Self-trapping of the N-H vibrational mode in alpha-helical polypeptides |
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Authors: | Tsivlin Dmitry V May Volkhard |
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Affiliation: | Institut fur Physik, Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany. tsivlin@physik.hu-berlin.de |
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Abstract: | Recent calculations on the formation of self-trapped amide group vibrational states in alpha-helical polypeptides [J. Chem. Phys. 124, 134907 (2006)] are extended to the amide N-H normal mode vibrations. First, the adiabatic N-H vibrational single- and two-exciton states are examined by treating the longitudinal chain coordinates as parameters. Then, in using the multiconfiguration time-dependent Hartree method coupled exciton-chain vibrational quantum dynamics are accounted for. Based on the respective exciton-chain vibrational wave function propagation the infrared transient absorption related to a sequential pump-probe experiment is calculated. The modulation of local amide vibrational energies by the longitudinal chain coordinates is found to have a pronounced effect on the broadening of absorption lines. Moreover, the ultrafast exciton transfer in the system is studied in order to characterize the dynamics of the self-trapped single-exciton states on a time scale below 10 ps. |
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