Electric Interactions and Structural Dynamics of Hydrated Biomolecules Mapped by Ultrafast Vibrational Probes

Project Information

BIOVIB

Grant agreement ID: 833365

DOI 10.3030/833365

EC signature date 28 March 2019

Start date 1 May 2019

End date 30 April 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 2 330 492,50

EU contribution € 2 330 492,50

Coordinated by

FORSCHUNGSVERBUND BERLIN EV
Germany

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (15)

Terahertz Polaron Oscillations of Electrons Solvated in Liquid Water

Author(s): Ahmed Ghalgaoui, Benjamin P. Fingerhut, Klaus Reimann, Thomas Elsaesser, Michael Woerner
Published in: Physical Review Letters, Issue 126/9, 2021, ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.097401

Field-Induced Electron Generation in Water: Solvation Dynamics and Many-Body Interactions

Author(s): M. Woerner, B. P. Fingerhut, T. Elsaesser
Published in: J. Phys. Chem. B, Issue 126, 2022, Page(s) 2621–2634, ISSN 1520-6106
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c01102

Magnesium Contact Ions Stabilize the Tertiary Structure of Transfer RNA: Electrostatics Mapped by Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectra and Theoretical Simulations

Author(s): Jakob Schauss, Achintya Kundu, Benjamin P. Fingerhut, Thomas Elsaesser
Published in: The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Issue 125/3, 2021, Page(s) 740-747, ISSN 1520-6106
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c08966

Short-Range Cooperative Slow-down of Water Solvation Dynamics Around SO₄^2––Mg²⁺ Ion Pairs

Author(s): Achintya Kundu; Shavkat I. Mamatkulov; Florian N. Brünig; Douwe Jan Bonthuis; Roland R. Netz; Thomas Elsaesser; Benjamin P. Fingerhut
Published in: ACS Physical Chemisty Au, Issue 2, 2022, Page(s) 506-514, ISSN 2694-2445
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsphyschemau.2c00034

Contact Ion Pairs of Phosphate Groups in Water: Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectroscopy of Dimethyl Phosphate and ab Initio Simulations

Author(s): Jakob Schauss, Achintya Kundu, Benjamin P. Fingerhut, Thomas Elsaesser
Published in: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Issue 10/20, 2019, Page(s) 6281-6286, ISSN 1948-7185
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02157

Coherent polaron dynamics of electrons solvated in polar liquids

Author(s): Poonam Singh; Jia Zhang; Ahmed Ghalgaoui; Klaus Reimann; Benjamin P Fingerhut; Michael Woerner; Thomas Elsaesser
Published in: PNAS Nexus, Issue 1, 2022, Page(s) pgac078, ISSN 2752-6542
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences USA
DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac078

Two-dimensional terahertz spectroscopy of condensed-phase molecular systems

Author(s): Klaus Reimann, Michael Woerner, Thomas Elsaesser
Published in: The Journal of Chemical Physics, Issue 154/12, 2021, Page(s) 120901, ISSN 0021-9606
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1063/5.0046664

Change of Hydration Patterns upon RNA Melting Probed by Excitations of Phosphate Backbone Vibrations

Author(s): Achintya Kundu, Jakob Schauss, Benjamin P. Fingerhut, Thomas Elsaesser
Published in: J. Phys. Chem. B, 2020, ISSN 1520-6106
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c01474

Field-Induced Tunneling Ionization and Terahertz-Driven Electron Dynamics in Liquid Water

Author(s): Ahmed Ghalgaoui, Lisa-Marie Koll, Bernd Schütte, Benjamin P. Fingerhut, Klaus Reimann, Michael Woerner, Thomas Elsaesser
Published in: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Issue 11/18, 2020, Page(s) 7717-7722, ISSN 1948-7185
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02312

Transient Terahertz Stark Effect: A Dynamic Probe of Electric Interactions in Polar Liquids

Author(s): Poonam Singh; Jia Zhang; Dieter Engel; Benjamin P. Fingerhut; Thomas Elsaesser
Published in: J. Phys. Chem. Lett., Issue 24, 2023, Page(s) 5505–5510, ISSN 1948-7185
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c01079

Nonlinear Terahertz Polarizability of Electrons Solvated in a Polar Liquid

Author(s): Matthias Runge; Klaus Reimann; Michael Woerner; Thomas Elsaesser
Published in: Physical Review Letters, Issue 131, 2023, Page(s) 166902, ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.166902

Spatial distribution of electric-field enhancement across the gap of terahertz bow-tie antennas

Author(s): Matthias Runge, Dieter Engel, Michael Schneider, Klaus Reimann, Michael Woerner, Thomas Elsaesser
Published in: Optics Express, Issue 28/17, 2020, Page(s) 24389, ISSN 1094-4087
Publisher: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1364/oe.399462

Phosphate Vibrations Probe Electric Fields in Hydrated Biomolecules: Spectroscopy, Dynamics, and Interactions

Author(s): Thomas Elsaesser, Jakob Schauss, Achintya Kundu, Benjamin P. Fingerhut
Published in: The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2021, ISSN 1520-6106
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c01502

Contact pairs of RNA with magnesium ions-electrostatics beyond the Poisson-Boltzmann equation.

Author(s): Benjamin P. Fingerhut; Jakob Schauss; Achintya Kundu; Thomas Elsaesser
Published in: Biophysical Journal, Issue 120, 2021, Page(s) 5322-5332, ISSN 1542-0086
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.10.029

Aqueous Contact Ion Pairs of Phosphate Groups with Na+, Ca2+ and Mg2+ – Structural Discrimination by Femtosecond Infrared Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Author(s): Benjamin P. Fingerhut, Jakob Schauss, Achintya Kundu, Thomas Elsaesser
Published in: Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Issue 234/7-9, 2020, Page(s) 1453-1474, ISSN 0942-9352
Publisher: Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag GmbH
DOI: 10.1515/zpch-2020-1614