Orientation of non-spherical protonated water clusters revealed by infrared absorption dichroism

Nature Communications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Daldrop, Jan O ^a   Saita, Mattia ^a   Heyden, Matthias ^b   Lorenz Fonfria, Victor A ^c   Heberle, Joachim ^a   Netz, Roland R ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KOHLENFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; WATER;

ABSORPTION; ANISOTROPY; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORIENTATION; POLARIZATION; PROTEIN; SPECTRUM;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLARIZATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; SIMULATION;

EID: 85041014940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02669-9     Document Type: Article

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