Publications

Rzeźnicka II, Sovago M, Backus EHG, Bonn M, Yamada T, Kobayashi T et al. Duramycin-induced destabilization of a phosphatidylethanolamine monolayer at the air-water interface observed by vibrational sum-frequency generation spectroscopy. Langmuir. 2010 Oct 19;26(20):16055-16062. doi: 10.1021/la1028965

Backus EHG, Bloem R, Donaldson PM, Jhalainen JA, Pfister R, Paoli B et al. 2D-IR study of a photoswitchable isotope-labeled α-helix. Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2010 Mar 18;114(10):3735-3740. doi: 10.1021/jp911849n

Backus EHG, Bonn M. Surface femtochemistry. In Rioux R, editor, Model Systems in Catalysis: Single Crystals to Supported Enzyme Mimics. Springer New York LLC. 2010. p. 203-221 doi: 10.1007/978-0-387-98049-2_10

Backus EHG, Bloem R, Poster R, Moretto A, Crisma M, Toniolo C et al. Dynamical transition in a small helical peptide and its implication for vibrational energy transport. Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2009 Oct 8;113(40):13405-13409. doi: 10.1021/jp904905d

Paoli B, Seeber M, Backus EHG, Ihalainen JA, Hamm P, Caflisch A. Bulky side chains and non-native salt bridges slow down the folding of a cross-linked helical peptide: a combined molecular dynamics and time-resolved infrared spectroscopy study. Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2009 Apr 2;113(13):4435-4442. doi: 10.1021/jp810431s

Backus EHG, Nguyen PH, Botan V, Pfister R, Moretto A, Crisma M et al. Energy transport in peptide helices around the glass transition. In Robert W. S, editor, ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA XVI. Vol. 92. Springer Nature. 2009. p. 532-534. (Springer Series in Chemical Physics). doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-95946-5_172

Backus EHG, Nguyen PH, Botan V, Moretto A, Crisma M, Toniolo C et al. Structural flexibility of a helical peptide regulates vibrational energy transport properties. Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2008 Dec 4;112(48):15487-15492. doi: 10.1021/jp806403p

Backus EHG, Garrett-Roe S, Hamm P. Phasing problem of heterodyne-detected two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy. Optics Letters. 2008 Nov 15;33(22):2665-2667. doi: 10.1364/OL.33.002665

Backus EHG, Nguyen PH, Botan V, Pfister R, Moretto A, Crisma M et al. Energy transport in peptide helices: A comparison between high- And low-energy excitations. Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2008 Jul 31;112(30):9091-9099. doi: 10.1021/jp711046e

Ihalainen JA, Paoli B, Muff S, Backus EHG, Bredenbeck J, Woolley GA et al. α-Helix folding in the presence of structural constraints. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2008 Jul 15;105(28):9588-9593. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0712099105

Botan V, Backus EHG, Pfister R, Moretto A, Crisma M, Toniolo C et al. Energy transport in peptide helices. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2007 Jul 31;104(31):12749-12754. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0701762104

Backus EHG, Grecea ML, Kleyn AW, Bonn M. Ultrafast electron-induced desorption of water from nanometer amorphous solid water films. Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2007 Jun 7;111(22):6141-6145. doi: 10.1021/jp071226s

Backus EHG, Forsblom M, Persson M, Bonn M. Highly efficient ultrafast energy transfer into molecules at surface step sites. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2007 May 3;111(17):6149-6153. doi: 10.1021/jp070470g

Grecea ML, Backus EHG, Kleyn AW, Bonn M. Adsorption and photochemistry of multilayer bromoform on ice. Surface Science. 2006 Aug 15;600(16):3337-3344. doi: 10.1016/j.susc.2006.06.026

Botan V, Backus E, Hamm P, Moretto A, Toniolo C. Energy transport in a peptide helix. In Proceedings: 15th International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena. Optica Publishing Group. 2006. (OSA Technical Digest Series). doi: 10.1364/up.2006.we1

Backus EHG, Eichler A, Kleyn AW, Bonn M. Real-time observation of molecular motion on a surface. Science. 2005 Dec 16;310(5755):1790-1793. doi: 10.1126/science.1120693

Grecea ML, Backus EHG, Kleyn AW, Bonn M. Surface photochemistry of bromoform on ice: Cross section and competing reaction pathways. Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2005 Sept 22;109(37):17574-17578. doi: 10.1021/jp052586n

Backus EHG, Bonn M. A quantitative comparison between reflection absorption infrared and sum-frequency generation spectroscopy. Chemical Physics Letters. 2005 Aug 25;412(1-3):152-157. doi: 10.1016/j.cplett.2005.06.118

Bonn M, Backus EHG. Geometrical vs. statistical models for describing phase transition kinetics in thin films. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2004 Dec 21;6(24):5516-5522. doi: 10.1039/b411047a

Roeterdink WG, Backus EHG, Kleyn AW, Bonn M, Fournier F, Zheng W et al. Comment on "ultrafast laser excitation of CO/Pt(111) probed by sum frequency generation: Coverage dependent desorption efficiency". Physical review letters. 2004 Dec 10;93(24):249601. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.249601

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