The structure and function of biomolecules are strongly influenced by their hydration shells.
Structural fluctuations and molecular excitations of hydrating water molecules cover a broad …

Terahertz (THz= 10 12 Hz) radiation has attracted wide attention for its unprecedented
sensing ability and its noninvasive and nonionizing properties. Tremendous strides in THz …

Terahertz (THz) technology has experienced rapid development in the past two decades.
Growing numbers of interdisciplinary applications are emerging, including materials …

One of the fundamental challenges of physical biology is to understand the relationship
between protein dynamics and function. At physiological temperatures, functional motions …

Protein hydration shell dynamics play an important role in biochemical processes including
protein folding, enzyme function, and molecular recognition. We present here a comparison …

The reorientation of a water molecule is important for a host of phenomena, ranging over—in
an only partial listing—the key dynamic hydrogen-bond network restructuring of water itself …

Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) are specific proteins that are able to lower the freezing point of
aqueous solutions relative to the melting point. Hyperactive AFPs, identified in insects, have …

Interest in biomedical terahertz research is growing rapidly and there are now several
terahertz groups in Asia, Europe and the US investigating potential applications such as …

Femtosecond laser filamentation is a unique nonlinear optical phenomenon when high-
power ultrafast laser propagation in all transparent optical media. During filamentation in the …

The Terahertz's wavelength is located between the microwave and the infrared region of the
electromagnetic spectrum. Because it is non-ionizing and non-invasive, Terahertz (THz) …