Early sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopic studies on peptides and proteins at interfaces

Abstract

This paper summarizes the early research results on studying proteins and peptides at interfaces using sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy. SFG studies in the C—H stretching frequency region to examine the protein side-chain behavior and in the amide I frequency region to investigate the orientation and conformation of interfacial peptides/proteins are presented. The early chiral SFG research and SFG isotope labeling studies on interfacial peptides/proteins are also discussed. These early SFG studies demonstrate the feasibility of using SFG to elucidate interfacial molecular structures of peptides and proteins in situ, which built a foundation for later SFG investigations on peptides and proteins at interfaces.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
May 01, 2022
Source ID
10.1116/6.0001859

Entities

People

  • Zhan Chen

Organizations

  • National Science Foundation
  • Office of Naval Research
  • University of Michigan

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Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

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