Conspectus Chemists have long been fascinated by chirality, water, and interfaces, making
tremendous progress in each research area. However, the chemistry emerging from the …

In situ experimental studies have been key in uncovering the often elusive pathways of
nucleation and crystal growth. In the field of material science and medicine this offers the …

Many DNA-based technologies involve the immobilization of DNA and therefore require a
fundamental understanding of the DNA structure–function relationship at interfaces. We …

Biomolecular hydration is fundamental to biological functions. Using phase-resolved chiral
sum-frequency generation spectroscopy (SFG), we probe molecular architectures and …

Hydration modulates every aspect of protein structure and function. However, studying water
structures in hydration shells remains challenging mostly due to overwhelming background …

Aqueous solutions of FeCl3 have been widely studied to shed light on a number of
processes from dissolution, mineralization, biology, electrocatalysis, corrosion, to microbial …

The air–water interface is a highly prevalent phase boundary impacting many natural and
artificial processes. The significance of this interface arises from the unique properties of …

For many laser-based methods of material characterization and analysis, a tensor
formulation of theory is necessary, especially in techniques that exploit nonlinear or chiral …

Chirality-selective vibrational sum frequency generation (chiral SFG) spectroscopy has
emerged as a powerful technique for the study of biomolecular hydration water due to its …

VSFG (vibrational sum frequency generation) microscopy was used to study the SDS@ 2β-
CD system, a synthetic capsid-like self-assembled material. We found because of strong …