title: Isolated neutral peptides.
abstract: This chapter examines the structural characterisation of isolated neutral amino-acids and peptides. After a presentation of the experimental and theoretical state-of-the-art in the field, a review of the major structures and shaping interactions is presented. Special focus is made on conformationally-resolved studies which enable one to go beyond simple structural characterisation; probing flexibility and excited-state photophysics are given as examples of promising future directions.
authors: CNRS, INC and INP, Lab. Francis Perrin, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, eric.gloaguen@cea.fr.
authors: Eric
authors: E
authors: Gloaguen
authors: Michel
authors: M
authors: Mons
mesh_terms: D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides