Table 1 Peak assignment of the spectral components resulting from the Amide I band Gaussian deconvolution, according to refs60,72.

From: Ultrasound delivery of Surface Enhanced InfraRed Absorption active gold-nanoprobes into fibroblast cells: a biological study via Synchrotron-based InfraRed microanalysis at single cell level

Peak centre (cm−1)

Assignment

1624

β-sheets

1639

random coils

1658

α-helices

1678

β-sheets and β-turns