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The Bend+Libration Combination Band Is an Intrinsic, Collective, and Strongly Solute-Dependent Reporter on the Hydrogen Bonding Network of Liquid Water by Verma, Pramod Kumar, Kundu, Achintya, Puretz, Matthew S, Dhoonmoon, Charvanaa, Chegwidden, Oriana S, Londergan, Casey H, Cho, Minhaeng

“…Water is an extensively self-associated liquid due to its extensive hydrogen bond (H-bond) forming ability. The resulting H-bonded network fluid exhibits…”
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Evaluation of pH at Charged Lipid/Water Interfaces by Heterodyne-Detected Electronic Sum Frequency Generation by Kundu, Achintya, Yamaguchi, Shoichi, Tahara, Tahei

“…Although the interface pH at a biological membrane is important for biological processes at the membrane, there has been no systematic study to evaluate it. We…”
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Contact Ion Pairs of Phosphate Groups in Water: Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectroscopy of Dimethyl Phosphate and ab Initio Simulations by Schauss, Jakob, Kundu, Achintya, Fingerhut, Benjamin P, Elsaesser, Thomas

“…The interaction of phosphate groups with ions in an aqueous environment has a strong impact on the structure and folding processes of DNA and RNA. The dynamic…”
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Effect of Osmolytes on the Conformational Behavior of a Macromolecule in a Cytoplasm-like Crowded Environment: A Femtosecond Mid-IR Pump–Probe Spectroscopy Study by Kundu, Achintya, Verma, Pramod Kumar, Cho, Minhaeng

“…Osmolytes found endogenously in almost all living beings play an important role in regulating cell volume under harsh environment. Here, to address the…”
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Water Structure at the Lipid Multibilayer Surface: Anionic Versus Cationic Head Group Effects by Kundu, Achintya, Kwak, Kyungwon, Cho, Minhaeng

“…Membrane water interface is a potential reaction site for many biochemical reactions. Therefore, a molecular level understanding of water structure and…”
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Change of Hydration Patterns upon RNA Melting Probed by Excitations of Phosphate Backbone Vibrations by Kundu, Achintya, Schauss, Jakob, Fingerhut, Benjamin P, Elsaesser, Thomas

“…The water hydration shell has a decisive impact on the structural and functional properties of RNA. Changes of the RNA structure upon melting and in…”
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Water Hydrogen-Bonding Network Structure and Dynamics at Phospholipid Multibilayer Surface: Femtosecond Mid-IR Pump–Probe Spectroscopy by Kundu, Achintya, Błasiak, Bartosz, Lim, Joon-Hyung, Kwak, Kyungwon, Cho, Minhaeng

“…The water hydrogen-bonding network at a lipid bilayer surface is crucial to understanding membrane structures and its functional activities. With a…”
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Hydrated Excess Protons in Acetonitrile/Water Mixtures: Solvation Species and Ultrafast Proton Motions by Kundu, Achintya, Dahms, Fabian, Fingerhut, Benjamin P, Nibbering, Erik T. J, Pines, Ehud, Elsaesser, Thomas

“…The solvation structure of protons in aqueous media is highly relevant to electric properties and to proton transport in liquids and membranes. At ambient…”
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Agreement between Experimentally and Theoretically Estimated Orientational Distributions of Solutes at the Air/Water Interface by Kundu, Achintya, Watanabe, Hidekazu, Yamaguchi, Shoichi, Tahara, Tahei

“…Linear and nonlinear polarization-sensitive spectroscopic techniques are employed to determine the orientational distributions of solute molecules adsorbed at…”
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Ultrafast dynamics of hydrated excess protons in CH3CN:H2O mixtures by Dahms, Fabian, Kundu, Achintya, Pines, Ehud, Fingerhut, Benjamin P, Nibbering, Erik T J, Elsaesser, Thomas

“…In a combined experimental and theoretical 2D-IR and pump-probe study we determine how ultrafast solvent motions govern the vibrational dynamics of the…”
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Local pH at Nonionic and Zwitterionic Lipid/Water Interfaces Revealed by Heterodyne-Detected Electronic Sum-Frequency Generation: A Unified View to Predict Interfacial pH of Biomembranes by Kundu, Achintya, Yamaguchi, Shoichi, Tahara, Tahei

“…For biomembranes, which are composed of neutral as well as charged lipids, the local pH at lipid/water interfaces is extremely important in their structural…”
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Water Structure and Dynamics in the Stern Layer of Micelles: Femtosecond Mid-Infrared Pump-Probe Spectroscopy Study by Kundu, Achintya, Verma, Pramod Kumar, Cho, Minhaeng

“…Molecular-level understanding of the water structure and dynamics in the Stern layer of micelles is important to elucidate the active role of water in…”
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Structure and Dynamics of ATP and the ATP-Zn 2+ Complex in Solution by Rossi, Emma, Kundu, Achintya, Ferrarini, Alberta, Elsaesser, Thomas, Sulpizi, Marialore

“…Despite the crucial role of ATP in life and artificial life-like applications, fundamental aspects relevant to its function, such as its conformational…”
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Structure and Dynamics of ATP and the ATP–Zn2+ Complex in Solution by Rossi, Emma, Kundu, Achintya, Ferrarini, Alberta, Elsaesser, Thomas, Sulpizi, Marialore

“…Despite the crucial role of ATP in life and artificial life-like applications, fundamental aspects relevant to its function, such as its conformational…”
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How Molecular Crowding Differs from Macromolecular Crowding: A Femtosecond Mid-Infrared Pump–Probe Study by Verma, Pramod Kumar, Kundu, Achintya, Cho, Minhaeng

“…Crowding is an inherent property of living systems in which biochemical processes occur in highly concentrated solutions of various finite-sized species of…”
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Contact pairs of RNA with magnesium ions-electrostatics beyond the Poisson-Boltzmann equation by Fingerhut, Benjamin Philipp, Schauss, Jakob, Kundu, Achintya, Elsaesser, Thomas

“…The electrostatic interaction of RNA with its aqueous environment is most relevant for defining macromolecular structure and biological function. The…”
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Magnesium Contact Ions Stabilize the Tertiary Structure of Transfer RNA: Electrostatics Mapped by Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectra and Theoretical Simulations by Schauss, Jakob, Kundu, Achintya, Fingerhut, Benjamin P, Elsaesser, Thomas

“…Ions interacting with hydrated RNA play a central role in defining its secondary and tertiary structure. While spatial arrangements of ions, water molecules,…”
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Role of Solvent Water in the Temperature-Induced Self-Assembly of a Triblock Copolymer by Kundu, Achintya, Verma, Pramod Kumar, Cho, Minhaeng

“…Water-soluble triblock copolymers have received much attention in industrial applications and scientific fields. We here show that femtosecond mid-IR…”
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Water Dynamics in Cytoplasm-Like Crowded Environment Correlates with the Conformational Transition of the Macromolecular Crowder by Verma, Pramod Kumar, Kundu, Achintya, Ha, Jeong-Hyon, Cho, Minhaeng

“…Polyethylene glycol (PEG) is a unique polymer material with enormous applicability in many industrial and scientific fields. Here, its use as macromolecular…”
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Phosphate Vibrations Probe Electric Fields in Hydrated Biomolecules: Spectroscopy, Dynamics, and Interactions by Elsaesser, Thomas, Schauss, Jakob, Kundu, Achintya, Fingerhut, Benjamin P

“…Electric interactions have a strong impact on the structure and dynamics of biomolecules in their native water environment. Given the variety of water…”
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