TY - GEN
T1 - Measuring protein elasticity with terahertz spectroscopy
AU - Ruggiero, Michael T.
AU - Korter, Timothy M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016/11/28
Y1 - 2016/11/28
N2 - Elasticity is a key parameter in evaluating the structural stability of large polymeric molecules such as polysaccharides and polypeptides. The determination of the elastic parameters of complex biomolecules has been a long-standing challenge and terahertz spectroscopy is emerging as an ideal approach for such measurements. A new methodology is presented here, combining time-domain terahertz spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and solid-state density functional theory to achieve high-accuracy values for the Young's moduli of biopolymers. The capabilities are demonstrated by application of this method to crystalline poly-L-proline helices and other polypeptides.
AB - Elasticity is a key parameter in evaluating the structural stability of large polymeric molecules such as polysaccharides and polypeptides. The determination of the elastic parameters of complex biomolecules has been a long-standing challenge and terahertz spectroscopy is emerging as an ideal approach for such measurements. A new methodology is presented here, combining time-domain terahertz spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and solid-state density functional theory to achieve high-accuracy values for the Young's moduli of biopolymers. The capabilities are demonstrated by application of this method to crystalline poly-L-proline helices and other polypeptides.
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U2 - 10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2016.7758346
DO - 10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2016.7758346
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85006152316
T3 - International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz
BT - 41st International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2016
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 41st International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2016
Y2 - 25 September 2016 through 30 September 2016
ER -