title: Vibrational energy transport in peptide helices after excitation of C-D modes in Leu-d10.
abstract: Vibrational energy transport in a short 3(10)-helical peptide is studied by time-resolved femtosecond infrared spectroscopy. The C-D vibrations of decadeuterated leucine incorporated in the helical chain are excited, and the subsequent flow of vibrational energy through the helix is monitored by employing C horizontal lineO probes at various distances from the heat source as local thermometers. The C-D modes are not resonant to the C horizontal lineO modes, neither directly nor through any Fermi resonance, thereby suppressing resonant energy transfer directly along the C horizontal lineO oscillators of the peptide backbone. In contrast to our previous work (J. Phys. Chem. B 2008, 112, 9091), we no longer find any substantial difference in the vibrational energy transport efficiency after high- or low-energy excitation. That is, the heat diffusion constant of (2.0 +/- 0.5) A(2) ps(-1) is the same as that after depositing vibrational energy through the ultrafast internal conversion of a covalently bound chromophore.
authors.affiliation: Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schade
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moretto
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crisma
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Toniolo
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hamm
mesh_terms: D004735:Energy Transfer; D007930:Leucine / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D012997:Solvents; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D014732:Vibration
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D012997:Solvents; D007930:Leucine