The free energy and conformational landscape of biomolecular systems as well as biochemical reactions depend not only on temperature and pressure, but also on the particular solution conditions. Such conditions include the ...

Single molecule detection provides detailed information about molecular structures and functions but it generally requires the presence of a fluorescent marker which can interfere with the activity of the target molecule ...

The influence of ligand and solvent on light-induced modulation of the emission behavior of the quantum dots (QDs) has been studied for CdTe QDs capped with hexadecylamine (HDA), mercaptopropionic acid (MPA), and ...

The effect of pressure on the conformational landscape of a DNA hairpin has been investigated in the absence and presence of salts and osmolytes using both ensemble and single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer ...

Single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer (smFRET) is widely used to monitor conformations and interaction dynamics at the molecular level. However, conventional smFRET measurements are ineffective at donor–acceptor ...

Study of the emission behavior of all-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals CsPbBr3 and CsPbBr2I as a function of the excitation power employing fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and conventional techniques reveals ...

Light-induced modulation of the fluorescence behavior of mercaptopropionic acid (MPA) capped CdTe quantum dots (QDs) in aqueous solution is studied by a combination of fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) and ...

The partitioning of the lipidated signaling proteins N-Ras and K-Ras4B into various membrane systems, ranging from single-component fluid bilayers, binary fluid mixtures, heterogeneous raft model membranes up to complex ...

The microscopic structure and dynamics of the room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) that are responsible for some of the peculiar properties of this class of solvents continue to intrigue the researchers and stimulate new ...

Aluminum can sustain plasmonic resonances down into the ultraviolet (UV) range to promote surface-enhanced spectroscopy and catalysis. Despite its natural alumina passivating layer, we find here that under 266 nm pulsed ...