Title :
Hydration number of biomolecules evaluated with THz time-domain attenuated total reflection spectroscopy
Author :
Arikawa, Takashi ; Nagai, Masaya ; Tanaka, Koichiro
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Kyoto Univ., Kyoto
Abstract :
We performed THz time-domain attenuated total reflection spectroscopy of arginine and sucrose solution, and verified that this method gives us reasonable hydration numbers.
Keywords :
infrared spectroscopy; macromolecules; solvation; terahertz wave spectra; arginine; attenuated total reflection spectroscopy; biomolecules; hydration number; sucrose; terahertz time domain; Absorption; Amino acids; Dielectrics; Molecular biophysics; Optical reflection; Polarization; Refractive index; Spectroscopy; Time domain analysis; Water; (260.6970) Total internal reflection; (300.6270) Spectroscopy, far infrared;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627697
