Coherent control of selective bond breaking in model peptides
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The control of photo physical processes with judiciously tailored intense femtosecond laser pulses is a cutting edge topic in modern laser science and might pave the way to optically controlled organic chemistry. In this contribution we report on pulse-shaping experiments using closed-loop, optimal control feedback for selective bond breaking in amino acid complexes, such as Ac-Phe-NHMe. This molecule contains a -CO-NH-CHR-COmoiety, the key structural element of peptides and may be regarded as a “model peptide”.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009