Abstract

We are assembling a source for terahertz pulses, a detector and an interferometer. The source will produce terahertz radiation in the range of 0-200 cm-1. This is precisely the most unexplored region of the protein motions. This terahertz source will be designed to interface with pump/probe techniques using visible and UV radiation. With the apparatus in a very preliminary configuration we have already made some measurements on bacteriorhodopsin, reaction centers and model systems. These are on-going projects as is the further development of the method. Another objective of this work is to """"""""initiate"""""""" processes using far infrared pulses, such as alignment of dipoles in isotropic media. The probing in these experiments can be carried out with conventional transient methods. (see Highlights)

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
Biotechnology Resource Grants (P41)
Project #
5P41RR001348-19
Application #
6328018
Study Section
Project Start
2000-08-01
Project End
2001-07-31
Budget Start
1998-10-01
Budget End
1999-09-30
Support Year
19
Fiscal Year
2000
Total Cost
$27,258
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Pennsylvania
Department
Type
DUNS #
042250712
City
Philadelphia
State
PA
Country
United States
Zip Code
19104

  Publications

Sheth, Rahul A; Arellano, Ronald S; Uppot, Raul N et al. (2015) Prospective trial with optical molecular imaging for percutaneous interventions in focal hepatic lesions. Radiology 274:917-26
Roussakis, Emmanuel; Spencer, Joel A; Lin, Charles P et al. (2014) Two-photon antenna-core oxygen probe with enhanced performance. Anal Chem 86:5937-45
Courter, Joel R; Abdo, Mohannad; Brown, Stephen P et al. (2014) The design and synthesis of alanine-rich ?-helical peptides constrained by an S,S-tetrazine photochemical trigger: a fragment union approach. J Org Chem 79:759-68
Singh, Prabhat K; Kuroda, Daniel G; Hochstrasser, Robin M (2013) An ion's perspective on the molecular motions of nanoconfined water: a two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy study. J Phys Chem B 117:9775-84
Chuntonov, Lev; Ma, Jianqiang (2013) Quantum process tomography quantifies coherence transfer dynamics in vibrational exciton. J Phys Chem B 117:13631-8
Culik, Robert M; Annavarapu, Srinivas; Nanda, Vikas et al. (2013) Using D-Amino Acids to Delineate the Mechanism of Protein Folding: Application to Trp-cage. Chem Phys 422:
Kuroda, Daniel G; Bauman, Joseph D; Challa, J Reddy et al. (2013) Snapshot of the equilibrium dynamics of a drug bound to HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. Nat Chem 5:174-81
Lam, A R; Moran, S D; Preketes, N K et al. (2013) Study of the ?D-crystallin protein using two-dimensional infrared (2DIR) spectroscopy: experiment and simulation. J Phys Chem B 117:15436-43
Kuroda, Daniel G; Singh, Prabhat K; Hochstrasser, Robin M (2013) Differential hydration of tricyanomethanide observed by time resolved vibrational spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 117:4354-64
Goldberg, Jacob M; Speight, Lee C; Fegley, Mark W et al. (2012) Minimalist probes for studying protein dynamics: thioamide quenching of selectively excitable fluorescent amino acids. J Am Chem Soc 134:6088-91

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