Biological activity requires a solvent that can provide a suitable environment, which satisfies
the twin need for stability and the ability to change. Among all the solvents water plays the …

Over the decades, a great deal of attention has been focused on the solvation and transport
properties of small rigid monatomic ions such as Na+, K+, Li+, Cl−, and Br− due to their …

Association and dissociation of proteins are important biochemical events. In this Feature
Article, we analyze the available studies of these processes for insulin oligomers in aqueous …

Double-stranded DNA bears the highest linear negative charge density (2e− per base-pair)
among all biopolymers, leading to strong interactions with cations and dipolar water …

Protein dynamics is strongly influenced by the surrounding environment and physiological
conditions. Here we employ broadband megahertz-to-terahertz spectroscopy to explore the …

DNA functions only in aqueous environments and adopts different conformations depending
on the hydration level. The dynamics of hydration water and hydrated DNA leads to rotating …

Understanding molecular interactions and dynamics of proteins and DNA in a cell-like
crowded environment is crucial for predicting their functions within the cell. Noncanonical G …

The coupling between the conformational fluctuations of DNA and its surrounding
environment, consisting of water and ions in solution, remains poorly understood and …

Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (NESM), practically synonymous with time-dependent
statistical mechanics (TDSM), is a beautiful and profound subject, vast in scope, diverse in …

Absorption of one or more ultraviolet (UV) photons directly by DNA may lead to its ionization:
an electron is ejected, generating an electron hole (radical cation) on the nucleic acid. 1–3 …