Structure and dynamics of an extended conjugated NLO chromophore within an amphiphilic 4-helix bundle peptide by molecular dynamics simulation

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1350-1357

  Zou, Hongling ^a   Therien, Michael J ^a   Blasie, J Kent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION; PEPTIDES; POLARIZATION;

HIGH IN-PLANE DENSITY; HYPERPOLARIZABILTY;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 39649088460     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp076643j     Document Type: Article

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