In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2013, vol. 52, no. 17, p. 4682–4685
Single-crystal to single-crystal transformations are possible by ion-exchange and transport reactions through supramolecular channels that are composed of crown ether molecules and use trihalide ions as scaffolds. Kinetic measurements of ion transport at different temperatures provide activation energy data and show that a very fast.
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In: Chimia, 2012, vol. 66, no. 6, p. 364-367
Electron transfer (ET) through peptides and proteins is a key biochemical process, which involves radicals and radical ions as reactive intermediates. We have developed an assay that allows us to study this fundamental chemical reaction.
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In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2012, vol. 14, no. 40, p. 13785-13788
The life time of aromatic radical cations is limited by reactions like β-elimination, dimerization, and addition to the solvent. Here we show that the attachment of such a radical cation to the C-terminal end of an α-/3₁₀-helical peptide further reduces its life time by two orders of magnitude. For PPII-helical peptides, such an effect is only observed if the peptide contains an adjacent...
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In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2012, vol. 116, p. 2284–2293
Charge transfer within and between biomolecules remains a highly active field of biophysics. Due to the complexities of real systems, model compounds are a useful alternative to study the mechanistic fundamentals of charge transfer. In recent years, such model experiments have been underpinned by molecular simulation methods as well. In this work, we study electron hole transfer in helical model...
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In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2011, vol. 50, no. 8, p. 1926-1930
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