary perspectives on condensed phase dynamics, and these findings provide experimental evidence that at least at the level of dynamical correlations, some aspects of a solute vibrational dynamics can be inferred from properties of the solvent.
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- Vivian F Crum
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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Duan R, Mastron JN, Song Y, Kubarych KJ. Direct comparison of amplitude and geometric measures of spectral inhomogeneity using phase-cycled 2D-IR spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:174202. [PMID: 34241049 DOI: 10.1063/5.0043961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Two-dimensional infrared (2D-IR) spectroscopy provides access to equilibrium dynamics with the extraction of the frequency-fluctuation correlation function (FFCF) from the measured spectra. Several different methods of obtaining the FFCF from experimental spectra, such as the center line slope (CLS), ellipticity, phase slope, and nodal line slope, all depend on the geometrical nature of the 2D line shape and necessarily require spectral extent in order to achieve a measure of the FFCF. Amplitude measures, on the other hand, such as the inhomogeneity index, rely only on signal amplitudes and can, in principle, be computed using just a single point in a 2D spectrum. With a pulse shaper-based 2D-IR spectrometer, in conjunction with phase cycling, we separate the rephasing and nonrephasing signals used to determine the inhomogeneity index. The same measured data provide the absorptive spectrum, needed for the CLS. Both methods are applied to two model molecular systems: tungsten hexacarbonyl (WCO6) and methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl [Cp'Mn(CO)3, MCMT]. The three degenerate IR modes of W(CO)6 lack coherent modulation or noticeable intramolecular vibrational redistribution (IVR) and are used to establish a baseline comparison. The two bands of the MCMT tripod complex include intraband coherences and IVR as well as likely internal torsional motion on a few-picosecond time scale. We find essentially identical spectral diffusion, but faster, non-equilibrium dynamics lead to differences in the FFCFs extracted with the two methods. The inhomogeneity index offers an advantage in cases where spectra are complex and energy transfer can mimic line shape changes due to frequency fluctuations.
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- Rong Duan
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, 430 Church Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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Nishida J, Breen JP, Wu B, Fayer MD. Extraordinary Slowing of Structural Dynamics in Thin Films of a Room Temperature Ionic Liquid. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2018; 4:1065-1073. [PMID: 30159404 PMCID: PMC6107873 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.8b00353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The role that interfaces play in the dynamics of liquids is a fundamental scientific problem with vast importance in technological applications. From material science to biology, e.g., batteries to cell membranes, liquid properties at interfaces are frequently determinant in the nature of chemical processes. For most liquids, like water, the influence of an interface falls off on a ∼1 nm distance scale. Room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) are a vast class of unusual liquids composed of complex cations and anions that are liquid salts at room temperature. They are unusual liquids with properties that can be finely tuned by selecting the structure of the cation and anion. RTILs are being used or developed in applications such as batteries, CO2 capture, and liquids for biological processes. Here, it is demonstrated quantitatively that the influence of an interface on RTIL properties is profoundly different from that observed in other classes of liquids. The dynamics of planar thin films of the room temperature ionic liquid, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (BmimNTf2), were investigated using two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy (2D IR) with the CN stretch of SeCN- as the vibrational probe. The structural dynamics (spectral diffusion) of the thin films with controlled nanometer thicknesses were measured and compared to the dynamics of the bulk liquid. The samples were prepared by spin coating the RTIL, together with the vibrational probe, onto a surface functionalized with an ionic monolayer that mimics the structure of the BmimNTf2. Near-Brewster's angle reflection pump-probe geometry 2D IR facilitated the detection of the exceedingly small signals from the films, some of which were only 14 nm thick. Even in quarter micron (250 nm) thick films, the observed dynamics were much slower than those of the bulk liquid. Using a new theoretical description, the correlation length (exponential falloff of the influence of the interfaces) was found to be 28 ± 5 nm. This very long correlation length, ∼30 times greater than that of water, has major implications for the use of RTILs in devices and other applications.
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Kiefer LM, Kubarych KJ. Solvent exchange in preformed photocatalyst-donor precursor complexes determines efficiency. Chem Sci 2018; 9:1527-1533. [PMID: 29675196 PMCID: PMC5887230 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc04533f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2017] [Accepted: 12/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In homogeneous photocatalytic reduction of CO2, it is widely assumed that the primary electron transfer from the sacrificial donor to the catalyst is diffusion controlled, thus little attention has been paid to optimizing this step. We present spectroscopic evidence that the precursor complex is preformed, driven by preferential solvation, and two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy reveals triethanolamine (donor)/tetrahydrofuran (solvent) exchange in the photocatalyst's solvation shell, reaching greatest magnitude at the known optimal concentration (∼20% v/v TEOA in THF) for catalytically reducing CO2 to CO. Transient infrared absorption shows the appearance of the singly reduced catalyst on an ultrafast (<70 ps) time scale, consistent with non-diffusion controlled electron transfer within the preformed precursor complex. Identification of preferential catalyst-cosolvent interactions suggests a revised paradigm for the primary electron transfer, while illuminating the pivotal importance of solvent exchange in determining the overall efficiency of the photocycle.
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- Laura M Kiefer
- Department of Chemistry , University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , MI 48109 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , MI 48109 , USA .
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Hoffman DJ, Fayer MD. Discontinuity in Fast Dynamics at the Glass Transition of ortho-Terphenyl. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:10417-10428. [PMID: 29039665 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b08301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The dynamics of the molecular glass former ortho-terphenyl through the glass transition were observed with two-dimensional infrared vibrational spectroscopy measurements of spectral diffusion using the small probe molecule phenylselenocyanate. Although the slow diffusive motions were not visible on the experimental time scale, a picosecond-scale exponential relaxation was observed at temperatures from above to well below the glass transition temperature. The characteristic time scale has a smooth temperature dependence from the liquid into the glass phase, but the range of vibrational frequencies the probe samples displayed a discontinuity at the glass transition temperature. Complementary pump-probe experiments associate the observed motion with density fluctuations. The key features of the dynamics are reproduced with a simple corrugated well potential energy surface model. In addition, the temperature dependence of the homogeneous vibrational dephasing was found to have a T2 functional form, where T is the absolute temperature.
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- David J Hoffman
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University , Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University , Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Kraack JP. Ultrafast structural molecular dynamics investigated with 2D infrared spectroscopy methods. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2017; 375:86. [PMID: 29071445 DOI: 10.1007/s41061-017-0172-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2017] [Accepted: 10/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Ultrafast, multi-dimensional infrared (IR) spectroscopy has been advanced in recent years to a versatile analytical tool with a broad range of applications to elucidate molecular structure on ultrafast timescales, and it can be used for samples in a many different environments. Following a short and general introduction on the benefits of 2D IR spectroscopy, the first part of this chapter contains a brief discussion on basic descriptions and conceptual considerations of 2D IR spectroscopy. Outstanding classical applications of 2D IR are used afterwards to highlight the strengths and basic applicability of the method. This includes the identification of vibrational coupling in molecules, characterization of spectral diffusion dynamics, chemical exchange of chemical bond formation and breaking, as well as dynamics of intra- and intermolecular energy transfer for molecules in bulk solution and thin films. In the second part, several important, recently developed variants and new applications of 2D IR spectroscopy are introduced. These methods focus on (i) applications to molecules under two- and three-dimensional confinement, (ii) the combination of 2D IR with electrochemistry, (iii) ultrafast 2D IR in conjunction with diffraction-limited microscopy, (iv) several variants of non-equilibrium 2D IR spectroscopy such as transient 2D IR and 3D IR, and (v) extensions of the pump and probe spectral regions for multi-dimensional vibrational spectroscopy towards mixed vibrational-electronic spectroscopies. In light of these examples, the important open scientific and conceptual questions with regard to intra- and intermolecular dynamics are highlighted. Such questions can be tackled with the existing arsenal of experimental variants of 2D IR spectroscopy to promote the understanding of fundamentally new aspects in chemistry, biology and materials science. The final part of the chapter introduces several concepts of currently performed technical developments, which aim at exploiting 2D IR spectroscopy as an analytical tool. Such developments embrace the combination of 2D IR spectroscopy and plasmonic spectroscopy for ultrasensitive analytics, merging 2D IR spectroscopy with ultra-high-resolution microscopy (nanoscopy), future variants of transient 2D IR methods, or 2D IR in conjunction with microfluidics. It is expected that these techniques will allow for groundbreaking research in many new areas of natural sciences.
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- Jan Philip Kraack
- Department of Chemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Hoffman DJ, Sokolowsky KP, Fayer MD. Direct observation of dynamic crossover in fragile molecular glass formers with 2D IR vibrational echo spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2017; 146:124505. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4978852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- David J. Hoffman
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Nishida J, Yan C, Fayer MD. Enhanced nonlinear spectroscopy for monolayers and thin films in near-Brewster’s angle reflection pump-probe geometry. J Chem Phys 2017. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4977508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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- Jun Nishida
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Nilsen IA, Osborne DG, White AM, Anna JM, Kubarych KJ. Monitoring equilibrium reaction dynamics of a nearly barrierless molecular rotor using ultrafast vibrational echoes. J Chem Phys 2015; 141:134313. [PMID: 25296812 DOI: 10.1063/1.4896536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Using rapidly acquired spectral diffusion, a recently developed variation of heterodyne detected infrared photon echo spectroscopy, we observe ∼3 ps solvent independent spectral diffusion of benzene chromium tricarbonyl (C6H6Cr(CO)3, BCT) in a series of nonpolar linear alkane solvents. The spectral dynamics is attributed to low-barrier internal torsional motion. This tripod complex has two stable minima corresponding to staggered and eclipsed conformations, which differ in energy by roughly half of kBT. The solvent independence is due to the relative size of the rotor compared with the solvent molecules, which create a solvent cage in which torsional motion occurs largely free from solvent damping. Since the one-dimensional transition state is computed to be only 0.03 kBT above the higher energy eclipsed conformation, this model system offers an unusual, nearly barrierless reaction, which nevertheless is characterized by torsional coordinate dependent vibrational frequencies. Hence, by studying the spectral diffusion of the tripod carbonyls, it is possible to gain insight into the fundamental dynamics of internal rotational motion, and we find some evidence for the importance of non-diffusive ballistic motion even in the room-temperature liquid environment. Using several different approaches to describe equilibrium kinetics, as well as the influence of reactive dynamics on spectroscopic observables, we provide evidence that the low-barrier torsional motion of BCT provides an excellent test case for detailed studies of the links between chemical exchange and linear and nonlinear vibrational spectroscopy.
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- Ian A Nilsen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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King JT, Arthur EJ, Osborne DG, Brooks CL, Kubarych KJ. Biomolecular hydration dynamics probed with 2D-IR spectroscopy: From dilute solution to a macromolecular crowd. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2015.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Lyon M, Bergeson SD, Diaw A, Murillo MS. Using higher ionization states to increase Coulomb coupling in an ultracold neutral plasma. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2015; 91:033101. [PMID: 25871218 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.91.033101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We report measurements and simulations of the time-evolving rms velocity distribution in an ultracold neutral plasma. A strongly coupled ultracold neutral Ca+ plasma is generated by photoionizing laser-cooled atoms close to threshold. A fraction of these ions is then promoted to the second ionization state to form a mixed Ca+-Ca2+ plasma. By varying the time delay between the first and the second ionization events, a minimum in ion heating is achieved. We show that the Coulomb strong-coupling parameter Γ increases by a factor of 1.4 to a maximum value of 3.6. A pure Ca2+ plasma would have Γ=6.8, moving these strongly coupled systems closer to the regime of liquid-like correlations.
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- M Lyon
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA
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- New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544, USA
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- New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544, USA
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Fuller FD, Ogilvie JP. Experimental implementations of two-dimensional fourier transform electronic spectroscopy. Annu Rev Phys Chem 2015; 66:667-90. [PMID: 25664841 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-040513-103623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2DES) reveals connections between an optical excitation at a given frequency and the signals it creates over a wide range of frequencies. These connections, manifested as cross-peak locations and their lineshapes, reflect the underlying electronic and vibrational structure of the system under study. How these spectroscopic signatures evolve in time reveals the system dynamics and provides a detailed picture of coherent and incoherent processes. 2DES is rapidly maturing and has already found numerous applications, including studies of photosynthetic energy transfer and photochemical reactions and many-body interactions in nanostructured materials. Many systems of interest contain electronic transitions spanning the ultraviolet to the near infrared and beyond. Most 2DES measurements to date have explored a relatively small frequency range. We discuss the challenges of implementing 2DES and compare and contrast different approaches in terms of their information content, ease of implementation, and potential for broadband measurements.
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- Franklin D Fuller
- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109;
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Miwa Y, Urakawa O, Nobukawa S, Kutsumizu S. Selective determination of glass transition temperature and vibrational properties at the chain end of polystyrene by Fourier transform infrared measurement in combination with deuterium-labeling. POLYMER 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2015.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Peran I, Oudenhoven T, Woys AM, Watson M, Zhang TO, Carrico I, Zanni MT, Raleigh DP. General strategy for the bioorthogonal incorporation of strongly absorbing, solvation-sensitive infrared probes into proteins. J Phys Chem B 2014; 118:7946-53. [PMID: 24749542 PMCID: PMC4317048 DOI: 10.1021/jp5008279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2014] [Revised: 04/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A high-sensitivity metal-carbonyl-based IR probe is described that can be incorporated into proteins or other biomolecules in very high yield via Click chemistry. A two-step strategy is demonstrated. First, a methionine auxotroph is used to incorporate the unnatural amino acid azidohomoalanine at high levels. Second, a tricarbonyl (η(5)-cyclopentadienyl) rhenium(I) probe modified with an alkynyl linkage is coupled via the Click reaction. We demonstrate these steps using the C-terminal domain of the ribosomal protein L9 as a model system. An overall incorporation level of 92% was obtained at residue 109, which is a surface-exposed residue. Incorporation of the probe into a surface site is shown not to perturb the stability or structure of the target protein. Metal carbonyls are known to be sensitive to solvation and protein electrostatics through vibrational lifetimes and frequency shifts. We report that the frequencies and lifetimes of this probe also depend on the isotopic composition of the solvent. Comparison of the lifetimes measured in H2O versus D2O provides a probe of solvent accessibility. The metal carbonyl probe reported here provides an easy and robust method to label very large proteins with an amino-acid-specific tag that is both environmentally sensitive and a very strong absorber.
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- Ivan Peran
- Department
of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1396, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1396, United States
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D. Watson
- Department
of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1396, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1396, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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Osborne DG, Dunbar JA, Lapping JG, White AM, Kubarych KJ. Site-specific measurements of lipid membrane interfacial water dynamics with multidimensional infrared spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:15407-14. [PMID: 23931556 DOI: 10.1021/jp4049428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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One route to accessing site-specific dynamical information available with ultrafast multidimensional infrared spectroscopy is the development of robust and versatile vibrational probes. Here we synthesize and characterize a vibrationally labeled cholesterol derivative, (cholesteryl benzoate) chromium tricarbonyl, to probe model lipid membranes, focusing specifically on the membrane-water interface. Utilizing FTIR and polarized-ATR spectroscopies, we determine the location of the chromium tricarbonyl motif to be situated at the water-membrane interface with an orientation of 46 ± 2° relative to the vector normal to the membrane surface. We test the dynamical sensitivity of the (cholesteryl benzoate) chromium tricarbonyl label with two different nonlinear infrared spectroscopy methods, both of which show that the probe is well-suited to the study of membrane dynamics as well as the dynamics of water at the membrane interface. The metal carbonyl vibrational probe located at the surface of a bicelle exhibits spectral diffusion dynamics induced by membrane hydration water that is roughly three times slower than observed using a nearly identical vibrational probe in bulk water.
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- Derek G Osborne
- Department of Biophysics and Chemistry, University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Osborne DG, King JT, Dunbar JA, White AM, Kubarych KJ. Ultrafast 2DIR probe of a host-guest inclusion complex: Structural and dynamical constraints of nanoconfinement. J Chem Phys 2013; 138:144501. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4798226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Kim K, Saito S. Multiple length and time scales of dynamic heterogeneities in model glass-forming liquids: A systematic analysis of multi-point and multi-time correlations. J Chem Phys 2013; 138:12A506. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4769256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Osborne DG, Kubarych KJ. Rapid and Accurate Measurement of the Frequency–Frequency Correlation Function. J Phys Chem A 2012; 117:5891-8. [DOI: 10.1021/jp307854f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Derek G. Osborne
- Department of Chemistry, 930
North University Avenue, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, 930
North University Avenue, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Anna JM, Baiz CR, Ross MR, McCanne R, Kubarych KJ. Ultrafast equilibrium and non-equilibrium chemical reaction dynamics probed with multidimensional infrared spectroscopy. INT REV PHYS CHEM 2012. [DOI: 10.1080/0144235x.2012.716610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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