Interpreting nonlinear optics of biopolymer assemblies: Finding a hook Export

@article{citeulike:6087779, abstract = {The field of nonlinear optics has witnessed a rapid growth into biology within the last decade, driven largely by the observations of large nonlinear optical signals from native tissue in biological microscopy. The signals generated from collagen and other biopolymer assemblies exhibit intricate polarization-dependences that are intimately connected to local structure and orientation. A key step in bridging the macroscopic polarization to microscopic structure is the development and testing of predictive models for describing the NLO properties of biopolymer assemblies. In this Letter, we review the strengths and limitations of approaches for experimentally accessing the molecular tensors of peptides, nucleotides, and saccharides, which serve as the fundamental building blocks of biopolymers.}, author = {Gualtieri, Ellen J. and Haupert, Levi M. and Simpson, Garth J.}, citeulike-article-id = {6087779}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2008.09.022}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0009261408012578}, day = {13}, doi = {10.1016/j.cplett.2008.09.022}, issn = {00092614}, journal = {Chemical Physics Letters}, keywords = {shg, theory}, month = {November}, number = {4-6}, pages = {167--174}, posted-at = {2009-11-09 11:58:39}, priority = {2}, title = {Interpreting nonlinear optics of biopolymer assemblies: Finding a hook}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2008.09.022}, volume = {465}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6087779 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6087779 N2 - The field of nonlinear optics has witnessed a rapid growth into biology within the last decade, driven largely by the observations of large nonlinear optical signals from native tissue in biological microscopy. The signals generated from collagen and other biopolymer assemblies exhibit intricate polarization-dependences that are intimately connected to local structure and orientation. A key step in bridging the macroscopic polarization to microscopic structure is the development and testing of predictive models for describing the NLO properties of biopolymer assemblies. In this Letter, we review the strengths and limitations of approaches for experimentally accessing the molecular tensors of peptides, nucleotides, and saccharides, which serve as the fundamental building blocks of biopolymers. IS - 4-6 JF - Chemical Physics Letters SN - 00092614 EP - 174 TI - Interpreting nonlinear optics of biopolymer assemblies: Finding a hook VL - 465 SP - 167 KW - shg KW - theory AU - Gualtieri, Ellen AU - Haupert, Levi AU - Simpson, Garth PY - 2008/11/13/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2008.09.022 ER -