Issue 31, 2009
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Chemical Communications

Self-trapped vibrational states in synthetic β-sheet helices†

Erik Schwartz,a   Pavol Bodis,b   Matthieu Koepf,a   Jeroen J. L. M. Cornelissen,*a   Alan E. Rowan,*a   Sander Woutersen*b  and  Roeland J. M. Nolte*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
E-mail: r.nolte@science.ru.nl, j.cornelissen@science.ru.nl, a.rowan@science.ru.nl

b Van ’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 166, 1018 WV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
E-mail: s.woutersen@uva.nl

Abstract

Femtosecond vibrational pump–probe spectroscopy on β-helical polyisocyanopeptides reveals vibrational self-trapping in the well-defined hydrogen-bonded side groups that is absent when non-hydrogen bonded monomers are mixed in.

Graphical abstract: Self-trapped vibrational states in synthetic β-sheet helices

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B907830D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 Apr 2009
Accepted
03 Jun 2009
First published
23 Jun 2009

Chem. Commun., 2009, 4675-4677

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Self-trapped vibrational states in synthetic β-sheet helices

E. Schwartz, P. Bodis, M. Koepf, J. J. L. M. Cornelissen, A. E. Rowan, S. Woutersen and R. J. M. Nolte, Chem. Commun., 2009, 4675 DOI: 10.1039/B907830D

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