Terahertz Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Low-Frequency Modes Involving Large Amplitude Molecular Motions
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Structure".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2022) | Viewed by 11858
Special Issue Editor
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Dear Colleagues,
In a large variety of scientific fields, there is a strong interest in probing the low-frequency modes (LFM) of molecules involving large amplitude motions. For example, it has been widely accepted that delocalized large amplitude vibrations throughout the entire protein molecule can be well described with a few LFM. From a physical chemistry point of view, it is now well established than the LFM are very sensitive to the conformational landscape of highly flexible molecules and drive the intramolecular and intermolecular dynamics of hydrogen bonds. The vibrational frequencies of LFM lay in the Terahertz (THz) domain, considered as a spectral gap between the electronic and the photonic parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. Technological progresses in THz sources and detectors allow us today to probe molecular transitions associated with LFM. In particular, numerous diluted and condensed phase studies have been performed in the far-infrared domain with synchrotron-based sources and in the submillimeter domain with electronic and optoelectronic sources.
To highlight and celebrate current developments in this field, our journal Molecules will launch a Special Issue on “Terahertz Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Low-Frequency Modes Involving Large Amplitude Molecular Motions”, to be published in 2021. We encourage the contribution of high-quality papers and review articles in all areas of physical chemistry involved in the THz probe of LFM large amplitude dynamics by spectroscopic tools, at the molecular level. We hope that submissions will show the diversity and potential of this field.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Arnaud Cuisset
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- low frequency modes
- terahertz
- large amplitude motion
- conformational flexibility
- intra and intermolecular vibrations
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