Search Results - "Nesbitt, David J."

Origin and control of blinking in quantum dots by Efros, Alexander L., Nesbitt, David J.

“…Semiconductor nanocrystals offer an enormous diversity of device applications that have been potentially limited by intermittent fluorescence intensity or…”
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Effects of Molecular Crowders on Single-Molecule Nucleic Acid Folding: Temperature-Dependent Studies Reveal True Crowding vs Enthalpic Interactions by Sung, Hsuan-Lei, Nesbitt, David J

“…Biomolecular folding in cells can be strongly influenced by spatial overlap/excluded volume interactions (i.e., “crowding”) with intracellular solutes. As a…”
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Molecular-crowding effects on single-molecule RNA folding/unfolding thermodynamics and kinetics by Dupuis, Nicholas F., Holmstrom, Erik D., Nesbitt, David J.

“…The effects of “molecular crowding” on elementary biochemical processes due to high solute concentrations are poorly understood and yet clearly essential to…”
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Ultrasensitive multispecies spectroscopic breath analysis for real-time health monitoring and diagnostics by Liang, Qizhong, Chan, Ya-Chu, Changala, P. Bryan, Nesbitt, David J., Ye, Jun, Toscano, Jutta

“…Breath analysis enables rapid, noninvasive diagnostics, as well as long-term monitoring of human health, through the identification and quantification of…”
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Single-Molecule Kinetics Reveal Cation-Promoted DNA Duplex Formation Through Ordering of Single-Stranded Helices by Dupuis, Nicholas F., Holmstrom, Erik D., Nesbitt, David J.

“…In this work, the kinetics of short, fully complementary oligonucleotides are investigated at the single-molecule level. Constructs 6–9 bp in length exhibit…”
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Plasmonic nanostar photocathodes for optically-controlled directional currents by Pettine, Jacob, Choo, Priscilla, Medeghini, Fabio, Odom, Teri W., Nesbitt, David J.

“…Plasmonic nanocathodes offer unique opportunities for optically driving, switching, and steering femtosecond photocurrents in nanoelectronic devices and pulsed…”
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Definition of the hydrogen bond (IUPAC Recommendations 2011) by Arunan, Elangannan, Desiraju, Gautam R., Klein, Roger A., Sadlej, Joanna, Scheiner, Steve, Alkorta, Ibon, Clary, David C., Crabtree, Robert H., Dannenberg, Joseph J., Hobza, Pavel, Kjaergaard, Henrik G., Legon, Anthony C., Mennucci, Benedetta, Nesbitt, David J.

“…A novel definition for the hydrogen bond is recommended here. It takes into account the theoretical and experimental knowledge acquired over the past century…”
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Modified Power Law Behavior in Quantum Dot Blinking: A Novel Role for Biexcitons and Auger Ionization by Peterson, Jeffrey J, Nesbitt, David J

“…Single photon detection methods are used to acquire fluorescence trajectories from single CdSe/ZnS colloidal quantum dots (QDs) and analyze their blinking…”
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Solution Control of Radiative and Nonradiative Lifetimes:  A Novel Contribution to Quantum Dot Blinking Suppression by Fomenko, Vasiliy, Nesbitt, David J

“…Time-correlated single photon counting methods are used with confocal microscopy and maximum likelihood estimation analysis to obtain fluorescence lifetime…”
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Defining the hydrogen bond: An account (IUPAC Technical Report) by Arunan, Elangannan, Desiraju, Gautam R., Klein, Roger A., Sadlej, Joanna, Scheiner, Steve, Alkorta, Ibon, Clary, David C., Crabtree, Robert H., Dannenberg, Joseph J., Hobza, Pavel, Kjaergaard, Henrik G., Legon, Anthony C., Mennucci, Benedetta, Nesbitt, David J.

“…The term “hydrogen bond” has been used in the literature for nearly a century now. While its importance has been realized by physicists, chemists, biologists,…”
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Tests of Kramers’ Theory at the Single-Molecule Level: Evidence for Folding of an Isolated RNA Tertiary Interaction at the Viscous Speed Limit by Dupuis, Nicholas F, Holmstrom, Erik D, Nesbitt, David J

“…Dissipation and friction influence the conformational dynamics of biological polymers as they traverse barriers on rugged free energy surfaces. It is well…”
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An RNA folding motif: GNRA tetraloop-receptor interactions by Fiore, Julie L, Nesbitt, David J

“…Nearly two decades after Westhof and Michel first proposed that RNA tetraloops may interact with distal helices, tetraloop–receptor interactions have been…”
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Kinetic and Thermodynamic Origins of Osmolyte-Influenced Nucleic Acid Folding by Holmstrom, Erik D, Dupuis, Nicholas F, Nesbitt, David J

“…The influential role of monovalent and divalent metal cations in facilitating conformational transitions in both RNA and DNA has been a target of intense…”
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Entropic origin of Mg2+-facilitated RNA folding by Fiore, Julie L, Holmstrom, Erik D, Nesbitt, David J

“…Mg2+ is essential for the proper folding and function of RNA, though the effect of Mg2+ concentration on the free energy, enthalpy, and entropy landscapes of…”
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Coherent Multiphoton Photoelectron Emission from Single Au Nanorods: The Critical Role of Plasmonic Electric Near-Field Enhancement by Grubisic, Andrej, Schweikhard, Volker, Baker, Thomas A, Nesbitt, David J

“…Electron emission from individual Au nanorods deposited on indium–tin–oxide (ITO) following excitation with femtosecond laser pulses near the rod longitudinal…”
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Single-Molecule FRET Reveals Three Conformations for the TLS Domain of Brome Mosaic Virus Genome by Vieweger, Mario, Holmstrom, Erik D., Nesbitt, David J.

“…Metabolite-dependent conformational switching in RNA riboswitches is now widely accepted as a critical regulatory mechanism for gene expression in bacterial…”
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Plasmonic Near-Electric Field Enhancement Effects in Ultrafast Photoelectron Emission: Correlated Spatial and Laser Polarization Microscopy Studies of Individual Ag Nanocubes by Grubisic, Andrej, Ringe, Emilie, Cobley, Claire M, Xia, Younan, Marks, Laurence D, Van Duyne, Richard P, Nesbitt, David J

“…Electron emission from single, supported Ag nanocubes excited with ultrafast laser pulses (λ = 800 nm) is studied via spatial and polarization correlated (i)…”
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Mechanistic Insights into Cofactor-Dependent Coupling of RNA Folding and mRNA Transcription/Translation by a Cobalamin Riboswitch by Polaski, Jacob T., Holmstrom, Erik D., Nesbitt, David J., Batey, Robert T.

“…Riboswitches are mRNA elements regulating gene expression in response to direct binding of a metabolite. While these RNAs are increasingly well understood with…”
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Inelastic Scattering of Radicals at the Gas–Ionic Liquid Interface: Probing Surface Dynamics of BMIM–Cl, BMIM–BF4, and BMIM–Tf2N by Rovibronic Scattering of NO [2Π1/2(0.5)] by Ziemkiewicz, Michael. P, Zutz, Amelia, Nesbitt, David. J

“…Quantum state resolved inelastic collision dynamics at the gas–room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) interface have been explored by scattering of an NO…”
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Pulsed IR Heating Studies of Single-Molecule DNA Duplex Dissociation Kinetics and Thermodynamics by Holmstrom, Erik D., Dupuis, Nicholas F., Nesbitt, David J.

“…Single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy is a powerful technique that makes it possible to observe the conformational dynamics associated with biomolecular…”
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