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Recent advances in experimental techniques to probe fast excited-state dynamics in biological molecules in the gas phase : dynamics in nucleotides, amino acids and beyond

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Staniforth, Michael and Stavros, Vasilios G. (2013) Recent advances in experimental techniques to probe fast excited-state dynamics in biological molecules in the gas phase : dynamics in nucleotides, amino acids and beyond. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Volume 469 (Number 2159). Article number 20130458. doi:10.1098/rspa.2013.0458

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Abstract

In many chemical reactions, an activation barrier must be overcome before a chemical transformation can occur. As such, understanding the behaviour of molecules in energetically excited states is critical to understanding the chemical changes that these molecules undergo. Among the most prominent reactions for mankind to understand are chemical changes that occur in our own biological molecules. A notable example is the focus towards understanding the interaction of DNA with ultraviolet radiation and the subsequent chemical changes. However, the interaction of radiation with large biological structures is highly complex, and thus the photochemistry of these systems as a whole is poorly understood. Studying the gas-phase spectroscopy and ultrafast dynamics of the building blocks of these more complex biomolecules offers the tantalizing prospect of providing a scientifically intuitive bottom-up approach, beginning with the study of the subunits of large polymeric biomolecules and monitoring the evolution in photochemistry as the complexity of the molecules is increased. While highly attractive, one of the main challenges of this approach is in transferring large, and in many cases, thermally labile molecules into vacuum. This review discusses the recent advances in cutting-edge experimental methodologies, emerging as excellent candidates for progressing this bottom-up approach.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
Q Science > QD Chemistry
Q Science > QR Microbiology
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Chemistry
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Spectrum analysis, Biomolecules, Nucleotides -- Analysis, Amino acids -- Analysis
Journal or Publication Title: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Publisher: The Royal Society Publishing
ISSN: 1364-5021
Official Date: September 2013
Dates:
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September 2013Published
Volume: Volume 469
Number: Number 2159
Page Range: Article number 20130458
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2013.0458
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder: Leverhulme Trust (LT), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Royal Society (Great Britain), University of Warwick
Grant number: F/00215/BG (LT) ; EP/H003401, EP/J007153 (EPSRC)

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