Hexa(4-n-dodecylbiphenylyl)benzene (HDBB) was reduced by a series of alkali metals in THF under high vacuum. Three reduction states were identified by NMR spectroscopy, namely the dianion, tetraanion and hexaanion. The NMR spectra of HDBB(6-) revealed a remarkable distortion of symmetry, which is interpreted by adoption of a twisted conformation of the central benzene ring and a slow rotation o...

The stability, persistence and dynamics of the peptide secondary motifs are investigated in a series of poly(γ-benzyl-L-glutamate)-b-polyalanine (PBLG-b-PAla) polypeptides through a combination of structural (X-rays, NMR) and dynamic (Dielectric Spectroscopy, NMR) probes. The unfavorable enthalpic interactions between the unlike blocks give rise to nanophase separation that results in the desta...

NMR reveals three types of dynamic ethylene glycol units on PEG-grafted SiO2 nanoparticles, the distribution which depends chain length and coverage affects colloidal stability protein uptake.

Structural studies of proteins are critical for understanding biological processes at the molecular level. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a powerful technique for obtaining structural and dynamic information on proteins and protein-ligand complexes. In the present review, methodologies for NMR structure determination of proteins and macromolecular complexes are described. In a...

Terahertz waves generated by vacuum electron devices have been successfully applied in dynamic nuclear polarization enhanced magnetic resonance (DNP-NMR) technology to significantly enhance the sensitivity of high-field NMR. To reduce field interference, high-power terahertz wave source and NMR spectrometer need be separated a few meters apart. Corrugated horns directional couplers are key comp...

Self-assembly processes of the highly reduced bowl-shaped corannulene generated by the chemical reduction with a binary combination of alkali metals, namely Li-Rb, have been investigated by variable-temperature 1H and 7Li NMR spectroscopy. The formation of several unique mixed metal sandwich products based on tetrareduced corannulene, C20H104- (14-), has been revealed followed by investigation ...