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We perform Mueller matrix imaging (MMI) of diffusely scattering phantoms under sinusoidal irradiance of varying spatial frequency. Quantitative polarimetric sensing via MMI completely characterizes a sample's polarimetric properties, while structured
Junhui Shi, Terrence Wong, Yun He, Lei Li, Ruiying Zhang, Christopher Yung, Jeeseong C. Hwang, Lihong Wang
Mid-infrared (MIR) microscopy provides rich chemical and structural information about biological samples, without staining. Conventionally, the long MIR wavelength severely limits the lateral resolution owing to optical diffraction; moreover, the strong
Jeffrey W. Hudgens, Ioannis L. Karageorgos, Elyssia S. Gallagher, Kyle W. Anderson, James J. Filliben, Richard Y. Huang, Guodong Chen, Michael J. Chalmers, Benjamin T. Walters, Jennifer Zhang, John Venable, Caitlin Steckler, In Hee Park, Ansgar Brock, Xiaojun Lu, Ratnesh Pandey, Arun Chandramohan, Ganesh Srinivasan Anand, Sasidhar N. Nirudodhi, Justin Sperry, Jason C. Rouse, James A. Carroll, Kasper D. Rand, Ulrike Leurs, David D. Weis, Mohammed A. Al-Naqshabandi, Tyler S. Hageman, Patrick Wintrode, John D. Lambris, Sarah Urata, George M. Bou-Assaf, Alfonso Espada
Hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX-MS) is an established, powerful tool for investigating protein-ligand interactions, protein folding, and protein dynamics. However, HDX-MS is still an emergent tool for quality control of
Structural information about Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) is lagging behind that of proteins, in part due to its high charge and conformational variability. Molecular dynamics (MD) has played an important role in describing RNA structure, complementing
Genetically encoded Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) sensors enable the visualization of biological ions, molecules, and processes in live cells. However, despite their widespread use, the molecular states that determine sensor performance are
Xingcheng Ling, Prakash Kulkarni, Federico Bocci, Nicholas Schafer, Susmita Roy, Min-Yeh Tsai, Yanan He, Yihong Chen, Krithika Rajagopalan, Steven Mooney, Yu Zeng, Keith Weninger, Alexander Grishaev, Jose Onuchic, Herbert Levine, Peter Wolynes, Govindan Rangarajan, Vladimir Uversky, John Orban, Mohit Jolly
Folded proteins show a high degree of structural order and undergo (fairly constrained) collective motions related to their functions. On the other hand, intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs), while lacking a well-defined three-dimensional structure, do
Theodore L. Fobe, Andrei F. Kazakov, Demian Riccardi
Cysteine is a multifaceted amino acid that is central to the structure and function of many proteins. A disulfide bond formed between two cysteines restrains protein conformations through the strong covalent bond and torsions about the bond that pre- fer
Alta Y. Fang, Kenneth Kroenlein, Alex Smolyanitsky
We use all-atom molecular dynamics simulations informed by density functional theory calculations to investigate aqueous ion transport across subnanoporous monolayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) membranes subject to varying tensile strains. Driven by a
Alta Y. Fang, Kenneth Kroenlein, Demian Riccardi, Alex Smolyanitsky
The ability to tune ionic permeation across nanoscale pores profoundly impacts diverse fields from nanofluidic computing to drug delivery. Here, we take advantage of complex formation between crown ethers and dissolved metal ions to demonstrate graphene
Michael Schneider, Christine A. Donnelly, Stephen E. Russek
Josephson junctions and single flux quantum (SFQ) circuits form a natural neuromorphic technology with SFQ pulses and superconducting transmission lines simulating action potentials and axons, respectively. Josephson junctions consist of superconducting
Nicholas B. Guros, Arvind Balijepalli, Jeffery B. Klauda
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were performed to describe the function of the transporter protein alpha- hemolysin (αHL) in lipid membranes that were composed of either 1,2-diphytanoyl-sn- glycero- 3-phospho-choline (DPhPC) or 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn
Robert Best, Alessandro Borgia, Wenwei Zheng, Karin Buholzer, Madeleine Borgia, Hagen Hofmann, Daniel Nettels, Klaus Gast, Alexander Grishaev, Benjamin Schuler
The degree of compaction inferred from SAXS experiments by Riback et al. for unfolded proteins in water versus chemical denaturant is highly consistent with the results from FRET experiments. There is thus no "contradiction" between the two methods, nor
Ashton S. Hemphill, Yuecheng Shen, Jeeseong C. Hwang, Lihong V. Wang
Digital optical phase conjugation (DOPC) enables many optical applications by permitting focusing of light through scattering media. However, DOPC systems require precise alignment of all optical components, particularly of the spatial light modulator (SLM