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SUMMARY:THz spectra of liquid water and aqueous glycine solution - Dr Jian
  Sun\, TCM Group\, Cavendish Laboratory
DTSTART:20121018T134500Z
DTEND:20121018T141500Z
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CONTACT:Dr G Moller
DESCRIPTION:The solvation of molecules in water is of paramount importance
  to various subdisciplines within chemistry and biology in order to unders
 tand diverse issues like solubility scales and protein folding. Recently\,
  it has been shown that laser spectroscopy in the THz frequency domain off
 ers new insights into hydration from small solutes to proteins. While ab i
 nitio molecular dynamics is a reliable method to compute IR spectra for li
 quid water and aqueous solutions\, a clear understanding of the low freque
 ncy range\, i.e. the THz domain\, is missing\, yet it most directly probes
  the hydrogen bond and solvation dynamics. Here\, I will introduce analyse
 s of the theoretical absorption spectra of liquid water mainly in the THz 
 range which draw on distance- and space-decomposed vibrational spectra and
  densities of states. In addition\, some preliminary results on an aqueous
  glycine solution will also be discussed.
LOCATION:TCM Seminar Room\, Cavendish Laboratory
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