The thermal denaturation of ribonuclease A and of S-protein in neutral aqueous solutions has been studied by means of their circular dichroism spectra. For RNase A, the positive circular dichroism extremum near 241 rnp shows a biphasic dependence upon temperature, a linear change between 15” and 50” being followed by a sharp one above 52”. The negative circular dichroism extremum at 277 rnp exh...

In the UxLa1−xS system there is an abrupt loss of the long-range ferromagnetic ordering found in pure US at a critical concentration xc ∼ 0.57, which is far above the percolation limit. As the magnetic ground state in such a system can be strongly affected by small variations of the 5f localization, we have investigated a set of samples with different x by polarized neutron diffraction and X-ra...

We present systematic investigations of the electronic and magnetic properties of the graphenel Ni( Ill) system by means of x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and magnetic circular dichroi sm (XMCD) at the Ni L2,3 and C K absorption edges. The XAS CIs -> 1/'* , u* spectra show dramatic changes as the angle, il', between the electrical vector of light and normal of the sample is varied reflecti...

First-principles calculations of x-ray absorption spectra (XAS) and the related x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) are presented for ultrathin Fe layers on a BaTiO3 (BTO) single-crystal surface within the framework of density functional theory. We have investigated the dependence of XAS and XMCD of Fe L2,3 edges as a function of Fe layer thickness (1–3 ML) and on polarization direction of...

We have investigated the magnetic electronic structures of PtMnSb, NiMnSb, Ni2MnSb,MnSb, MnAlGe, and Mn2Sb by soft-x-ray absorption spectroscopy ~XAS! and magnetic circular dichroism ~MCD! measurements in the Mn 2p core absorption region. Different degrees of the electron itinerancy of the Mn 3d states are discussed. The large orbital angular momentum of the Mn 3d electrons is revealed for MnSb...

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The identification of a universal biosignature that could be sensed remotely is critical to the prospects for success in the search for life elsewhere in the universe. A candidate universal biosignature is homochirality, which is likely to be a generic property of all biochemical life. Due to the optical activity of chiral molecules, it has been hypothesized that this unique characteristic may ...

The detailed electronic structures of fluorescent chromophores are important for their use in imaging of living cells. A series of green fluorescent protein chromophore derivatives is examined by magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) spectroscopy, which allows the resolution of more bands than plain absorption and fluorescence. Observed spectral patterns are rationalized with the aid of time-depend...

The purpose of this study is to design, fabricate and optimize microfluidic mixers to investigate the kinetics of protein secondary structure formation with Synchrotron Radiation Circular Dichroism (SRCD) spectroscopy. The mixers are designed to rapidly initiate protein folding reaction through the dilution of denaturant. The devices are fabricated out of fused silica, so that they are transpar...