Low frequency vibrations of amino acid homopolymers observed by synchrotron far-IR absorption spectroscopy: Excited state effects dominate the temperature dependence of the spectra

Biopolymers

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 591-603

  Xie, Aihua ^a,b   He, Qin ^a   Miller, Lisa ^a   Sclavi, Bianca ^a   Chance, Mark R ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological polymers; Far ir; Fourier transform it; Stimulated emission; Synchrotron radiation; Vibrationally excited states

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOPOLYMERS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFEROMETERS; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; STIMULATED EMISSION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HOMOPOLYMERS;

AMINO ACIDS;

AMINO ACID; POLYARGININE; POLYLEUCINE; POLYMER; POLYPHENYLALANINE; POLYTRYPTOPHAN; POLYVALINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYNCHROTRON; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VIBRATION;

EID: 0032951992     PISSN: 00063525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0282(199906)49:7<591::AID-BIP5>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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