Aspartame and Its Microhydrated Aggregates Revealed by Laser Spectroscopy: Water–Sweetener Interactions in the Gas Phase

P Pinillos, A Camiruaga… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The popular sweetener, aspartame, is an agonist of the tongue's sweet taste receptor. How
water molecules affect its conformation or which aspartame atoms are more prone to interact …

Tandem Mass-Selective Cryogenic Digital Ion Traps for Enhanced Cluster Formation

GC Roesch, E Garand - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2023 - ACS Publications
We present the implementation of tandem mass-selective cryogenic ion traps, designed to
enhance the range of ion processing capabilities that can be performed prior to …

Ion Spectroscopy Reveals Structural Difference for Proteins Microhydrated by Retention and Condensation of Water

A Zviagin, OV Boyarkin - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2024 - ACS Publications
Protein ubiquitin in its+ 7 charge state microhydrated by 5 and 10 water molecules has been
interrogated in the gas phase by cold ion UV/IR spectroscopy. The complexes were formed …

Micro Solvation Effect of Methanol on Excited-State Dynamics of Protonated Tryptophan and Dopamine

H Toma, J Tabata, K Hirata, G Gregoire… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The electronic and vibrational cryogenic ion spectroscopy of protonated tryptophan (TrpH+)
and dopamine (DAH+) complexed with methanol has been recorded. These two biological …