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Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner

Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner

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Chemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
8460
World Ranking
13643
National Ranking
3547

Overview

Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner is affiliated with Drexel University in the United States, where the research focuses predominantly on biochemistry, molecular biology, materials science, and chemistry. Their work spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, materials chemistry, biomaterials, spectroscopy, and organic chemistry.

The scientific contributions of Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner cover several main topics, such as:

  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Polydiacetylene-based Materials and Applications
  • Molecular Spectroscopy and Chirality
  • RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies

Their publications appear frequently in journals dedicated to biophysics, chemistry, and spectroscopy. Common venues include:

  • Biophysical Journal
  • Journal of Raman Spectroscopy
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Biomolecules

Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner has authored notable papers such as:

  • "Glycine in Water Favors the Polyproline II State" (2020), published in Biomolecules
  • "Short Peptides as Tunable, Switchable, and Strong Gelators" (2021), published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • "Water-Mediated Electronic Structure of Oligopeptides Probed by Their UV Circular Dichroism, Absorption Spectra, and Time-Dependent DFT Calculations" (2020), published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • "Short peptides as predictors for the structure of polyarginine sequences in disordered proteins" (2021), published in Biophysical Journal
  • "The combined use of amide I bands in polarized Raman, IR, and vibrational dichroism spectra for the structure analysis of peptide fibrils and disordered peptides and proteins" (2021), published in Journal of Raman Spectroscopy

The researcher collaborates frequently with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Nicolas J. Alvarez
  • Nichole O'Neill
  • Brigita Urbanc
  • Lavénia Thursch
  • Thamires A. Lima

The body of work by Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner demonstrates sustained engagement with the intersection of molecular structure and functional material properties. The research interests involve experimental and computational approaches to understand peptide and protein structures, material self-assembly, and related spectroscopic techniques that elucidate molecular chirality and dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Tripeptides adopt stable structures in water. A combined polarized visible Raman, FTIR, and VCD spectroscopy study.

    Fatma Eker;Xiaolin Cao;Laurence Nafie;Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner

  • Dihedral ψ Angle Dependence of the Amide III Vibration: A Uniquely Sensitive UV Resonance Raman Secondary Structural Probe

    Sanford A. Asher;Anatoli Ianoul;Guido Mix;Mary N. Boyden

  • Advances in vibrational spectroscopy as a sensitive probe of peptide and protein structure A critical review

    Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner

  • VIBRATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS OF TRANS-N-METHYLACETAMIDE AND SOME OF ITS DEUTERATED ISOTOPOMERS FROM BAND DECOMPOSITION OF IR, VISIBLE, AND RESONANCE RAMAN SPECTRA

    X. G. Chen;Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner;Sanford A. Asher;Noemi G. Mirkin

  • Stable conformations of tripeptides in aqueous solution studied by UV circular dichroism spectroscopy.

    Fatma Eker;Kai Griebenow;Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner

  • Dihedral angles of trialanine in D2O determined by combining FTIR and polarized visible Raman spectroscopy.

    Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner;Fatma Eker;Qing Huang;Kai Griebenow

  • The conformation of tetraalanine in water determined by polarized Raman, FT-IR, and VCD spectroscopy.

    Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner;Fatma Eker;Kai Griebenow;Xiaolin Cao

  • Intrinsic Propensities of Amino Acid Residues in GxG Peptides Inferred from Amide I′ Band Profiles and NMR Scalar Coupling Constants

    Andrew Hagarman;Thomas J. Measey;Daniel Mathieu;Harald Schwalbe

  • Preferred peptide backbone conformations in the unfolded state revealed by the structure analysis of alanine-based (AXA) tripeptides in aqueous solution

    Fatma Eker;Kai Griebenow;Xiaolin Cao;Laurence A. Nafie

  • Possible orientational constraints determine secretory signals induced by aggregation of IgE receptors on mast cells.

    E. Ortega;R. Schweitzer-Stenner;I. Pecht

  • N-Methylacetamide and Its Hydrogen-Bonded Water Molecules Are Vibrationally Coupled

    X. G. Chen;Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner;Samuel Krimm;Noemi G. Mirkin

  • Conformational Properties of Nickel(II) Octaethylporphyrin in Solution. 1. Resonance Excitation Profiles and Temperature Dependence of Structure-Sensitive Raman Lines

    Walter Jentzen;Esko Unger;Gerasimos Karvounis;John A. Shelnutt

  • Vibrational circular dichroism as a probe of fibrillogenesis: the origin of the anomalous intensity enhancement of amyloid-like fibrils.

    Thomas J. Measey;Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner

  • Expression and Functional Activity of the IL-8 Receptor Type CXCR1 and CXCR2 on Human Mast Cells

    Undine Lippert;Metin Artuc;Andreas Grützkau;Annelie Möller

  • Distribution of Conformations Sampled by the Central Amino Acid Residue in Tripeptides Inferred From Amide I Band Profiles and NMR Scalar Coupling Constants

    Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner

  • Dihedral angles of tripeptides in solution directly determined by polarized Raman and FTIR spectroscopy.

    Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner

  • Inactivation of horseradish peroxidase by phenoxyl radical attack.

    Qing Huang;Qingguo Huang;Roger A. Pinto;Kai Griebenow

  • UV Raman Determination of the .pi..pi.* Excited State Geometry of N-Methylacetamide: Vibrational Enhancement Pattern

    X. G. Chen;Sanford A. Asher;Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner;Noemi G. Mirkin

  • The Amide I Mode of Peptides in Aqueous Solution Involves Vibrational Coupling between the Peptide Group and Water Molecules of the Hydration Shell

    Guido Sieler;Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner

  • Secondary structure analysis of polypeptides based on an excitonic coupling model to describe the band profile of amide I' of IR, raman, and vibrational circular dichroism spectra

    Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner

  • The Structure of Alanine Based Tripeptides in Water and Dimethyl Sulfoxide Probed by Vibrational Spectroscopy

    Fatma Eker;Xiaolin Cao;Laurence Nafie;Qing Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Dreybrodt
Wolfgang Dreybrodt University of Bremen
Harald Schwalbe
Harald Schwalbe Goethe University Frankfurt
Kai Griebenow
Kai Griebenow University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras
Israel Pecht
Israel Pecht Weizmann Institute of Science
Qing Huang
Qing Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Laurence A. Nafie
Laurence A. Nafie Syracuse University
John A. Shelnutt
John A. Shelnutt University of Georgia
Sanford A. Asher
Sanford A. Asher University of Pittsburgh
Craig J. Medforth
Craig J. Medforth University of California, Davis
Samuel Krimm
Samuel Krimm University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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