List of works - Michel Mons

A theoretical and experimental case study of the hydrogen bonding predilection of S-methylcysteine

scientific article

Ab initio kinetic simulation of gas-phase experiments: tautomerization of cytosine and guanine

scientific article

An intraresidue H-bonding motif in selenocysteine and cysteine, revealed by gas phase laser spectroscopy and quantum chemistry calculations

scientific article published on 11 September 2020

CC2 Benchmark for Models of Phenylalanine Protein Chains: 0-0 Transition Energies and IR Signatures of the ππ* Excited State

scientific article published on 31 December 2019

Chirality-controlled formation of beta-turn secondary structures in short peptide chains: gas-phase experiment versus quantum chemistry.

scientific article

Compact folding of isolated four-residue neutral peptide chains: H-bonding patterns and entropy effects

scientific article

Conformation control through concurrent N–H⋯S and N–H⋯OC hydrogen bonding and hyperconjugation effects

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Conformational analysis by UV spectroscopy: the decisive contribution of environment-induced electronic Stark effects

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Conformational landscape of the SF6 dimer as revealed by high resolution infrared spectroscopy and complexation with rare gas atoms.

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Correcting the record: the dimers and trimers of trans-N-methylacetamide.

scientific article published on 3 January 2017

Direct spectroscopic evidence of hyperconjugation unveils the conformational landscape of hydrazides

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Effective Strategy for Conformer-Selective Detection of Short-Lived Excited State Species: Application to the IR Spectroscopy of the N1H Keto Tautomer of Guanine.

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Electronic Stark Effect in Isolated Ion Pairs

scientific article published on 21 November 2019

Excited states dynamics of DNA and RNA bases: characterization of a stepwise deactivation pathway in the gas phase.

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Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Aromatic−Aromatic Interaction in Isolated Capped Dipeptides†

scientific article published on 01 March 2010

Far/Mid-Infrared Signatures of Solvent–Solute Interactions in a Microhydrated Model Peptide Chain

Gas phase double-resonance IR/UV spectroscopy of an alanine dipeptide analogue using a non-covalently bound UV-tag: observation of a folded peptide conformation in the Ac-Ala-NH2–toluene complex

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Gas phase folding of an (Ala)4 neutral peptide chain: spectroscopic evidence for the formation of a beta-hairpin H-bonding pattern.

scientific article published on 2 November 2009

Gas phase formation of a 3(10)-helix in a three-residue peptide chain: role of side chain-backbone interactions as evidenced by IR-UV double resonance experiments.

scientific article published in August 2005

Gas-Phase Spectroscopic Signatures of Carboxylate-Li(+) Contact Ion Pairs: New Benchmarks For Characterizing Ion Pairing in Solution

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Gas-phase folding of a two-residue model peptide chain: on the importance of an interplay between experiment and theory.

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Gas-phase models of gamma turns: effect of side-chain/backbone interactions investigated by IR/UV spectroscopy and quantum chemistry.

scientific article published in August 2005

Identification of ion pairs in solution by IR spectroscopy: crucial contributions of gas phase data and simulations

scientific article published on 12 April 2019

Intra-residue interactions in proteins: interplay between serine or cysteine side chains and backbone conformations, revealed by laser spectroscopy of isolated model peptides

scientific article

Intramolecular recognition in a jet-cooled short peptide chain: gamma-turn helicity probed by a neighbouring residue

scientific article published on 20 June 2007

Intrinsic Folding Proclivities in Cyclic β-Peptide Building Blocks: Configuration and Heteroatom Effects Analyzed by Conformer-Selective Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemistry.

scientific article published on 25 September 2015

Intrinsic folding of the cysteine residue: competition between folded and extended forms mediated by the -SH group

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

Introduction: Bond Specific Spectroscopy of Peptides and Proteins

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Isolated monohydrates of a model peptide chain: effect of a first water molecule on the secondary structure of a capped phenylalanine.

scientific article

Isolated neutral peptides

scientific article published on January 2015

Local NH-π interactions involving aromatic residues of proteins: influence of backbone conformation and ππ* excitation on the π H-bond strength, as revealed from studies of isolated model peptides

scientific article

Near-UV resonant two-photon ionization spectroscopy of gas phase guanine: evidence for the observation of three rare tautomers

scientific article published on 01 September 2006

Neutral Peptides in the Gas Phase: Conformation and Aggregation Issues

scientific article published on 05 November 2020

Non-radiative relaxation of UV photoexcited phenylalanine residues: probing the role of conical intersections by chemical substitution

scientific article published on 01 February 2014

On the near UV photophysics of a phenylalanine residue: conformation-dependent ππ* state deactivation revealed by laser spectroscopy of isolated neutral dipeptides

scientific article

On the turn-inducing properties of asparagine: the structuring role of the amide side chain, from isolated model peptides to crystallized proteins.

scientific article published on 19 January 2018

Probing the competition between secondary structures and local preferences in gas phase isolated peptide backbones.

scientific article published on 22 December 2005

Rationalizing the diversity of amide-amide H-bonding in peptides using the natural bond orbital method

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Rovibrational laser jet-cooled spectroscopy of SF-rare gas complexes in the ν region of SF

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Secondary Structures in Phe-Containing Isolated Dipeptide Chains: Laser Spectroscopy vs Quantum Chemistry.

scientific article

Spectroscopic evidence for the formation of helical structures in gas-phase short peptide chains

scientific article published on 27 May 2007

Spectroscopic studies of enantiomeric discrimination in jet-cooled chiral complexes.

scientific article

Spontaneous formation of hydrophobic domains in isolated peptides

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Strength of NH···S Hydrogen Bonds in Methionine Residues Revealed by Gas-Phase IR/UV Spectroscopy.

scientific article published on 2 March 2012

Structure of the indole-benzene dimer revisited

scientific article published on 17 March 2011

The gas-phase dipeptide analogue acetyl-phenylalanyl-amide: a model for the study of side chain/backbone interactions in proteins

scientific article published on 01 June 2005

Theoretical study of the ground and excited states of 7-methyl guanine and 9-methyl guanine: comparison with experiment

scientific article published on 09 May 2006

Time-resolved photoelectron and photoion fragmentation spectroscopy study of 9-methyladenine and its hydrates: a contribution to the understanding of the ultrafast radiationless decay of excited DNA bases

scientific article published on 17 July 2006

Unifying the microscopic picture of His-containing turns: from gas phase model peptides to crystallized proteins.

scientific article

Unraveling non-covalent interactions within flexible biomolecules: from electron density topology to gas phase spectroscopy.

scientific article published in June 2014

Unraveling the mechanisms of nonradiative deactivation in model peptides following photoexcitation of a phenylalanine residue

scientific article published on 10 December 2012

Vibrational circular dichroism as a probe of solid-state organisation of derivatives of cyclic β-amino acids: Cis- and trans-2-aminocyclobutane-1-carboxylic acid

scientific article published on 26 June 2019

List of works by Michel Mons

A theoretical and experimental case study of the hydrogen bonding predilection of S-methylcysteine

Ab initio kinetic simulation of gas-phase experiments: tautomerization of cytosine and guanine

An intraresidue H-bonding motif in selenocysteine and cysteine, revealed by gas phase laser spectroscopy and quantum chemistry calculations

CC2 Benchmark for Models of Phenylalanine Protein Chains: 0-0 Transition Energies and IR Signatures of the ππ* Excited State

Chirality-controlled formation of beta-turn secondary structures in short peptide chains: gas-phase experiment versus quantum chemistry.

Compact folding of isolated four-residue neutral peptide chains: H-bonding patterns and entropy effects

Conformation control through concurrent N–H⋯S and N–H⋯OC hydrogen bonding and hyperconjugation effects

Conformational analysis by UV spectroscopy: the decisive contribution of environment-induced electronic Stark effects

Conformational landscape of the SF6 dimer as revealed by high resolution infrared spectroscopy and complexation with rare gas atoms.

Correcting the record: the dimers and trimers of trans-N-methylacetamide.

Direct spectroscopic evidence of hyperconjugation unveils the conformational landscape of hydrazides

Effective Strategy for Conformer-Selective Detection of Short-Lived Excited State Species: Application to the IR Spectroscopy of the N1H Keto Tautomer of Guanine.

Electronic Stark Effect in Isolated Ion Pairs

Excited states dynamics of DNA and RNA bases: characterization of a stepwise deactivation pathway in the gas phase.

Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Aromatic−Aromatic Interaction in Isolated Capped Dipeptides†

Far/Mid-Infrared Signatures of Solvent–Solute Interactions in a Microhydrated Model Peptide Chain

Gas phase double-resonance IR/UV spectroscopy of an alanine dipeptide analogue using a non-covalently bound UV-tag: observation of a folded peptide conformation in the Ac-Ala-NH2–toluene complex

Gas phase folding of an (Ala)4 neutral peptide chain: spectroscopic evidence for the formation of a beta-hairpin H-bonding pattern.

Gas phase formation of a 3(10)-helix in a three-residue peptide chain: role of side chain-backbone interactions as evidenced by IR-UV double resonance experiments.

Gas-Phase Spectroscopic Signatures of Carboxylate-Li(+) Contact Ion Pairs: New Benchmarks For Characterizing Ion Pairing in Solution

Gas-phase folding of a two-residue model peptide chain: on the importance of an interplay between experiment and theory.

Gas-phase models of gamma turns: effect of side-chain/backbone interactions investigated by IR/UV spectroscopy and quantum chemistry.

Identification of ion pairs in solution by IR spectroscopy: crucial contributions of gas phase data and simulations

Intra-residue interactions in proteins: interplay between serine or cysteine side chains and backbone conformations, revealed by laser spectroscopy of isolated model peptides

Intramolecular recognition in a jet-cooled short peptide chain: gamma-turn helicity probed by a neighbouring residue

Intrinsic Folding Proclivities in Cyclic β-Peptide Building Blocks: Configuration and Heteroatom Effects Analyzed by Conformer-Selective Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemistry.

Intrinsic folding of the cysteine residue: competition between folded and extended forms mediated by the -SH group

Introduction: Bond Specific Spectroscopy of Peptides and Proteins

Isolated monohydrates of a model peptide chain: effect of a first water molecule on the secondary structure of a capped phenylalanine.

Isolated neutral peptides

Local NH-π interactions involving aromatic residues of proteins: influence of backbone conformation and ππ* excitation on the π H-bond strength, as revealed from studies of isolated model peptides

Near-UV resonant two-photon ionization spectroscopy of gas phase guanine: evidence for the observation of three rare tautomers

Neutral Peptides in the Gas Phase: Conformation and Aggregation Issues

Non-radiative relaxation of UV photoexcited phenylalanine residues: probing the role of conical intersections by chemical substitution

On the near UV photophysics of a phenylalanine residue: conformation-dependent ππ* state deactivation revealed by laser spectroscopy of isolated neutral dipeptides

On the turn-inducing properties of asparagine: the structuring role of the amide side chain, from isolated model peptides to crystallized proteins.

Probing the competition between secondary structures and local preferences in gas phase isolated peptide backbones.

Rationalizing the diversity of amide-amide H-bonding in peptides using the natural bond orbital method

Rovibrational laser jet-cooled spectroscopy of SF-rare gas complexes in the ν region of SF

Secondary Structures in Phe-Containing Isolated Dipeptide Chains: Laser Spectroscopy vs Quantum Chemistry.

Spectroscopic evidence for the formation of helical structures in gas-phase short peptide chains

Spectroscopic studies of enantiomeric discrimination in jet-cooled chiral complexes.

Spontaneous formation of hydrophobic domains in isolated peptides

Strength of NH···S Hydrogen Bonds in Methionine Residues Revealed by Gas-Phase IR/UV Spectroscopy.

Structure of the indole-benzene dimer revisited

The gas-phase dipeptide analogue acetyl-phenylalanyl-amide: a model for the study of side chain/backbone interactions in proteins

Theoretical study of the ground and excited states of 7-methyl guanine and 9-methyl guanine: comparison with experiment

Time-resolved photoelectron and photoion fragmentation spectroscopy study of 9-methyladenine and its hydrates: a contribution to the understanding of the ultrafast radiationless decay of excited DNA bases

Unifying the microscopic picture of His-containing turns: from gas phase model peptides to crystallized proteins.

Unraveling non-covalent interactions within flexible biomolecules: from electron density topology to gas phase spectroscopy.

Unraveling the mechanisms of nonradiative deactivation in model peptides following photoexcitation of a phenylalanine residue

Vibrational circular dichroism as a probe of solid-state organisation of derivatives of cyclic β-amino acids: Cis- and trans-2-aminocyclobutane-1-carboxylic acid