Published October 16, 2013 | Version v1
Journal article

Hydrogen/deuterium isotope effects in water and aqueous solutions of organic molecules and proteins

  • 1. CEMHTI, CNRS-Université d'Orléans, 45071 Orléans Cedex 2 (France)
  • 2. CRMD, CNRS-Université d'Orléans, 45071 Orléans Cedex 2 (France)
  • 3. UAI Física Aplicable CSIC - UPV/EHU, 48080 Bilbao (Spain)
  • 4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT (United Kingdom)
  • 5. ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX (United Kingdom)
  • 6. Institut de Minéralogie et Physique des Milieux Condenses, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, CNRS-UMR 7590, 75005 Paris (France)

Description

Highlights: ► Hydrogen/deuterium substitution has significant effects in hydrogenous materials. ► The effects can involve structure, phase behavior and protein stability. ► The effects must be kept in mind in the interpretation of scattering experiments. ► The effects may be mitigated by an appropriate choice of experimental conditions. - Abstract: It is pointed out that hydrogen/deuterium substitution, frequently used in neutron scattering studies of the structure and dynamics of hydrogenous samples, can have significant effects on structure, phase behavior and protein stability. The effects must be kept in mind in the interpretation of such experiments. In suitable cases, these effects can be mitigated by an appropriate choice of experimental conditions

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphys.2013.02.020

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.chemphys.2013.02.020;
PII
S0301-0104(13)00117-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Chemical Physics
Journal Volume
424
Journal Page Range
p. 62-69
ISSN
0301-0104
CODEN
CMPHC2

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
45103725
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; DEUTERIUM; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPE EFFECTS; MOLECULES; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; PROTEINS
Descriptors DEC
COHERENT SCATTERING; DIFFRACTION; DISPERSIONS; ELEMENTS; HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURES; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MIXTURES; NONMETALS; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SCATTERING; SOLUTIONS; STABLE ISOTOPES

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