Carlos R Baiz

Generative AI in Education and Research: Opportunities, Concerns, and Solutions

Journal of Chemical Education · 2023 · 398 citations

In this article, we discuss the role of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in education. The integration of AI in education has sparked a paradigm shift in teaching and learning, presenting both unparalleled opportunities and complex challenges. This paper explores critical aspects of implementing AI in education to advance educational goals, ethical considerations in scientific publications, and the attribution of credit for AI-driven discoveries. We also examine the implications of using…

Vibrational Spectroscopic Map, Vibrational Spectroscopy, and Intermolecular Interaction

Chemical Reviews · 2020 · 396 citations

Vibrational spectroscopy is an essential tool in chemical analyses, biological assays, and studies of functional materials. Over the past decade, various coherent nonlinear vibrational spectroscopic techniques have been developed and enabled researchers to study time-correlations of the fluctuating frequencies that are directly related to solute-solvent dynamics, dynamical changes in molecular conformations and local electrostatic environments, chemical and biochemical reactions, protein structu…

Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation Produces Fast H-Bond Dynamics in DMSO–Water Mixtures

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters · 2020 · 47 citations

Liquid-liquid phase separation is common in complex mixtures, but the behavior of nanoconfined liquids is poorly understood from a physical perspective. Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is an amphiphilic molecule with unique concentration-dependent bulk properties in mixtures with water. Here, we use ultrafast two-dimensional infrared (2D IR) spectroscopy to measure the H-bond dynamics of two probe molecules with different polarities: formamide (FA) and dimethylformamide (DMF). Picosecond H-bond dynami…

Multimodal Generative Artificial Intelligence Tackles Visual Problems in Chemistry

Journal of Chemical Education · 2024 · 27 citations

The introduction of multimodal capabilities in large language models (LLMs) marks a significant advancement in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). In particular, the ability to process and interpret visual data, including complex graphs and plots frequently encountered in chemistry, expands the potential of these models. This integration of text and image processing allows multimodal AI to tackle a broader range of problems, especially in areas where visual information is central to under…

Crowding alters F-actin secondary structure and hydration

Communications Biology · 2023 · 12 citations

Actin, an important component of eukaryotic cell cytoskeleton, regulates cell shape and transport. The morphology and biochemical properties of actin filaments are determined by their structure and protein-protein contacts. Crowded environments can organize filaments into bundles, but less is known about how they affect F-actin structure. This study used 2D IR spectroscopy and spectral calculations to examine how crowding and bundling impact the secondary structure and local environments in fila…