Chemical Communications 2009-08-21

Self-trapped vibrational states in synthetic beta-sheet helices.

Erik Schwartz, Pavol Bodis, Matthieu Koepf, Jeroen J L M Cornelissen, Alan E Rowan, Sander Woutersen, Roeland J M Nolte

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) (31) , 4675-7, (2009)

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Abstract

Femtosecond vibrational pump-probe spectroscopy on beta-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.