eprintid: 10128
rev_number: 4
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dir: disk0/00/01/01/28
datestamp: 2011-11-10 20:08:43
lastmod: 2016-11-15 13:53:33
status_changed: 2011-11-10 20:08:43
type: thesis_degree
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contact_email: Trivnguye@gmail.com
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eprint_status: archive
creators_name: Nguyen, Tri
creators_email: Trivnguye@gmail.com
title: HIGH RESOLUTION STUDY OF THE CONFORMATIONAL LANDSCAPE OF BIOMOLECULES IN THE GAS PHASE
ispublished: unpub
divisions: sch_as_chemistry
full_text_status: public
keywords: conformer; electronic spectroscopy; gas phase
abstract: Rotationally resolved electronic spectroscopy has been used to map the conformational landscape of isolated biomolecules in the gas phase. A multivariate analysis based on experimental measurements supplemented by ab initio calculations provides a detailed description of the low energy regions of the potential energy surface (PES) in both the ground and excited states. Our findings lead to interesting insights into the interactive forces shaping the contours of the PES and the dynamics of interconversion pathways. A novel perspective centered on the electron distribution is presented to address the issue of the correlation of shape and functionality.
date: 2006-03-30
date_type: completed
institution: University of Pittsburgh
refereed: TRUE
etdcommittee_type: committee_chair
etdcommittee_type: committee_member
etdcommittee_type: committee_member
etdcommittee_type: committee_member
etdcommittee_name: Pratt, David W
etdcommittee_name: Petek, Hrvoje
etdcommittee_name: Grabowski, Joseph
etdcommittee_name: Saxena, Sunil
etdcommittee_email: pratt@pitt.edu
etdcommittee_email: petek@pitt.edu
etdcommittee_email: joeg@pitt.edu
etdcommittee_email: sksaxena@pitt.edu
etdcommittee_id: PRATT
etdcommittee_id: PETEK
etdcommittee_id: JOEG
etdcommittee_id: SKSAXENA
etd_defense_date: 2005-11-16
etd_approval_date: 2006-03-30
etd_submission_date: 2005-12-07
etd_access_restriction: immediate
etd_patent_pending: FALSE
assigned_doi: doi:10.5195/pitt.etd.2011.10128
thesis_type: dissertation
degree: PhD
committee: David W. Pratt (pratt@pitt.edu) - Committee Chair
committee: Hrvoje Petek (petek@pitt.edu) - Committee Member
committee: Joseph Grabowski (joeg@pitt.edu) - Committee Member
committee: Sunil Saxena (sksaxena@pitt.edu) - Committee Member
etdurn: etd-12072005-011813
other_id: http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-12072005-011813/
other_id: etd-12072005-011813
citation:   Nguyen, Tri  (2006) HIGH RESOLUTION STUDY OF THE CONFORMATIONAL LANDSCAPE OF BIOMOLECULES IN THE GAS PHASE.  Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.    (Unpublished)  
document_url: http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/10128/1/nguyentri_122005.pdf